Histories of Gender and Sexuality seminars

The Histories of Gender and Sexuality seminar series runs regularly throughout the academic year. Seminars are open to all.

Time and location

Please check below for venues and start times. Precirculated papers will be circulated to the HGS email list. To be added to the list please contact hca-hgsr@ed.ac.uk  Our seminars take the form of shorter papers followed by discussion, 'virtual archive' sessions, which introduce sources and related research questions followed by discussion and conversational interviews.

Semester 2, 2025/26

DateSpeakerTopicNotes
Mon 16 MarDr Wannes Dupont (University of Edinburgh)Book launch: 'Unwilling to Know: Male Homosexuality at the Crossroads of Europe, 1870-1965'

12.30-2pm, Violet Laidlaw Room, Chrystal Macmillan Building

Click here to register (free)

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The School of History, Classics and Archaeology offers an exciting programme of seminars across many subjects areas. Visit the research seminars website to find out what else is happening.