Doing Queer History in the 2020s: A roundtable for LGBTQ+ History Month
Event details
Department of History LGBTQ+ History Month Lecture
The Department of History invites you to join us for an interdisciplinary roundtable for LGBTQ+ History Month. Four speakers will introduce their own research in LGBTQ+ histories, followed by discussion and questions chaired by Dr Tess Wingard (she/her). The event will explore how the field of queer history has evolved over the last decade, with the opening up of new archives and museums; the growing importance of trans and intersex histories; and greater attention to intersectionality with histories of race and colonialism.
All are welcome - we hope the wider York community and public will join us for an open and friendly discussion. There will be a free drinks reception after the event, for further conversation with the speakers and other attendees.
Photo by Dustin Humes on Unsplash
About the speakers
Emma Fearon (she/her) is a PhD candidate at Nottingham Trent University. Her thesis entitled ‘Opening the gates: increasing opportunities for the representation of gender and LGBTQI+ in castle histories’, was formerly a Collaborative Doctoral Award with Nottingham Castle Trust. She is interested in how castle sites in urban centres interact with the city across time and how this can unearth obscured histories.
Caitlin Kitchener (they/them) is an Associate Lecturer in Historical Archaeology at York, who focuses on the themes of resistance, radicalism, and revolution in the 19th century. They are interested in how queer theory can be utilised in archaeology and are the chair for the LGBTQ network in the Archaeology department.
Melissa Oliver-Powell (she/her) is a Lecturer in Film and Literature at York, with a focus on intersectional feminist and queer theories.
Fleur MacInnes (they/them) is a PhD student and historian at the University of Oxford. Their research explores the experiences of transgender women and transfeminine people in the Women's Liberation Movement in Britain in the 1970s and 1980s.