Seminar

Name: Seminar: Ageing and Sexual Dysfunction in Early Modern Literature
Start: 2026-03-25T13:00:00+00:00
End: 2026-03-25T15:00:00+00:00

February 2026
Seminar: Blindness, Writing and Knowing: Visually Impaired Female Authors in the Netherlands (1770-1840)

February 27 @ 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM UTC+0

Details about how to join the virtual event will be circulated via email to registered attendees 24 hours in advance. Please note that registration will therefore close 24 hours in advance. Date: 27 Feb 2026 Time: 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm LocationHybrid | Online-via Zoom & IHR Wolfson Room NB02, Basement, IHR, Senate House, Malet…
March 2026
Seminar: Ageing and Sexual Dysfunction in Early Modern Literature

March 25 @ 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM UTC+0

Wednesday 25 March 2026, 1.00PM to 3:00 PM Speaker(s): Ezra Horbury, University of York In early modern culture, old age was commonly associated with a loss of sexual function. Building on attitudes stretching back to classical texts, early modern culture understood ageing sexuality as comically inappropriate and the ageing body as sexually dysfunctional. While legal…

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