This inter-disciplinary workshop will feature papers from Dr Leon Rocha (University of Liverpool), and Dr Ting Guo (University of Exeter). You can find the abstracts below. This seminar is hosted by the University of Exeter’s Centre for Medical History and the  Rethinking Sexology project, and is part of the Medical History and Humanities seminar series […]

Screening of the Oscar-winning film, A Fantastic Woman (Chile, 2017), followed by Q&A with its co-writer and co-director, Gonzalo Maza (PhD candidate in Film, University of Exeter) in conversation with Prof Sally Faulkner. This critically acclaimed film tells the story of a transgender woman coming to terms with the loss of her partner in a […]

Please join us on 12 June from 4:30 pm in Amory B315 for what promises to be an exciting seminar. With generous support from the Centre for Medical History and the Centre for Maritime Historical Studies, James Davey and I would like to invite you to the joint CHM-CMHS seminar next week. We are lucky […]

Dr James Robson (Open), 'Beauty, Sexuality and Desire in Classical Athens' Wednesday 17th October, 5pm Lecture Theatre in the Tower Building at Exeter College. Part of Exeter's Classics and Ancient History seminar series, Classical Association Southwest Lectures (in association with the Hellenic Society). See more here.

Early Career Researchers' Conference: Practice, Activism and Advocacy in Academic Research on Religion, Gender and Sexuality 8th-9th November 2018 University of Exeter, UK Sex, gender and sexuality are prominent issues in public debate concerning religion and society. This conference includes training for early career researchers (ECRs) working in the broad areas of sex, gender, sexuality and […]

8th November is international Intersex Day of Remembrance. Come and join us for the first UK screening of the brand-new documentary film Stories of Intersex and Faith, produced and directed by Megan DeFranza and Paul Van Ness and featuring Dr Susannah Cornwall (Theology and Religion, University of Exeter). The screening will be followed by a Skype Q&A […]

Royal Albert Memorial Museum (RAMM) Queen's Street Exeter EX4 3RX In 1909, as the campaign for women’s suffrage in Britain became increasingly militant, dramatist Cicely Hamilton wrote The Pageant of Great Women to help spread the feminist message. The spectacular play was subsequently performed under the direction of bisexual theatremaker Edith Craig. Actors included Craig’s partner, the Exeter-born […]

Ross Brooks (Oxford Brookes) will join us on the 13th of December 2018 to give a paper titled 'Unresolved Conflicts about Sex: Julian Huxley and the Progress of Sexology in Britain, 1916-1930.' The event, co-hosted with Exeter's Centre for Medical History and the Sexual Knowledge Unit, will take place between 3-5 in Forum seminar room […]

*PLEASE NOTE THE EVENT DATE, TIME AND VENUE HAVE CHANGED* Dr Jesse Olszynko-Gryn (University of Cambridge) will be joining us to talk about 'A Woman’s right to know: Pregnancy testing in twentieth-century Britain'. Queens LT6.2 The event is hosted by Exeter's Centre for Medical History: http://humanities.exeter.ac.uk/history/research/centres/medicalhistory/newsandevents/seminars/ All welcome! Abstract: Today, home pregnancy testing is completely taken for granted. […]