Prof Katherine Harloe - Professor of Classics and Intellectual History at the University of Reading
05/06/21 • 27 min
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In this episode, the team talk to Prof Katherine Harloe, Professor of Classics and Intellectual History at the University of Reading, about her interests in queer classics, how classics was used to conceptualise and same-sex desire in Victorian and Edwardian Britain, her role in bringing about the Broken Futures project, and the research and recording of diverse narratives.
In this episode, the team talk to Prof Katherine Harloe, Professor of Classics and Intellectual History at the University of Reading, about her interests in queer classics, how classics was used to conceptualise and same-sex desire in Victorian and Edwardian Britain, her role in bringing about the Broken Futures project, and the research and recording of diverse narratives.
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In this episode, the Broken Futures team talk to Mark Stevens, the Berkshire County Archivist about the Broken Futures project and how it links to the records Mark holds within the Berkshire Record Office. We talk about document conservation, access to the records, the importance of state archives in documenting queer history, Reading's new Banksy on the walls of Reading Gaol, as well as the pardoning of historical men who had sex with men.
About Mark: Mark is County Archivist for Berkshire and works at the Berkshire Record Office in Reading where, amongst other things, he looks after the archives of various Berkshire criminal courts and those of Reading jail. Mark also writes about Victorian mental health and has published two books: 'Broadmoor Revealed' and 'Life in the Victorian Asylum'.
For more information on the Berkshire Record Office, visit www.berkshirerecordoffice.org.uk
To view the Berkshire Record Office's Catalogue of Records: Berkshire Record Office Collections (berkshirenclosure.org.uk)
The BRO is contactable on 0118 937 5132
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Introducing our final podcast of the Broken Futures 2021 Seminar Series which features a podcast recorded and produced in association with the British Association for Local History, with Dr Claire Keenan for their current podcast series: Local History Matters. Joined by Tim Allsop, project leader of the Queer Rural Connections project, and George and Amy, the Broken Futures team discuss why queer local history matters and the work of their current projects to diversify the historical records and narratives that are researched.
Links: If you'd like to visit the Local History Matters podcast series please visit: www.balh.org.uk/podcast
To read more about the Queer Rural Connections project please see here: Queer Rural Connections | TORCH | The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities
To get tickets for their shows: THE STARS ARE BRIGHTER HERE - The MERL (reading.ac.uk)
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