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
The Histories of Gender and Sexuality runs seminars and lunchtime meetings. Unless stated otherwise the seminars usually take place in the Old Medical School, Teviot Place. Please check the time as it differs.
How to Find the Old Medical School
Semester 1, 2019/20
| Date | Speaker | Topic | Venue and time |
| Fri 13 Sept |
Margaret Kamitsuka (Oberlin) |
‘Abortion and the Christian tradition: Historical and theological perspectives' |
Althaus-Reid room, Divinity School, New College 1-2pm |
| Wed 9 Oct |
Katherine Lewis (Huddersfield) |
'You will realise you are fighting with men': Crusaders, Turks and masculinity in Pius II's letter to Mehmed II' |
G.16, Doorway 4, Old Medical School 4-6pm |
| Wed 23 Oct |
Jane Whittle (Exeter) |
'Rethinking women’s work in Europe’s preindustrial economy’ With Economic and Social History seminars |
G.16, Doorway 4, Old Medical School 4-6pm |
| Wed 13 Nov |
Tom Cunningham (IASH, Edinburgh) |
'Reproduction, "ethnic patriotism", and colonial biopower in 1920s and 1930s Kenya' |
CANCELLED - G.13, Doorway 4, Old Medical School 1-2 pm |
| Thurs 14 Nov | Sarah Carter (Alberta) |
'Ours by every law of right and justice: Women and the vote in the Canadian prairie provinces' Co-sponsored with the Centre of Canadian Studies |
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| Wed 27 Nov |
Rachel Johnson (Durham) |
'Struggle talk: Gendered narratives of anti-apartheid activism in South Africa' |
POSTPONED - G.15, Doorway 4, Old Medical School 4-6pm |
| Wed 4 Dec |
Workshop: Gender and health |
1M469, Teaching room 12, Doorway 3, Old Medical School 2-5.30pm |
Further information
If you have any questions, please contact the seminar series organisers Zubin Mistry, Diana Paton, Sonny Angus or Gordon Reynolds.
Dr Zubin Mistry (BA, MA, PhD)
Lecturer; Early Medieval European History
- University of Edinburgh
- School of History, Classics and Archaeology
Contact details
- Email: Zubin.Mistry@ed.ac.uk
Professor Diana Paton (BA, PhD)
William Robertson Professor of History
- School of History, Classics and Archaeology
- School of History, Classics and Archaeology
Contact details
- Work: +44 (0) 131 650 4578
- Email: Diana.Paton@ed.ac.uk
- Web: Professor Paton's staff profile
Find out what else is on
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.