Professor Parkinson, an expert in Egyptology, speaks to the Oxford Union and suggests some of the possible uses of LGBTQ history. As one of the founders of the Same Sex Desire and Gender Trail at the British Museum, Richard Parkinson used the occasion of the LGBT History Month Launch at the British Museum in 2009 to promote the items at the British museum that evidenced our existence in all times and in all places.
Drawing on personal experiences and the gradual development of his recent book “A Little Gay History” as a case study, Professor Parkinson discusses how to mobilise historical research into sexuality for maximum impact and the institutional, cultural and political issues that can be at stake,
and suggests some of the possible uses of LGBTQ history.
To see the podcast, which is well worth 40 minutes of anybody’s time, go here
and suggests some of the possible uses of LGBTQ history.
To see the podcast, which is well worth 40 minutes of anybody’s time, go here