Sexuality and Gender Studies

An interdisciplinary field of enquiry that crosses the arts, critical humanities, and social sciences, and that intersects with medicine and politics.

Current and recent projects:

Serge Daney and Queer Cinephilia

Dr Kate Ince
Queer Italia Network

AHRC-funded network
An Archive of Activism

Gender and public history in postcolonial Ghana
Reforming abortion law in Ireland

Research undertaken by Birmingham Law School academics informed the legislative reform process that changed one of the most restrictive abortion laws in the world
Narratives of Displacement

Iraqi and Syrian Refugees in Europe and the Middle East

Sexuality and Gender at Birmingham:

MRes Sexuality and Gender Studies

A truly interdisciplinary programme, staffed by academics from a range of disciplines, each bringing their specific expertise to bear on the topics under discussion.
Doctoral Research in Sexuality and Gender Studies

We offer supervision from leading international scholars of interdisciplinary Sexuality and Gender Studies.