Events

This month, Professor Thomas Laqueur is joining the ‘Pathologies of Solitude’ project as Queen Mary’s IHSS Distinguished Visiting Fellow.

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

A discussion between George Makari, David Feldman, Akshi Singh, and Thomas Laqueur on the histories of xenophobia.

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’.