Hands On Learning – Emma Vickers

by royalhistsoc | 28 Sep 2020 | LGBT+ Project: Personal Reflections

Dr Emma Vickers is Senior Lecturer in History at Liverpool John Moores University. Her first book, Queen and Country: Same Sex Desire in the British Armed Forces, 1939-1945 (Manchester, 2013) explores the intersection between same-sex desire and service in the British...

Integrating Histories – Craig Griffiths

by royalhistsoc | 28 Sep 2020 | LGBT+ Project: Personal Reflections

Dr Craig Griffiths is Lecturer in Modern History at Manchester Metropolitan University. He is a historian of twentieth-century Europe, specialising in modern German history, queer history and the history of sexuality. He is a co-founder and convenor of the History of...

Queer History in Northern Ireland – Tom Hulme

by royalhistsoc | 28 Sep 2020 | LGBT+ Project: Personal Reflections

Dr Tom Hulme is Senior Lecturer in the School of History, Anthropology, Philosophy and Politics at Queen’s University Belfast. He is a specialist in urban culture (1880-1940), in Britain, the US and (most recently) Ireland; and the popular place of the past in...

From the Hacienda to Hagiography – Bob Mills

by royalhistsoc | 28 Sep 2020 | LGBT+ Project: Personal Reflections

Professor Bob Mills is Professor of Medieval Studies and Head of the History of Art Department at UCL. Between 2015 and 2018 he directed UCL’s queer research network qUCL and has been a member of its LGBTQ+ Advisory Group since 2012. Previously Bob was director of...

On Visibility – Pippa Catterall

by royalhistsoc | 28 Sep 2020 | LGBT+ Project: Personal Reflections

Professor Pippa Catterall is Professor of History and Policy at the University of Westminster, and specialises in modern British political, religious, diplomatic and constitutional history. She also teaches public policy for the Hansard Society. In 1999 Pippa...

Beginning with Unfamiliarity – Justin Bengry

by royalhistsoc | 28 Sep 2020 | LGBT+ Project: Personal Reflections, Teaching Portal, Teaching Portal: Innovative Modules

Dr Justin Bengry is a cultural historian specialising in history of sexualities and the queer past. Lecturer in Queer History at Goldsmiths, University of London, he convenes the MA in Queer History,  the first masters course of its kind. He was the lead researcher on...