North East LGBTQIA+ Heritage Network
Schedule
Tue Oct 15 2024 at 09:00 am to 01:00 pm
UTC+01:00Location
Beamish, the living history museum | Stanley, EN
About this Event
Curious Arts invites you to a seminar to discuss the setting up of a North East LGBTQIA+ Heritage Network. The seminar is open to people from all the region’s museums, archives, libraries, universities and collections. Please feel free to share this invitation with your colleagues.
The seminar will hear a keynote address from Rachael Lennon, who will talk about her work establishing, the Queer Heritage and Collections Network.
Professor Kate Chedgzoy of Newcastle University will give a presentation on her research into lesbian performance and performers.
Participants will be asked to share what is held in their institutions that has an LGBTQIA+ connection, and the LGBTQIA+ projects they have undertaken or are undertaking . This is a tentative first step towards mapping the regions LGBTQIA+ heritage assets.
After the meeting participants will be sent a report showing the state of the region’s LGBTQIA+ heritage collections and projects.
This event is sponsored by Beamish and The School of English Literature, Language and Linguistics at Newcastle University.
Lunch is included in this event.
Additional Information
Rachael is the Strategic Cultural Partnerships Manager at Newcastle University. Her publications include; Wedded Wife: A Feminist History of Marriage, journalism for DIVA magazine, Big Issue and the New Humanist and her work has featured in the Guardian and New Statesman. Rachael’s broadcast experience includes the BBC's Woman's Hour and World Service, as well as a range of international podcasts.
Rachael was the first Senior Curator for National Public Programmes and National Specialist for Inclusive Histories at the National Trust. In 2017 she curated Prejudice and Pride, a national programme of exhibitions, publications, events and activities exploring LGBTQ heritage.
Rachael is a Trustee of Beamish Museum and Redhills.
Curious Arts is developing heritage projects across the region, and this seminar is an opportunity to hear about these initiatives.
Where is it happening?
Beamish, the living history museum, Beamish Museum, Stanley, United KingdomEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
GBP 40.00 to GBP 50.00
