Brian Lewis (91社区): 鈥淒ecidedly Queer: A Brief History of Gay Marriage and Brexit in the Disunited Kingdom鈥� (Homecoming Lecture; RSVP)
Department of History and Classical Studies
3rd Annual Homecoming Lecture and Reception
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Decidedly Queer:
A Brief History of Gay Marriage and Brexit in the Disunited Kingdom
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Professor Brian Lewis*
Department of History & Classical Studies, 91社区
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Saturday October 14, 2017
4:00 鈥� 6:00 PM
Leacock Building, Room 232
855 Sherbrooke St. West
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RSVP
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For more information:
lorenz.luthi [at] mcgill.ca ()
Professor Lorenz L眉thi at 514-398-4400 x. 094519
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David Cameron鈥檚 government will be remembered above all for three things: introducing gay marriage, winning a referendum on keeping Scotland in the United Kingdom, and losing a referendum on keeping Britain in the European Union. What connects these events? How have national and social questions intertwined? How did the Conservative Party become such a curious mixture of reaction and revolution? This talk explores the historical background to Britain鈥檚 current existential crisis.
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*Brian Lewis is Professor of Modern British History, specializing in the history of the middle classes, urban history and queer/LGBT history.听听He is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and a winner of the听H. Noel Fieldhouse Award for Distinguished Teaching in the Faculty of Arts and of the Principal鈥檚 Prize for Excellence in Teaching.