Contexts and Other Reports

by royalhistsoc | 28 Sep 2020 | LGBT+ Project: Resources

The RHS LGBT+ Histories and Historians report sits within and contributes to a large body of work, undertaken over many decades, reporting on the lived experiences of LGBT+ communities and advocating for change. This work helps explain, and provide important context...

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...