Queering the Middle Ages and Student Life in 19th to 20th Century Oxford
In Victorian Oxford the fashion for medieval art, culture and religion was satirised by students as queerly perverse in a series of prints that have been preserved in the Bodleian. Looking at these today opens up debate on the ways in which diverse forms of queerness were perceived in the Middle Ages, the nineteenth century and today.
Date:
22 February 2024, 13:00 (Thursday, 6th week, Hilary 2024)
Venue:
History Faculty, George Street OX1 2RL
Venue Details:
Rees Davies Room
Speaker:
Dominic Janes (Keele)
Organising department:
Faculty of History
Part of:
Centre for Women’s, Gender, Identity, and Queer History events (WGIQ)[formerly known as CGIS].
Booking required?:
Not required
Audience:
Members of the University only
Editor:
Belinda Clark
