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.

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 Kingdom

The 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 is to ensure that there is ample time for in-depth consideration of the commonalities and contrasting factors in the ‘reception’ of Humanae Vitae in different […]

Histoires de la sexologie / Histories of sexology conference, University of Lausanne

Institut des hautes études en administration publique (Room 004) University of Lausanne, France

Our 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 field and to create a European research network on the history of sexology. Kate and Jana spoke on "Age difference and the emergence of gendered models […]

Free

A brief history of LGBTQ psychology: From pathology to identity, and beyond

An event from University of the West of England, Bristol Victoria and Nikki are both Chartered psychologists and work in the field of LGBTQ psychology. About the speakers Nikki has published papers and chapters on bisexual women's identities and is a member of the British Psychological Society Psychology of Sexualities Section Committee. Victoria has published several […]

Interdisciplinary Histories Conference

Mercure Southgate Hotel Southernhay East, Exeter, Devon, United Kingdom

This conference is part of the Wellcome Trust-funded Rethinking Sexology project at the University of Exeter.  The first Rethinking Sexology conference examines dynamics of interdisciplinary exchange and collaboration from a historical perspective. It asks what can be gained by exploring moments, sites and traditions of dialogue across disciplines, fields of knowledge and forms of expertise in […]

Rethinking Sexology project launch!

The Devon and Exeter Institution 7 Cathedral Close, Exeter

Friends and colleagues joined us drinks reception to celebrate the launch of our Wellcome Trust-funded project, Rethinking Sexology. The evening took place at the The Devon and Exeter Institution which occupies historic premises at the heart of Exeter in Cathedral Close (see below for address).  We celebrated the completion of our full project team and look forward to forthcoming […]

Free

Sexual Modernism, Women’s Writing and Sexual Science – Gendered Lives Research Seminar

"Lesbian Identities" The Gendered Lives Summer Research Seminar welcomes Jana Funke from Exeter and Sarah Parker from Loughborough and focuses upon lesbian identity in the late Victorian and early twentieth-century periods.  2-4 pm, Wednesday 3rd May 2017, MHL.0.07, Martin Hall, Loughborough University  Jana Funke (University of Exeter), ‘Sexual Modernism, Women’s Writing and Sexual Science: The Case of […]

Free

IHR History of Sexuality Seminar: Joy Dixon (University of British Columbia)

IHR Pollard Seminar Room, N301, Third Floor, IHR, Senate House, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HU Senate House, London, United Kingdom

Que(e)rying Social Purity: Sexology, Theology, and Sexual Modernity Joy Dixon (University of British Columbia) Part of The History of Sexuality seminar at the Institute of Historical Research. The seminar series is convened by the Raphael Samuel History Centre. All seminars are open to all and there is no need to register in advance. If you have […]

Free

Sexual Knowledge Cultures Seminar – Joy Dixon and Amber K. Regis

Queens N mini-theatre The Queen's Dr, Exeter

Queen's N Mini-Theatre, 3-6 pm Please note that the lecture theatre is in the new Digital Humanities Lab. It can be accessed through the DH Lab Main Entrance in the Car Park at the back of the Queen’s Building. Please join us for our seminar on late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century cultures of sexual knowledge. The papers […]

Sexual Knowledge Cultures Seminar – Philippa Levine

Reed Hall, Ibraham Ahmed Room 3-4:30pm, with a wine reception to follow.  In conjunction with Exeter's Sexual Knowledge unit, Centre for Imperial and Global History and Global Engagement and Development we are delighted to welcome Professor Philippa Levine (University of Texas at Austin) to Exeter to speak on "Slavery and the Aesthetics of Abjection". There will be tea, coffee […]

Dagmar Herzog on Critical Sexology in Germany and Teresa de Lauretis on Freud

Institute of Asian and Oriental Studies, University of Zurich Rämistrasse 71, Zürich, Switzerland

"The Making of Sexuality: Entangled Histories of Regulation, Intelligibility and Subjectivation" - International Interdisciplinary Workshop Organised by Gender Studies, University of Zurich - Convenors: Prof. Dr. Bettina Dennerlein and Dr. Monika Gsell, M.A. Helena Rust Institute of Asian and Oriental Studies, University of Zurich In current public debates, ideological fault lines are increasingly organized around issues […]

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