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Archives of interest to the historian of sexuality
Sites of General Interest: Resources
Sites of General Interest: Research Centres
Demography, reproduction, birth control, and eugenics
Electronic forums and e-mail lists
Critical Sexology: forthcoming seminars 2008
Building Bridges: The Past, Present and Future of Sexual Minorities Activisms: A Conference Cycle on Global and Local Human Rights in three acts in three cities
Puebla, Mexico and Cuernavaca, 2008 - 2009
Fashioning Gender: Contexts and Approaches
University of Warwick, Saturday 10th May 2008
What is Masculinity? How useful is it as a Historical Category?
Birkbeck College, University of London, 14th-16th May 2008
Cancer Vaccines for Girls? The Science, Ethics, and Cultural Politics of HPV Prevention
Friday-Saturday, May 16-17, 2008, Rutgers, State University of New Jersey (New Brunswick)
Gender and Modernity in Central Europe: The Austro-Hungarian Monarchy and its Legacy
University of Ottawa, May 16-18, 2008
The(e)ories: Advanced Seminars for Queer Research 2008 Sexuality and Phenomenology: Reading Sara Ahmed's Queer Phenomenology Wednesday 21 and Thursday 22 May 2008, University College Dublin, Ireland
The Importance of Being Albany
The UK's pioneering psychosexual counselling organisation celebrates its 50th anniversary
Friday 30 May 2008, London School of Economics and Political Science
The Body Conference
Cardiff University, Wales, UK 19-20 June 2008
Going Cheap?: Female Celebrity in the Tabloid, Reality and Scandal Genres
University of East Anglia, 25 June 2008
Hypervisibility II: Homosexualities in Contemporary Francophone Visual Cultures
Bilingual conference. University of Stirling, Scotland, June 25th - 27th 2008
Genital Cutting in a Globalized Age
4 July 2008, The Royal Society of Medicine, London
12th Annual Summer Institute on Sexuality, Culture and Society
International School for Humanities and Social Sciences, Universiteit van Amsterdam, July 6 - August 2, 2008
7th Annual National Sexuality Resource Center (NSRC) Summer Institute
San Francisco State University, 7 Jul-1 Aug 2008
Intersections: Feminist & Queer Geographies
School of Geography, University of Leeds, 7th-8th July, 2008
Revising Gender and Sexuality in Nation, Race and Identity: Special theme day of the XVIth George Rudé Seminar in French History
Centre for the History of European Discourses (CHED), University of Queensland, 11 Jul 2008
Men's Dilemma? Sources and Methodologies in the History of Masculinity
22-23 July 2008, University of Exeter, Streatham Campus
How Fares the Family? International Conference on Resilience and Transformation of Families in Asia
4-5 August 2008, Singapore
Second annual conference of the Brighton and Sussex Sexualities Network
Brighton, 17 Sep 2008
Human Breeding for the Improvement of the Nations: Proto-Eugenic Thinking before Galton
Workshop at the German Historical Institute, Washington (DC), September 25 - 27, 2008
Bodies and Things: Victorian Literature and the Matter of Culture
A One-Day Conference at the University of Oxford, 27 September 2008
'Let's Talk About Sex': Histories of Sexuality in Australia and New Zealand
Macquarie University, 2- 3 October 2008
Gender and Society: Explorations, Discoveries, and Revelations in a Gendered World
October 17th and 18th, 2008, Grand Rapids, Michigan
Sexual Heterotopias. Forms and practices of "Désir d'ailleurs"
Colloque international, 23-24-25 Octobre 2008, Université Libre de Bruxelles
4th Global Conference
The Erotic: Exploring Critical Issues
Friday 31st October - Sunday 2nd November 2008 Salzburg, Austria
5th Global Conference
Persons and Sexuality
Monday 3rd November - Wednesday 5th November 2008, Salzburg, Austria
Masculinities, Femininities and More - An Interdisciplinary Conference on Gender in the Humanities
November 6-8, 2008, University of West Georgia Carrollton, Georgia
Bodies on Display
McCord Museum (Montreal, QC), November 7 and 8, 2008
Policing Sexuality: Exploitation, Resistance and Censorship in French and Francophone Culture
Annual Student Conference, French PhD Department, City University of New York, 21 November 2008
Aids in Culture V: Explorations in the Cultural History of AIDS
Mexico City, 9-13 December 2008
Gender at the Crossroads: Multi-disciplinary Perspectives
3rd International Conference on Women's Studies
20-22 April 2009, Famagusta, North Cyprus
Further information about forthcoming conferences very welcome: e-mail me
Information about other conferences which may be of interest can be found at Women's History: Useful Links: Conferences
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Sites of General Interest: Resources
SexBiblio: Bibliography of the History of Western Sexuality, 1700-1945
A bibliographic data base containing about 16,600 titles of the non-belletristic primary and secondary literature of the history of sexuality in Europe and Northern America from 1700 to 1945. Also includes important titles in sexual history of antiquity and the middle ages, as well as
contemporary times, and titles on non-Western societies.
The History of Rape : A Bibliography
The International Association for the Study of Sexuality, Culture and Society (IASSCS)
to provide a forum for expanding and developing sexuality as a legitimate area of scholarship.
The Magnus Hirschfeld Gesellschaft, Berlin
and now has an online exhibition about the Berlin Institute for Sexual Science, 1919-1933
Magnus
Hirschfeld Archive at Humboldt University: formerly the Archive for Sexology, Berlin
In English and Spanish: includes a chronology of sex research, full text of Vern Bullough's Science in the Bedroom, papers on
historical aspects of sexology, and many original historical
documents about the German-Jewish pioneers of sexology. Also a
freely available online course, other courses, two full-text
sexological encyclopedias and a critical dictionary of sexology. Plus a
world-wide directory of sexological institutions, organizations, resource centers, training programs,
and scientific journals.
History of Love and Marriage
Historical Institute, Leiden University
Scissors and Paste Bibliographies
A site on authors and publishers (and library holdings) of erotic literature by Patrick J. Kearney,
author of The Private Case (1981), on the erotica collection of the British Library
Center for Gender Studies
University of Chicago
Museum of Sex, New York.
Canadian Committee on the History of Sexuality:
variety of resources for teaching and research, CFP and publishing opportunities, information about annual article prize, and the online version of annual newsletter, how to join mail-list.
gender Inn, the Women's and Gender Studies Database on the Internet
A searchable database providing access to over 7,500 records pertaining to feminist theory, feminist literary criticism and gender studies focusing on English and American literature
Online with Project Gutenberg
Havelock Ellis, Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Vols 1-6
and
Sigmund Freud, Three Contributions to the Theory of Sex
International Otto Gross Society
'The Otto Gross phenomenon symbolizes the search for a better society, for the dissolution of repressive relationships between the sexes, for utopias in times that lack strong concepts and meaning.'
Critical issues in Sex and Sexuality project
Critical Sexology:
'a London-based, interdisciplinary seminar series for psychologists, psychoanalysts, medical doctors, literary and cultural studies scholars, philosophers, artists, lawyers and historians with a critical interest in the construction and management of gender and sexuality in the medical, discursive and cultural spheres'
University Consortium for Sexuality Research and Training: UCSRT's Dialogues
Studies in Scarlet: Marriage and Sexuality in the U.S. & U.K., 1815-1914
'Drawn from the Harvard Law School Library's extensive trial
collections... images of the texts of more than 450 separately published trial narratives printed in the United States or the United Kingdom from 1815 until 1914.... divorce, domestic violence, adultery, bigamy, breach of promise to marry, and the custody of children... murder and rape. Featured are trials concerning the wealthy and the renowned.... The larger part of the collection, however, consists of the stories of ordinary men and women thrust into the public eye when their marriages and love affairs went wrong, or their relationships did not conform to social standards.'
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Sites of General Interest: Research Centres
Strathclyde Centre in Gender Studies
Centre for Gender and Women's Studies, University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne
National Sexuality Research Center, San Francisco State University
AHRC Centre for Law, Gender and Sexuality
A partnership between the Universities of Kent, Keele and Westminster.
Centre for Research into Gender in Culture and Society
University of Wales Swansea
Centre for the Study of Sexuality and Culture
University of Manchester
The Fisher Center for the Study of Women and Men
at Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, NY
Cambridge Centre for Gender Studies
Annual Summer Institute on Sexuality, Society and Culture
International School for Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Amsterdam
Critical Issues in Sex and Sexuality
Centre for Interdisciplinary Gender Studies (CIGS), University of Leeds
Annual National Sexuality Resource Center Summer Institute, San Francisco
Institute for Gender Studies
Radboud University Nijmegen, the Netherlands
The Centre for Sexual Diversity Studies, Toronto
Centre for the Interdisciplinary Study of Sexuality and Gender in Europe, University of Exeter
Centre for Research in Sex, Gender and Sexuality
Roehampton University
Birkbeck Institute for Gender and Sexuality Studies
Brighton and Sussex Sexualities Network
Gender Institute, London School of Economics
The LGBTQ Historical Review, an international association of doctoral students researching and documenting the LGBTQ past
In several cases these links go to the home page of the publisher rather than directly to the page for the journal in question
'Mundane Sex' issue (Vol 3 no 1) of Journal of Mundane Behavior, 'a blind peer-reviewed scholarly and publicly-oriented journal devoted to the study of the "unmarked" -- those aspects of our everyday lives that typically go unnoticed by us, both as academics and as everyday individuals'
Journal of the History of Sexuality
Sexualities: studies in culture and society
founded in 1998, with a 'broad, interdisciplinary perspective'.
Continuity and Change
Population and demographic history
Social History of Medicine
Articles, reviews, and information on source materials, including quite a bit on matters relating to
sexual and reproductive health (birth control, abortion, STDs, etc) as well as questions of gender
in health care.
Studies in Gender and Sexuality
'Growing out of the traditions of feminist scholarship, postclassical and postmodern
psychoanalytic theory, developmental research, and cultural studies, Studies in Gender and
Sexuality provides a forum for examining gender and sexuality that is both multidisciplinary and
interdisciplinary.'
The Electronic Journal of Human Sexuality
produced by the
Institute for Advanced Study of Human Sexuality, San Francisco
Sexuality Research and Social Policy: Journal of NSRC (online)
gender forum: an internet platform for gender and women's studies (online)
Nineteenth-Century Gender Studies
'a peer-reviewed, online journal committed to publishing insightful and innovative scholarship on gender studies and nineteenth-century British literature, art and culture'
Manchester University Press
Has a good history list with a strong interest in sex and gender issues, and published
Franz Eder, Lesley Hall, and Gert Hekma's Sexual Cultures in Europe: National Histories and
Themes in Sexuality [details]
Continuum International (formerly Cassell Academic)
Strong gender/gender studies list, good coverage of lesbian/gay issues.
Haworth Press
publishes Journal of Homosexuality, Journal of Lesbian Studies and Journal of
Bisexuality as well as books in these areas, also journals and books on Human Sexuality,
Marriage and the Family, Women and Feminist Studies (though mostly from a contemporary
social science/social policy perspective)
The Gay Review
'Founded in 1990, TGR is a quarterly of essential homophilics'
Transformations: online journal of region, culture and society:
Issue No. 8 (July 2004) - Regions of Sexuality
Romanticism on the Net:
Issues 36-37 (November 2004-February 2005): Special Guest-Edited Issue 'Queer Romanticisms'.
InterAlia : new international electronic journal of queer studies published in Poland and peer-edited by scholars based in Poland, Germany, and the U.S.
SQS - The Journal of Queer Studies in Finland in Finnish and English
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The Edward Carpenter Archive
includes online texts of My Days and Dreams, Intermediate Types Among Primitive Folk, The Intermediate Sex and Iolaus: an anthology of friendship, as well as biographical and bibliographic information, and material on his music (a neglected aspect of this poly-facetted figure)
and now includes Carpenter's unpublished biography of his partner, George Merrill
The Hall-Carpenter Archives, ONE Institute and Archives: The International Gay and Lesbian Heritage/Research Center
Gay and Lesbian Studies at the University of Amsterdam
The Knitting Circle
gayhistory.com
Essays on Gay History and Literature; The John Addington Symonds Pages
E-Directory of GLBT Scholars
Celebration 2000: Karl Heinrich Ulrichs
The Lesbian and Gay Studies Project
Breaking the ice
- lesbian and gay studies in Sweden
The Androphile Site
THE OSCHOLARS: The Oscar Wilde Literary Trust Giovanni Dall'Orto's website (in Italian) on gay history and culture
QueerTheory.com The Old Dyke We Raise our Voices: Gay and Lesbian Pride and Politics in Boston Outhistory.org Larry Kramer Initiative for Lesbian and Gay Studies at Yale Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies (CLAGS), New York International Resource Network Transgender Law and Policy Institute Out in the Redwoods Daniel Guérin (1904-1988) Bibliography of GLBTQ literature 1800-2004 (Swedish site)
International Institute of Social History http://www.queermatters.org/queerkcl.html Proud Heritage The Queer Zine Archive Project (QZAP) '1967 and All That' [Conferences][Sites of General Interest: Resources] [Sites of General Interest: Research Centres][Journals/publishers][Demography and reproduction]
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Demography, Reproduction, Birth Control, and Eugenics
World Population: A Guide to WWW by Richard Jensen
Global reproductive health forum
Eugenics Archive: Image Archive on the American Eugenics Movement
American Experience Online Presents The Pill
Planned Museum for Contraception and Abortion, Austria (site in German)
Indiana Eugenics: History and legacy, 1907-2007: The Dr. William M. Scholl
Center for Family and Community History
Local Population Studies Society
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Centre for Family Research, University of Cambridge
Cambridge Group for the History of Population and Social Structure
The Centre for Research on Family,
Kinship and Childhood, Leeds Centre for Research on Families and Relationships, University of Edinburgh
history-child-family
H-Child: History of Childhood and Youth
Institute of Psychohistory
Archives of H-Psychohistory
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STDs
Syphilis and Aids: lessons from history
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Electronic forums and e-mail lists Gender-Related Electronic Forums
SandS - Socialism and Sexuality Discussion List
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which now has a Lesbian and Gay Newsmedia Archive
Resources on lesbian and gay issues with special emphasis on higher education. Includes art,
biography, film, government, history, law, literature, music, poetry, psychology, science,
sociology, sports, and other related topics. Incorporates the Rowse History Centre.
'an introduction to the stories and the people of modern gay history (1700-1973). The site is an ongoing project and most articles about gay male history from 1700-1900 have been completed.'
Two useful sites put up by Rictor Norton
The E-Directory helps lesbigay and transgendered scholars connect regarding on-going
manuscripts, conferences, and other scholarly projects. The full Directory is available to all who
agree to be listed, and only to them. This is not a discussion list but rather, a resource list. The
above link goes to its webpage.
Early proponent of the view that homosexuality was neither sinful nor a crime.
of the Center for Gender Studies of the University of Chicago
by Jens Rydstrom
The World History of Male Love
An Electronic Journal for the Exchange of Information on Current Research, Publications and Productions concerning Oscar Wilde and his Circle
Promotes 'knowledge, appreciation and study of Oscar Wilde's life, personality and works by holding occasional public events'
'the best online resources integrated with the best visual and textual resources in Queer Culture, Queer Theory, Queer Studies, Gender Studies and related fields'
A useful personal website on lesbians in history
Online exhibition from the social justice collections at Northeastern University
'Outing Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer American History'
Current exhibition, 'The Pink and the Blue: Lesbian and Gay Life at Yale and in Connecticut, 1642-2004'
'university-based research center in the United States dedicated to the study of historical, cultural, and political issues of vital concern to lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender individuals and communities. Offers conferences and other public programming, awards fellowships.'
'aims to link up researchers (from both academic and community bases) in areas related to diverse sexualities and genders.'
'dedicated to engaging in effective advocacy for transgender people in our society.'
Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender History at the University of California, Santa Cruz, 1965-2003
'Writer, historian, revolutionary theorist and activist, anticolonialist, syndicalist activist, campaigner for gay rights'
Research Projects 'Homosexuality in the Netherlands in the 20th century'
Queer studies events at King's College London
'Proud Heritage is the new national agency for lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans history, heritage and lived experience. Our goal is to create a national museum at first online and then as a physical institution, reflecting the diverse experiences of LGBT people across the country and through time.'
provides a free, on-line searchable database that allows users to download electronic copies in the collection
The story of the 1967 Sexual Offences Act, using material from the Hall-Carpenter Archives at the London School of Economics and the Lesbian and Gay Newsmedia Archives at Middlesex University
Wayne R. Dynes' Homolexis Glossary
'an alphabetical roster of material on the historical semantics of same-sex love'
Links to do with demography, population, reproductive health, etc, mainly contemporary but
some with historical relevance.
'aims to encourage the proliferation of critical, demographic discussions of reproductive health,
rights and gender on the net'. Includes research library, discussion groups and forums.
Predominantly contemporary in its coverage.
'can serve as a model for other online projects on the history and social interpretation of modern science - especially those involving the release of sensitive documents'. Impressive.
'On April 9, 1907 the Governor of Indiana signed into law a bill passed by the state legislature that provided for the involuntary sterilization of "confirmed criminals, idiots, imbeciles and rapists." Although it was eventually found to be unconstitutional, this law is widely regarded as the first eugenics sterilization legislation passed in the world.'
formerly the Child Care and Development Group
Established to forge interdisciplinary links with researchers and practitioners from a varied range of disciplines with a principal focus on family life structure, kinship patterns and the changing nature of childhood.
An e-mail list for exchange of ideas and resources among teachers and researchers of childhood
and family history in Britain and Europe
'Psychohistory, the science of historical motivation, combines the insights of psychotherapy with
the research methodology of the social sciences to understand the emotional origin of the social
and political behavior of groups and nations, past and present. The center of psychohistorical
research around the globe is The Institute for Psychohistory, which is headquartered in New York
City and has 18 branches in other countries.'
moderated discussion list now defunct
Sinners, Scroungers, Saints: Lone mothers, past and present
The Women's Library, 17 October 2007 - 29 March 2008
AIDS in Culture
'AIDSinCULTURE.org is an international and interdisciplinary academic organization currently based in Mexico City dedicated to the study of Aids in its cultural context'
An extremely compendious, annotated and frequently updated site by Joan Korenman
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The Clitoris
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