Author Archives: Christine Plastow

On Thursday 20th April 2023, a group of GOTH members travelled to Cambridge for the annual GOTH awayday. This year, GOTH decided to visit a series of exhibitions at the Fitzwilliam Museum and the Whipple Museum. We began the day … Continue reading →

Location: The Open University, Milton Keynes, UK Please register for online attendance via Eventbrite. Symposium organizers – GOTH Committee: Dr M A Katritzky – Director, GOTH & Barbara Wilkes Research Fellow in Theatre Studies Dr Christine Plastow – GOTH Web … Continue reading →

CFP DEADLINE: 30 November 2022 EVENT: 3rd Annual GOTH Symposium DATE: Thursday 18 to Saturday 20 May 2023 ORGANIZERS: The GOTH Committee HOST: The GOTH Research Centre, OU LOCATION: The Open University, Milton Keynes (live, on campus event) THEME: Gender … Continue reading →

GOTH members may be interested in the announcement of the annual Classical Reception Seminar Series in collaboration with the Institute of Classical Studies, London. This year the Queer and the Classical collective are convening a series entitled… ‘Back To a Time … Continue reading →

By Christine Plastow In 1953 and 1954, the painter Francis Bacon created two paintings of a pair of men closely entwined. Two Figures (1953) shows one nude man apparently pinning down another on   the messy white sheets of a bed, in … Continue reading →

Clare Taylor on the exhibition of Laura Knight‘s work at MK Gallery, showing until 20th February 2022. This show at the MK Gallery injects bold colours and equally bold subjects into the urban landscape of Milton Keynes. It brings together … Continue reading →

GOTH is pleased to share details of an upcoming online conference that may be of interest to members. More information, including abstracts for all papers, can be found at the conference website. TRANS/QUEER GENDER AND NARRATIVE FORM 15TH, 22ND AND 29TH … Continue reading →

Here is a selection of blog posts written in the last few months by GOTH members for other blogs, which may be of interest to readers of the GOTH blog. From the English and Creative Writing blog: Gender and Otherness … Continue reading →

by Chris Dobson, GOTH PhD Student 2020 started well for me. In January, I travelled down to Milton Keynes for an interview, and I was fortunate enough to be offered a PhD studentship at the Open University, which I eagerly … Continue reading →

By Christine Plastow Theatre, an art form and industry that has traditionally relied on the gathering of a (sometimes large) group of people in close quarters, has naturally been hit hard by the global coronavirus crisis. Not only productions but … Continue reading →