How have various radical and internationalist traditions attempted to overcome forms of domination and build alternative, emancipatory futures? Marral Shamshiri introduces a new History Workshop series.
What can we learn by turning a queer lens onto the study of medieval art? Three art historians discuss Spectrum of Desire, an exhibition at New York's Cloisters.
What can we learn about queer lives and queer history from the call logs of the UK's first LGBTQ+ helpline? Tash Walker and Adam Zmith on their award-winning podcast The Log Books.
How did a group of authors, artists musicians and aristocrats in Edwardian Chelsea use the structures of marriage, class and empire to subvert the heterosexual norm and form a network of queer non-monogamy?
Donald Trump's January 20th Executive Order is a harmful attack on queer and transgender healthcare education, but it will be resisted. Lucy Kelly turns to the legacy of queer activists and allies in the struggle for AIDS education in the…
What does a pandemic look like when remembered through someone's personal archive? Sarath Pillai reflects on the value of dream diaries and insurance forms in the history of the AIDS pandemic.
How can we understand historical figures as products of their time? Kerry Lindeque examines the contradictory radicalism of Britain's most famous drag king
With Eurovision 2024 facing renewed calls for boycott, Catherine Baker reflects on the 'radical' history of the song contest - and the alternatives that might shape its future.
How important was nightlife to trans community building? Leila Sellers investigates the history of Northern Concord, a social group run by and for transfeminine people in 1980s Manchester.
What was the day-to-day life of a queer civil servant in 20th-century Britain? Dominic Janes explores routine and religion in the diaries of George Lucas.
What can the biography of William Mcllroy, a gay humanist from post-war Northern Ireland, tell us about the negotiation of non-conforming identities in the face of inflexible religious conservatism? Charlie Lynch investigates the…
What is gained when 20th century Queer history is brought into the classroom? Claire Holliss discusses her experience of visiting the archive to find sources for her A-Level students.
Marlene Dietrich's sultry sexuality is the best-remembered part of the 1930 film The Blue Angel, yet embedded in the film and its afterlife is a radical history of antifascist resistance. Marybeth Hamilton explores.
What can The London Women's Handbook reveal about the Greater London Council and radical feminist organising? Lucy Brownson explores the 1986 Handbook which captures a turning point in British political and social life.
There is an urgent need for programmes that train people to research Queer History and Black British History. The first masters' programmes in these areas, at Goldsmiths, now face an existential threat due to the College's redundancy…
This World AIDS Day, Clifford McManus discusses the UK AIDS Memorial Quilt as a radical object of protest and activism, and a symbol of love and remembrance.
History Workshop Journal and History Workshop Online editors urge withdrawal of threatened redundancies at Goldsmiths, which especially target the History and English & Creative Writing departments
Elly Robson is joined by Nazmia Jamal and Syeda Ali to discuss queer education: the violent silence of Section 28, how it was resisted, and what lessons we can draw from it today.
