Here we list events organised by our project as well as other events we hope will interest you. If you would like to advertise your event relating to the history of sexual science here please contact us.
Sex in Six Objects workshop – the Roman “penis pot”
Museum of Archaeology Anthropology Downing Street, CambridgeA free workshop for young people aged 16-25 looking at an intriguing Roman “penis pot” plus a selection of similar artefacts from the past, and how objects like these have helped people in the modern world […]
Guest Speaker: Helen Wickstead (Kingston University London)
Marchant Syndicate Room A Building:One, Streatham Campus, University of Exeter, United KingdomHelen Wickstead, Senior Lecturer at Kingston University London in Museum and Gallery Studies and Heritage, will talk to us on ‘"The Prehistoric Phallus: A History of Archaeology and Sex". All welcome. A […]
IHR History of Sexuality Seminar: Clare Tebbutt (Nottingham Trent University)
IHR Pollard Seminar Room, N301, Third Floor, IHR, Senate House, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HU Senate House, London, United KingdomMedical appeals to sexuality in understanding and policing those who wanted to 'change sex' during the 1930s and 1940s Clare Tebbutt (Nottingham Trent University) Part of The History of Sexuality seminar […]
Guest Speaker: Lisa Downing (University of Birmingham)
Room 128 Amory Building Rennes Dr, Exeter, United KingdomLisa Downing, Professor of French Discourses of Sexuality at the University of Birmingham, will talk to us on 'How Do I Love Me? Let Me Count the Ways…. On Female Narcissism, […]
Transgender history workshop with Ann Heilmann (Cardiff)
Trinity Centre Trinity Road, Bristol, Bristol, United KingdomTransgender: Cultural and historical developments and the “case” of James Miranda Barry Ann Heilmann (Cardiff) This event is part of the Emergenc(i)es Festival, Bristol. Abstract: This workshop considers the […]
Sexologies européennes-European Sexologies international symposium
University of Toulouse , FranceOur project will have a presence at this international gathering which seeks to assess the current state of research in a thriving field and to create a European research network on the history […]
Sex in Six Objects workshop – Freud, Homosexuality & Women
Freud Museum 20 Maresfield Gardens, Hampstead, London, United KingdomYou might have heard of ‘Freudian slips’, ‘penis envy’ and the ‘Oedipus complex’, but what did Sigmund Freud, the founder of psychoanalysis, really think about gender and sexuality? Did he […]
Global Perspective: Dialogues between West and East on History of Medicines
International Center for Studies of Chinese Civilization 8th Floor, West Guanghua Tower, Fudan University, 220 Handan Road, Shanghai, ChinaA workshop at the International Center for Studies of Chinese Civilization, Fudan. For more details please see the event page or email the organiser gaoxi@fudan.edu.cn
Europe’s Spiritual ’68: Catholics, Contraception and Comparative Perspectives on Humanae Vitae
King’s College London , Strand Campus, Department of History – Floor 8, Room S8.08 Strand, LONDON, United KingdomThe format of this colloquium at King's College London will be highly discussion-orientated, based on the pre-circulation of papers in late August and very short presentations at the gathering. This […]
Histoires de la sexologie / Histories of sexology conference, University of Lausanne
Institut des hautes études en administration publique (Room 004) University of Lausanne, FranceOur project directors, Professor Kate Fisher and Dr Jana Funke presented at the second event in this series of gatherings which seeks to assess the current state of research in a thriving […]