The School of History & Heritage and School of Film & Media are pleased to announce that this academic year we have organised two events to celebrate LGBT History Month, which will take place in February 2020.
Below you will find the relevant information. The events are free and open to everyone (friends and family are more than welcome!).
5th Feb 2020 – A Deal with the Universe, screening and Q&A with filmmaker Jason Barker
Wednesday, 5th February 2020, 5.30 pm
University of Lincoln, Minerva Building, Jackson Lecture Theatre
About the event:Documentary from transgender filmmaker and activist Jason Barker, telling the story of a very different kind of pregnancy. Autobiographical and made entirely from personal archive and home video diaries which he and his partner, Tracey, shot over the course of a decade, A Deal with the Universe tells the fascinating story behind the couple’s journey to conceive. This film is groundbreaking in terms of its intimate insights into gender identity and new parenthood. We are delighted that Jason Barker will join us to present the film and answer questions after the screening.The screening is presented by the University of Lincoln College of Arts, Lincoln School of Film & Media and Lincoln School of History & Heritage as part of this year’s LGBT+ History Month activities. It is free and open to everyone: students, staff members and the public. The venue is wheelchair accessible.
Please visit Eventbrite to register a space.
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/a-deal-with-the-universe-screening-and-qa-with-film-maker-jason-barker-tickets-85365270823
For enquiries contact: corourke@lincoln.ac.uk
13th Feb 2020 – ‘Portable Closets: Secrets and Lives in Queer Britain since Gay Liberation’
Public lecture by Prof. Matt Cook (Birkbeck University of London)Thursday, 13th February 2020, 6pm
University of Lincoln, Minerva Building, Jackson Lecture Theatre
About the event: The double life and the closet tend to be associated with a time before the partial decriminalisation of homosexuality in 1967 and the Gay Liberation Front call to ‘come out’ in the early 1970s. Though the social and cultural terrain in Britain has certainly shifted, this lecture shows how and why various kinds of secret have continued to matter to many queer people and have made their lives liveable. Based on new research and interviews for the recent Queer Beyond London project, Matt Cook looks at how people’s backgrounds, families, and the places they live have made a portable closet a comforting, desirable and even enjoyable queer accessory in the years since gay liberation. Matt Cook is Professor of Modern History at Birkbeck, University of London. He is the author of London and the Culture of Homosexuality (2003) and Queer Domesticities (2014) and was principal investigator on Queer Beyond London (2016-2018). The public lecture is introduced by Prof. Harriet Gross, Pro Vice Chancellor / Head of College of Arts.
The public lecture is organised by the Lincoln School of History & Heritage and School of Film & Media, University of Lincoln College of Art as part of this year’s LGBT+ History Month activities. It is free and open to everyone: students, staff members and the public. The venue is wheelchair accessible.
Please visit Eventbrite to register a space.
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/portable-closets-secrets-and-lives-in-queer-britain-since-gay-liberation-tickets-85476826489
For enquiries contact: cbeccalossi@lincoln.ac.uk