Bodies on Trial
Participants are invited to read one or more of the following texts – available from the CGIS website (cgis.modhist.ox.ac.uk)
▪ Laura Gowing, ‘‘The manner of submission: gender and demeanour in 17th century London’, Cultural and Social History 10:1 (2013).
▪ Lucy Bland: ‘The Trials and Tribulations of Edith Thompson: The Capital Crime of Sexual Incitement in 1920s England’ Journal of British Studies, 1 July 2008, Vol.47(3), pp.624-648
▪ Cathy McClive: ‘Masculinity on Trial: Penises, Hermaphrodites and the Uncertain Male Body in Early Modern France’ History Workshop Journal, 2009, Vol. 68(1), pp.45-68
Date:
24 November 2015, 12:00 (Tuesday, 7th week, Michaelmas 2015)
Venue:
The History Faculty (George Street), Rees Davies room
Speaker:
Faramerz Dabhoiwala
Organiser:
Kathryn Gleadle (Mansfield College)
Organiser contact email address:
kathryn.gleadle@history.ox.ac.uk
Hosts:
Lyndsey Jenkins (Wolfson College),
Kathryn Gleadle (Mansfield College)
Part of:
"Chronologies of the Body"
Booking required?:
Not required
Audience:
Members of the University only
Editor:
Laura Spence
