Here we list events organised or involving members of the Sexual Knowledge unit members.
Museum Events
Latest Past Events
Electric Spaces – Leaping Off the Page (Exeter Pride Workshop)
Exeter Phoenix Bradninch Place, Gandy Street, ExeterElectric Spaces - Leaping Off the Page A workshop for Exeter Pride 13th May 2017 "The desert appears before us. Go on. Imagine it." Explore, debate and celebrate literature by lesbian, bisexual and queer women in the past and present! Playwright and author Natalie McGrath (Dreadnought South West) will offer a reading of her piece "Electric Spaces', a gripping personal reflection […]
Sex in Six Objects workshop – Freud, Homosexuality & Women
Freud Museum 20 Maresfield Gardens, Hampstead, LondonYou 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 believe that we are born with a specific gender identity or sexuality? What did he think about bisexuality, homosexuality and trans identity? How did he […]
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 to think about sexuality. Lead by Drs Jana Funke and Jen Grove of University of Exeter and Imogen Gunn, curator at the Museum of Archaeology Anthropology (MAA), Cambridge. This event […]