Throughout LGBT+ History Month 2022, we have been sharing ongoing research and resources on LGBT+ writers and cultures, along with information about Oxford alums. Some young scholars at the English Faculty have also written blog posts about their research on queer writers, cultures and readings. Explore the content we've been sharing via our Twitter channel (@engfac) below.
February is LGBT+ History Month! At the English Faculty we’ll be marking this by highlighting ongoing research & resources on LGBT+ writers & cultures throughout the month, along with information about Oxford alums & some book recommendations. #LGBTHM22https://t.co/9Qn25ybgt8
Explore this ‘Great Writers Inspire’ page to find a plethora of resources on the influential literary figure and Magdalen College alumnus, Oscar Wilde, including a lecture by Dr Sos Eltis on his sexuality. #lgbthm2022#LGBTHistoryMonth#OscarWildehttps://t.co/3ZEeKLmRVb
Watch this conversation with activist and writer Sarah Schulman and the @TORCHOxford Queer Intersections Network on her new book 'Let the Record Show' which challenges familiar narratives about AIDS activism. #LGBTplusHM#LGBTHM22https://t.co/vdIMwsD01t
Watch this talk on the recent queer adaptation of Euripides’ Andromeda by Dr Hannah Greenstreet – awarded her DPhil from Oxford in 2021 – which was workshopped with Oxford’s Classics and English faculties. #LGBTplusHMhttps://t.co/fEaVUSh1pb
Read Temmuz Süreyya Gürbüz’s reflections on Oxford’s ‘Queer Modernism(s) III Conference’ in 2019: an event that pluralised modernism through a ‘queer prism’ and tackled issues of identity and aesthetics. #LGBTplusHM#LGBTHM22https://t.co/prSmAIMWXD
Watch this Queer Intersections Network talk from Dr Sergio Rigoletto on the 2017 film, Call Me By Your Name, and its influence on queer film history. #LGBTplusHM#LGBTHM22https://t.co/c3ayiiWCr5
Explore this resource on the poet Jackie Kay from 'Writers Make Worlds' @writrsmakewrlds. This page examines how Kay's poetry engages with issues of racial and sexual identity, secrecy and love. #LGBTplusHM#LGBTHM22https://t.co/lA9mjz0xTj
Watch the brilliant writers Jay Bernard and Lola Olufemi in conversation at @TORCHOxford, including a discussion of black and trans feminisms https://t.co/w4XZAqNJWq
Read an interview with English alum Chesca Forristal, stage & screen writer & drag king. The interview was conducted as part of #TellingOurStoriesBetter which aims to challenge misconceptions about who studies English & the career paths they take. https://t.co/GjxrqC6Uwq
Watch Tim Allsop (Project Lead, TORCH’s Queer Rural Connections) in conversation with Piers Torday, winner of the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize, as they discuss children's writing and queer experiences #LGBTHM22https://t.co/qMnbLFbC1Z
What’s queer about close reading? This article by DPhil candidate Rowena Gutsell explores how close reading might be used to approach questions of identity, relationality & feeling #LGBTplusHM#LGBTHM22https://t.co/rJcJJhvd9e
In this blog post, Postdoctoral researcher Jack Parlett introduces his project about the literary history of Fire Island. Located around sixty miles from Manhattan, Fire Island has been a destination for queer artists & writers since the 1930s. #LGBTHM22https://t.co/NyPcUZKg1i
Harriet Smith-Hughes' research looks at the function of 'I's & 'we's in late-20th & early-21st century critical nonfiction. In this post, she looks at two moments in which Eve Sedgwick's 'I' appears to performatively write a queer collective into being https://t.co/pX19ekV1O7
