Conference
Trans*Historical 2023
Online & at The University of Liverpool
Mon, 10 Jul 2023 09:30 - Tue, 11 Jul 2023 16:00 BST
Spanning from the Neolithic to the Twenty-First Century, the Trans*Historical conference is an unprecedented opportunity for all academics and professionals whose work explores transgender and nonbinary history to come together to share and celebrate their research.
This event has been made possible with support from the University of Liverpool, the Scottish Society for Northern Studies, and the Liverpool Centre for Medieval and Renaissance Studies.
Tickets to Attend Online are still available. To register to attend online, visit https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/transhistorical-conference-tickets-654038114607
Programme
Day 1: Monday 10th July
9:30 - Doors
9:50-10:00 - Welcome address
10:00-11:35 - Panel 1
Charlotte Bell, Gender Divergency in Roman Britain: The Case of ]iklio
Isobel Sinclair, What Does the Evidence From Early Neolithic Southern Britain Reveal About the Role Sex and Gender Played in Identity?
Laura Howard, Using Osteological Analysis to Identify Historical Two-Spirit People: An Ethical Approach for Colonial Academics in Queer Indigenous Archaeology
James Davison, Exploring the Trans Potential in Two Early Medieval Kentish Cemeteries
11:35-11:50 - Coffee break
11:50-1:25 - Panel 2
Nate Ritchardson-Reed, Seiðr: The Magic of (Trans)formation
Robert Girling, Androgyny and Syzygy in Gnostic Myths
Cicilia Neil-Smith, Gendering Victorian Mermaids
Onni Gust, Thinking with Merfolk: Writing Transgender History in the Context of Global Climate Catastrophe
1:25-2:25 - Lunch
2:25-3:15 - Panel 3
Robin Eams, Gender Crossing in the Colonies: Trans Histories of Nineteenth Century Australia
Sue Lemos, Reading Lesbians Talk in 1990s Britain Through Black Trans*/Queer Perspectives
3:15-3:30 - Coffee break
3:30-4:45 - Panel 4
Billie-Gina Thomason, 4 Cs of Passing: A Conceptual Framework for Understanding Gender Variance in Nineteenth Century Britain
Leila Sellers, ‘A Society For Heterosexual Transvestites’ – Trans Identity, Community and Belonging in the Beaumont Society, 1966-1982
Fleur MacInnes, Mutual Aid and Community Care in Trans-Feminine Spaces in Britain, 1968-1985
Day 2: Tuesday 11th July
9:30 - Doors
10:00-11:35 - Panel 1
Hannah Poole, Riddling Trans: Pointedly Feminist Translations of the Exeter Book Riddles
Moss Pepe, Against Crossdressing: A Historiography of the Roman de Silence
Lucy Cullen, Silence, Stigmas and Space in Emma Donoghue’s The Welcome
Luka Holmegaard, Hyacinth: A Novel in Progress
11:35-11:50 - Coffee break
11:50-1:25 - Panel 2
Bellatrix Schindens, Did Saint Eugenia/Eugenius of Alexandria Experience Sex Dysphoria? - An Analysis of the Original Greek
Elizabeth West, Beyond the Sword: Re-examining the Identities of Gender Divergent Viking Warrior Graves
Cory Huston, A Spectrum of Consent: Racial & Gender Variance in the Early Modern Dramatic Canon
Anouk Durand-Cavallino, Trans Practices (in Lesbian History) in Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century France
1:25-2:15 - Lunch
2:15-3:50 - Panel 3
Sarah Li, Recovery: Developing Artist Methodologies for Queering Archives
Chris Pihlak, Trans Normativity and the Collapse of the Transfeminine Umbrella
Claudio Molina Gómez, Trans Imagery in the History of the Eurovision Song Contest
Jeff Redding, Hope, Happenstance, and the Making of Pakistan’s Landmark Transgender Rights Judgments
3:50-4:00 - Closing address