Ulriika Vihervalli discusses the heteronormative ideals of the late antique Christian church, how historians' interpretations of historical sources erase 'other' sexual identities, and her new book, Desire and Disunity.
Exorcism and an Incubus: An Unusual Anecdote in Bede’s Commentary on the Gospel of Luke
Best known as the author of The Ecclesiastical History of the English People, Bede (d. 735) also penned works on science, as well as sermons, poetry and hagiography. He wanted, however, to be remembered primarily as a commentator on the Bible – one who ‘followed in the footsteps of the Fathers’ to expound the sacred … Continue reading
Sex, Sea and Self: Jacqueline Couti talks to Katharine Shilcutt for Rice University
This article explores the 'Sex, Sea and Self''s ideas in further depth, examining Couti's thoughts on selfhood, French Caribbean literature and the sexualisation of black female bodies.
The Literary and Scientific Stakes of Transgender in Eighteenth-Century Italy and England: The Case of Catterina Vizzani
Clorinda Donato is the author of the October volume in the Oxford University Studies in the Enlightenment series, The Life and legend of Catterina Vizzani: sexual identity, science and Sensationalism in eighteenth-century Italy and England. In this new volume, Clorinda Donato analyses the medical, societal, and narrative transcultural stakes in the life story of the transgendered Catterina Vizzani, … Continue reading
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