'A History of AIDS Activism in London' Guest Lecture by Dr. George Severs
Date and time is TBD
|Bush House Lecture Theatre 3 BH(NE)0.01
Join us for our first academic event of LGBTQ+ History Month where we will be joined by Dr. George Severs. Dr George Severs is a historian of HIV/AIDS, sexual violence and sexual health in modern Britain, and is author of ‘Radical Acts: HIV/AIDS activism in late twentieth-century England’.
Time & Location
Date and time is TBD
Bush House Lecture Theatre 3 BH(NE)0.01
About the event
Join us for our first academic event of LGBTQ+ History Month where we will be joined by Dr. George Severs, giving a guest lecture on the history of AIDS activism in London:
In the 1980s and 1990s, as HIV/AIDS swept across the UK, London cemented itself as the capital of the activist response to the epidemic. From the radicalism of the AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power (ACT UP) to Positively Women, groups were formed which aimed to fight the injustices which HIV/AIDS were causing Londoners living with the virus. It also hosted activist groups and organisations with international remits. This talk looks at the vibrant and diverse activist constellation which mobilised across late twentieth-century London, a movement which remains active today.
The lecture will be in Bush House Lecture Theatre 3 BH(NE)0.01 at Strand Campus and will have a wine reception following the event, as well as a Q&A.
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