In June 2020 members of the Solitudes Network met to discuss work and ideas related to the theme of Voluntary Solitude. In this paper from the colloqium Thomas Laqueur returns to his book Solitary Sex to explore the medicalisation and pathologisation of masturbation in the eighteenth century.

In this public seminar presentation, Professor Thomas W. Laqueur revisits his seminal book, Solitary Sex (2003).

In May 2022, Professor Thomas W. Laqueur joined the 'Pathologies of Solitude' project as Queen Mary's IHSS Distinguished Visiting Fellow. His public lecture explored the gaze of the dog in Western art.

Thomas Laqueur takes us on a journey through literature and art in our latest guest post to find the animals who guard against cosmic loneliness.