Desiring History and Historicizing Desire: Sexuality in Early Modern England

Melissa Sanchez, discusses “The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: Love in Early Modern Lyric Poetry”. Sanchez is Graduate Chair, Associate Professor of English at the University of Pennsylvania. This talk was included in the conference session topic titled, “Queer Pasts”.

Valerie Traub, discusses "Talking Sex”. Traub is the Frederick G. L. Huetwell Professor of English and Women's Studies at the University of Michigan. This talk was included in the conference session topic titled, “(Queer) Historiographies”.

Will Fisher discusses, “’Every Bodies Fancy Varies': Historicizing Early Modern Sexual Practice". Fisher is an English Professor at Lehman College and the CUNY Graduate Center. This talk was included in the conference session topic titled, “(Queer) Historiographies”.

Steve Hindle and Will Stockton welcome participants and attendees to the “Desiring History and Historicizing Desire: Sexuality in Early Modern England" conference, held at the Huntington Library on September 19-20, 2014. Hindle is the W. M. Keck Foundation Director of Research at The Huntington. Stockton is Professor at Clemson University with a focus on Renaissance Literature and Queer Theory.