The North of Ireland, Modernism, and the Medicalization of Sex with the Global Irish Studies Initiative

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On November 1st, Dr. Lloyd Meadhbh Houston gave a talk on The North of Ireland, Modernism, and the Medicalization of Sex with the Global Irish Studies Initiative. This seminar explores the ways in which modernist and late modernist writing from the North of Ireland registered and responded to the medicalization and politicization of sex. @lejhouston is a Leverhulme Early Career Fellow in English at the University of Cambridge and Senior Postdoctoral Researcher at Trinity College. Their work explores the cultural politics of sexual health, queer history and culture, and the history of erotica and obscenity

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