# Event Details - **Event Name**: Interwar Cinema and Queer History: Researching the LGBTQ+ Past Symposium - **Event Start and End Date**: Tue, 23 Jun, 2026 at 09:30 am – Tue, 23 Jun, 2026 at 06:00 pm - **Event Description**: This one-day symposium at the University of Southampton brings together scholars working on cinema and queer history in the 1910s-30s.About this EventPlease join us at Southampton’s to network, explore research interests, and identify key themes and gaps in scholarship, as well as to discuss the archival sources and challenges involved in researching the LGBTQ+ past.This symposium is open to academics and researchers who are interested in the subject and will be in person only. Registration is free, and lunch and tea/coffee will be provided.Speakers and topics will include:Julie Gammon (Southampton) – Visibility and Its Limits: Queer History in Interwar BritainMolly Harrabin (Warwick) – Queering Lulu: Reopening the Celluloid Closet of Weimar FilmDominic Janes (Keele) – Pink Powder, Silver Screens, and Queer Male GlamourMandy Merck (Royal Holloway) – The Queer Miniature in Hollywood Science Fiction of the 1930sLawrence Napper (King’s College London) - Queer Goings-on in Interwar British FilmsJigyasa Singh (Independent Researcher) – ‘Proper’ Men, ‘Othered’ Identities: Masculinity, Language and Queer Visibility in Interwar CinemaGareth Smith (Cardiff) – A Perverted Word: ‘Gay’ Films in 1930s HollywoodMartin Stollery (Independent Researcher) – ‘Uncle Bas’ (Basil Wright) and the Queerness of British DocumentaryAdam Vaughan (Southampton Solent) – Searching for ‘Queer Feelings’ in George Cukor’s 1930s filmsThe symposium will be hosted by Michael Williams (Southampton) and Chris O’Rourke (Warwick). Email M.T.Williams@soton.ac.uk and/or Chris.O-Rourke@warwick.ac.uk for more information. - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/southampton/interwar-cinema-and-queer-history-researching-the-lgbtq-past-symposium/100001989286649920 - **Event Categories**: entertainment, lgbt-pride, science-fair - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 0 - **Event Highlights**: - Duration: 8 hours 30 minutes - Location: Lecture Theatre 2, Sir James Matthews Building, University of Southampton City Centre Campus - Languages: English ## Ticket Details - **Ticket Price Range**: min: 0, max: 0, currency: GBP ## Event venue details - **city**: Southampton - **state**: EN - **country**: United Kingdom - **location**: Lecture Theatre 2, Sir James Matthews Building, University of Southampton City Centre Campus - **lat**: 50.908501 - **long**: -1.4051066 - **full address**: Lecture Theatre 2, Sir James Matthews Building, University of Southampton City Centre Campus, 157-187 Above Bar Street, Southampton, United Kingdom ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: Interwar Cinema and Queer History: Researching the LGBTQ+ Past Symposium - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events8/banners/ddd9ea28c144a05c0d090b78d144d67849cdc5d421ce6a2eb48825a563fb8c1d-rimg-w1200-h675-dc1a1a1a-gmir.jpg?v=1779192192 ## FAQs - **Q**: When and where is Interwar Cinema and Queer History: Researching the LGBTQ+ Past Symposium being held? - **A:** Interwar Cinema and Queer History: Researching the LGBTQ+ Past Symposium takes place on Tue, 23 Jun, 2026 at 09:30 am to Tue, 23 Jun, 2026 at 06:00 pm at Lecture Theatre 2, Sir James Matthews Building, University of Southampton City Centre Campus, 157-187 Above Bar Street, Southampton, United Kingdom. - **Q**: Who is organizing Interwar Cinema and Queer History: Researching the LGBTQ+ Past Symposium? - **A:** Interwar Cinema and Queer History: Researching the LGBTQ+ Past Symposium is organized by Interwar Cinema and Queer History Symposium. ## Structured Data (JSON-LD) ```json [ { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@type": "Event", "name": "Interwar Cinema and Queer History: Researching the LGBTQ+ Past Symposium", "image": "https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events8/banners/ddd9ea28c144a05c0d090b78d144d67849cdc5d421ce6a2eb48825a563fb8c1d-rimg-w1200-h675-dc1a1a1a-gmir.jpg?v=1779192192", "startDate": "2026-06-23", "endDate": "2026-06-23", "url": "https://allevents.in/southampton/interwar-cinema-and-queer-history-researching-the-lgbtq-past-symposium/100001989286649920", "location": { "@type": "Place", "name": "Lecture Theatre 2, Sir James Matthews Building, University of Southampton City Centre Campus", "address": { "@type": "PostalAddress", "streetAddress": "157-187 Above Bar Street", "postalCode": "SO14 7NN", "addressLocality": "Southampton", "addressRegion": "EN", "addressCountry": "GB" }, "geo": { "@type": "GeoCoordinates", "latitude": "50.908501", "longitude": "-1.4051066" } }, "eventAttendanceMode": "https://schema.org/OfflineEventAttendanceMode", "description": "This one-day symposium at the University of Southampton brings together scholars working on cinema and queer history in the 1910s-30s.", "offers": [ { "@type": "AggregateOffer", "availability": "https://schema.org/InStock", "priceCurrency": "GBP", "availabilityStarts": "2026-09-06", "availabilityEnds": "2026-06-23", "validFrom": "2026-09-06", "lowPrice": "0.00", "highPrice": "0.00", "price": "0.00", "url": "https://allevents.in/southampton/interwar-cinema-and-queer-history-researching-the-lgbtq-past-symposium/100001989286649920" }, { "@type": "Offer", "availability": "https://schema.org/SoldOut", "priceCurrency": "GBP", "availabilityStarts": "2026-09-06", "availabilityEnds": "", "validFrom": "2026-09-06", "url": "https://allevents.in/southampton/interwar-cinema-and-queer-history-researching-the-lgbtq-past-symposium/100001989286649920", "price": 0, "name": "General Admission" } ], "organizer": [ { "@type": "Organization", "name": "Interwar Cinema and Queer History Symposium", "url": "https://allevents.in/org/interwar-cinema-and-queer-history-symposium/27791411" } ] } ] ```