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

In the final paper in our 2021/22 seminar series, Sarah Knott from Indiana University discusses histories of motherhood and solitude.

This seminar has been cancelled due to UCU strike action.

In the sixth paper in our 2021/22 seminar series, Akshi Singh from Queen Mary, University of London discusses empire and melancholy in Elizabeth Taylor’s writing.

This seminar has been cancelled due to UCU strike action.

Hannah Proctor from the University of Strathclyde will present the fifth paper in our 2021/22 seminar series, discussing Cold War theories of the ‘Soviet mind’.

In the fourth paper in our 2021/22 seminar series, Michael Rowland from the University of Sussex examines solitude and social life in 18th century ideals of masculinity.

In the third paper in our 2021/22 seminar series, Melissa Alexander from the University of Oxford explores solitude and sisterhood in encounters between female modernists.