Here we list events organised or involving members of the Sexual Knowledge unit members.

Guest Speaker: Chiara Beccalossi (University of Lincoln)

Northcote House Council Chamber University of Exeter, Exeter, United Kingdom

Sexology, Hormones and Medical Experiments in the ‘Latin Atlantic World’: Local Power and International Networks, c. 1926-1950, Dr Chiara Beccalossi. Part of the Centre for Medical History seminar series at University of Exeter All welcome. Abstract: In 1926, Nicola Pende, one of the most important Italian fascist scientists, founded the Institute of Biotypology, a eugenics organisation. This […]

Free

Guest Speaker: Ina Linge (University of Cambridge)

XFi Conference Room 1 University of Exeter, Exeter, United Kingdom

Listen to a recording of the paper here. ‘Something different’: Sexology and the Department Store, Ina Linge  (University of Cambridge). All welcome. Part of the Centre for Medical History seminar series at University of Exeter Abstract: Dori and Nora, the protagonists of The Diary of a Male Bride (1907) and A Man’s Maiden Years (1907), respectively, leave […]

Free

IHR History of Sexuality Seminar: Ivan Crozier (University of Sydney)

Room SH246, 2nd floor, South block Senate House, London, United Kingdom

Culturally Situating Sadism and Masochism in Havelock Ellis's Love and Pain: the uses of history and anthropology in the construction of sexual kinds, Ivan Crozier (University of Sydney) 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 […]

Free

Gender Identities in the Past and Present: Hatshepsut & Akhenaten – LGBTQ+ History Month Special Event

The Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology University College London, Malet Place, London, United Kingdom

Gender Identities in the Past and Present: Hatshepsut & Akhenaten – LGBTQ+ History Month Special Event The Rethinking Sexology project and the Petrie Museum will be leading a discussion around gender identity focusing on depictions of the pharaohs Hatshepshut and Akhenaten in the ancient world and early twentieth-century attitudes to their allegedly ‘transgressive’ identities. We will also […]

Free

Beyond The Well of Loneliness: Radclyffe Hall in the Archive – LGBTQ+ History Month Special Event

Victoria and Albert Museum Cromwell Rd, London, United Kingdom

Our unit director Dr Jana Funke joins a day of talks as part of the LGBT History National Festival. She will talk about Radclyffe Hall in the Archive. See the full programme of the event here, Free event, drop in. More details here.   Part of LGBTQ+ History Month.  See more LGBTQ+ History Month events we are involved with.

Free

IHR History of Sexuality Seminar: Ina Linge (University of Cambridge) & Tommy Dickinson (University of Manchester)

Room SH246, 2nd floor, South block Senate House, London, United Kingdom

Life writings and sexual sciences: writing the queer self in early 20th-century Germany and Austria, Ina Linge (University of Cambridge) 'Curing Queers'. Mental Nurses and their Patients, 1935-1974, Tommy Dickinson (University of Manchester) 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 […]

Free

Introduction, Film Screening and Discussion: Fighting for Sexual Rights in the Early Twentieth Century: Magnus Hirschfeld, Sexual Science and Anders als die Andern (1919)

University of Exeter Exeter

Special film screening of Anders als die Andern (1919) with introduction and discussion. Released in 1919, Anders als die Andern is one of the first films in history to portray male homosexuality in a sympathetic light. It was directed by Richard Oswald (1880-1963) and tells the story of a homosexual musician who get blackmailed after falling […]

Free

The Sex and History Project: talking sexuality, gender and identity with objects from the past – LGBTQ+ Soc event for LGBT History Month

University of Exeter Exeter

Our unit director Dr Jen Grove will be discussing Sex and History, a community and outreach project which uses historical artefacts to get people of all ages - and especially young people - talking more easily about issues around sex, gender and relationships today. What material can help us to safely discuss LGBTQ+ in the classroom, the museum […]

Free

Screen Talk: The Danish Girl – LGBTQ+ History Month Special Event

Exeter Picturehouse Bartholomew Street West, Exeter, United Kingdom

Join us for a discussion before a screening of The Danish Girl (2015), the story of Lili Elbe (1882-1931) a trans woman living in early 20th century Denmark. Our project director Dr Jana Funke will discuss the role of sexual science in developing ideas about transgender identities in the 1920s and 1930s. Wendy Benstead, costumier of stage and screen, will […]

£7

Sex and Sexuality debate: International Women’s Day event

The Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology University College London, Malet Place, London, United Kingdom

Dr Jen Grove joins the The Side Room for a debate about sex and sexuality for International Women's Day at The Petrie Museum of Egyptology. More details and booking.

£13.50