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Launched in 2014, qUCL is a university-wide initiative that brings together UCL staff and students with research and teaching interests in LGBTQ studies, gender and sexuality studies, queer theory and related fields.
Happy 200th anniversary UCL!

Read a little about UCL’s Queer History via this blog post from Milo Edwards, a BA Education Studies student, who completed a summer research fellowship with Generation UCL.

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UCL’s Queer History: A summer research project
Milo Edwards, a BA Education Studies student, reflects on their summer research fellowship with Generation UCL.
studentsunionucl.org
February 11, 2026 at 11:02 AM
Book talk: Feminism Enchanted
24 Feb 6pm
qUCL are pleased to welcome Yanbing Er @eryanbing.bsky.social to share insights from her new book. How might feminist thought make sense of a fate that can no longer be indexed by a framework of progressive reason? www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...
Book talk: Feminism Enchanted
qUCL are pleased to welcome Yanbing Er, to share insights from her new book. How might feminist thought make sense of a fate that can no longer be indexed by a framework of progressive reason?
www.ucl.ac.uk
February 2, 2026 at 4:01 PM
Queer and Trans Pre-Modern Reading Group - Session 14
10 February 2026, 3:30pm-5pm
An informal discussion group exploring queer and trans themes in medieval and early modern texts.
www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...
Queer and Trans Pre-Modern Reading Group - Session 14
The Queer and Trans Pre-Modern Reading Group is an informal discussion group exploring queer and trans themes in medieval and early modern texts.
www.ucl.ac.uk
February 2, 2026 at 3:50 PM
With the wonderful Max Liboiron, a queer Two Spirit scientist and Indigenous STS scholar whose thinking around science is informed by these intersections. @maxliboiron.bsky.social
Counting across worlds (or, how to love a zero)
4 February 2026, 5pm–7pm
This presentation outlines the rocky efforts of two Indigenous researchers to collaborate across incommensurability through an extremely relational form of Western knowledge: statistics.
www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...
Counting across worlds (or, how to love a zero)
This presentation outlines the rocky efforts of two Indigenous researchers to collaborate across incommensurability through an extremely relational form of Western knowledge: statistics.
www.ucl.ac.uk
January 30, 2026 at 3:17 PM
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🔊 Yugo Queer

Join us for this one-day conference, which aims to make area studies more #queer and queer studies more far-reaching. It remaps the #Balkans from a war-torn region into one where new forms of activism, art, and affinity can emerge.

🗓️ 19 February
➡️ www.ucl.ac.uk/arts-humanit...
Yugo Queer
A project by Natalija Stepanović, with support from UCL FRINGE, IAS & qUCL.
www.ucl.ac.uk
January 30, 2026 at 12:07 PM
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The Log Books: Voices of Queer Britain and the Helpline that Listened
9 Feb 5pm
Authors Tash Walker & Adam Zmith will launch their book 'The Log Books', an intimate history of LGBTQ+ life over four decades, discovered in a stash of forgotten, handwritten notes.
www.ucl.ac.uk/lgbtq-resear...
January 22, 2026 at 3:03 PM
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🔊 Yugo Queer

Join us for this one-day conference, which aims to make area studies more #queer and queer studies more far-reaching. It remaps the #Balkans from a war-torn region into one where new forms of activism, art, and affinity can emerge.

🗓️ 19 February
➡️ www.ucl.ac.uk/arts-humanit...
Yugo Queer
A project by Natalija Stepanović, with support from UCL FRINGE, IAS & qUCL.
www.ucl.ac.uk
January 22, 2026 at 2:23 PM
Reposted by qUCL
Counting across worlds (or, how to love a zero)
4 February 2026, 5pm-7pm
This presentation outlines the rocky efforts of two Indigenous researchers to collaborate across incommensurability through an extremely relational form of Western knowledge: statistics.
www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...
Counting across worlds (or, how to love a zero)
This presentation outlines the rocky efforts of two Indigenous researchers to collaborate across incommensurability through an extremely relational form of Western knowledge: statistics.
www.ucl.ac.uk
January 20, 2026 at 11:24 AM
Reposted by qUCL
Can’t wait to read this. I did some transcribing for the podcast and was such a fascinating project.
The Log Books: Voices of Queer Britain and the Helpline that Listened
9 Feb 5pm
Authors Tash Walker & Adam Zmith will launch their book 'The Log Books', an intimate history of LGBTQ+ life over four decades, discovered in a stash of forgotten, handwritten notes.
www.ucl.ac.uk/lgbtq-resear...
January 9, 2026 at 3:27 PM
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The Health Care Closet: Sexual Politics & American Health since the Rights Revolutions of the 1960s
29 Jan 6:15–7:30pm
We welcome Prof Jonathan Bell @uclamericas.bsky.social, who will explore an emerging crisis in health care access through the lens of sex and gender.
www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...
The Health Care Closet: Sexual Politics & American Health since the Rights Revolutions of the 1960s
Join this Health Humanities Seminar with Prof Jonathan Bell (UCL Institute of the Americas), who will explore an emerging crisis in health care access through the lens of sex and gender.
www.ucl.ac.uk
January 20, 2026 at 11:16 AM
Yugo Queer
19 February 2026, 2pm-9pm
Yugo Queer remaps the Balkans from a war-torn region into one where new forms of activism, art, and affinity can emerge. This hybrid conference aims to make area studies more queer and queer studies more far-reaching.
www.ucl.ac.uk/lgbtq-resear...
Yugo Queer
Yugo Queer remaps the Balkans from a war-torn region into one where new forms of activism, art, and affinity can emerge. This hybrid conference aims to make area studies more queer and queer studies m...
www.ucl.ac.uk
January 9, 2026 at 2:11 PM
Reposted by qUCL
Counting across worlds (or, how to love a zero)
4 February 2026, 5pm-7pm
This presentation outlines the rocky efforts of two Indigenous researchers to collaborate across incommensurability through an extremely relational form of Western knowledge: statistics.
www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...
Counting across worlds (or, how to love a zero)
This presentation outlines the rocky efforts of two Indigenous researchers to collaborate across incommensurability through an extremely relational form of Western knowledge: statistics.
www.ucl.ac.uk
January 9, 2026 at 2:08 PM
The Log Books: Voices of Queer Britain and the Helpline that Listened
9 Feb 5pm
Authors Tash Walker & Adam Zmith will launch their book 'The Log Books', an intimate history of LGBTQ+ life over four decades, discovered in a stash of forgotten, handwritten notes.
www.ucl.ac.uk/lgbtq-resear...
December 16, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Queer and Trans Pre-Modern Reading Group
Session 13 is on 9 Dec 2pm-3:30pm
The Queer and Trans Pre-Modern Reading Group is an informal discussion group exploring queer and trans themes in medieval and early modern texts. @ctlnkane.bsky.social
www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...
Queer and Trans Pre-Modern Reading Group - Session 13
The Queer and Trans Pre-Modern Reading Group is an informal discussion group exploring queer and trans themes in medieval and early modern texts.
www.ucl.ac.uk
November 28, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Queer and Trans Pre-Modern Reading Group - Session 12
The Queer and Trans Pre-Modern Reading Group is an informal discussion group exploring queer and trans themes in medieval and early modern texts.
25 Nov 2pm-3:30pm with @ctlnkane.bsky.social
www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...
Queer and Trans Pre-Modern Reading Group - Session 12
The Queer and Trans Pre-Modern Reading Group is an informal discussion group exploring queer and trans themes in medieval and early modern texts.
www.ucl.ac.uk
November 19, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Queer and Trans Pre-Modern Reading Group - Session 11
11 Nov 2-3:30pm with @ctlnkane.bsky.social
The Queer and Trans Pre-Modern Reading Group is an informal discussion group exploring queer and trans themes in medieval and early modern texts.
www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...
Queer and Trans Pre-Modern Reading Group - Session 11
The Queer and Trans Pre-Modern Reading Group is an informal discussion group exploring queer and trans themes in medieval and early modern texts.
www.ucl.ac.uk
October 31, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Reposted by qUCL
Join us for this term's Queer and Trans Pre-Modern Reading Group @ucl-ias.bsky.social ! Newcomers very welcome, just email me to sign up!
For more info: tinyurl.com/y7kue3ek.
October 15, 2025 at 3:14 PM
'Sticking Together in Tough Times' with Dean Spade
6 Oct 6-8pm
Discussing the kinds of bold, rule-breaking, risk-taking resistance that people are taking up to care for each other and save lives right now.
www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...
'Sticking Together in Tough Times' with Dean Spade
qUCL and the SPRC are pleased to jointly host Dean Spade, who will discuss the kinds of bold, rule-breaking, risk-taking resistance that people are taking up to care for each other and save lives righ...
www.ucl.ac.uk
September 19, 2025 at 10:16 AM
'Sticking Together in Tough Times' with Dean Spade
6 Oct 6-8pm
With @sprc-ucl.bsky.social we are pleased to host Dean Spade, discussing the kinds of bold, rule-breaking, risk-taking resistance that people are taking up to care for each other and save lives right now.
www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...
'Sticking Together in Tough Times' with Dean Spade
qUCL and the SPRC are pleased to jointly host Dean Spade, who will discuss the kinds of bold, rule-breaking, risk-taking resistance that people are taking up to care for each other and save lives righ...
www.ucl.ac.uk
September 5, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Sticking Together in Tough Times
6 Oct 6-8pm at UCL, London
We & @sprc-ucl.bsky.social are pleased to host Dean Spade, who will discuss the kinds of bold, rule-breaking, risk-taking resistance that people are taking up to care for each other and save lives right now.
www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...
'Sticking Together in Tough Times' with Dean Spade
qUCL and the SPRC are pleased to jointly host Dean Spade, who will discuss the kinds of bold, rule-breaking, risk-taking resistance that people are taking up to care for each other and save lives righ...
www.ucl.ac.uk
August 20, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Reposted by qUCL
I am beyond thrilled to announce I have been awarded a Mid-Career Fellowship from @paulmelloncentr.bsky.social and a Visiting Fellowship at @ucl-ias.bsky.social to write a book on ‘Queer Ecologies and Abundant Aesthetics in Sri Lankan Art, 1926-2024’. Pictured: Chathuri Nissansala, ‘Saudade’, 2024.
July 30, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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Queer and Trans Pre-Modern Reading Group - Session 10
29 July 2–3:30pm with @ctlnkane.bsky.social
The Queer and Trans Pre-Modern Reading Group is an informal discussion group exploring queer and trans themes in medieval and early modern texts.
www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...
Queer and Trans Pre-Modern Reading Group - Session 10
The Queer and Trans Pre-Modern Reading Group is an informal discussion group exploring queer and trans themes in medieval and early modern texts.
www.ucl.ac.uk
July 18, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Reposted by qUCL
Queer and Trans Pre-Modern Reading Group - Session 9
15 July 2025, 2pm-3:30pm
This is an informal discussion group exploring queer and trans themes in medieval and early modern texts.
www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...
Queer and Trans Pre-Modern Reading Group - Session 9
The Queer and Trans Pre-Modern Reading Group is an informal discussion group exploring queer and trans themes in medieval and early modern texts.
www.ucl.ac.uk
July 11, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Rainbow Trap – London Launch
📅10 July 2025 ⏰ 6:15pm-8:15pm
Join author @kevinguyan.bsky.social to explore ideas from his hot new book 'Rainbow Trap: Queer Lives, Categories and the Dangers of Inclusion'
www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...
Rainbow Trap – London Launch
Join author Kevin Guyan to explore ideas from his hot new book 'Rainbow Trap: Queer Lives, Categories and the Dangers of Inclusion'
www.ucl.ac.uk
June 13, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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Queer and Trans Pre-Modern Reading Group - Session 8
The Queer and Trans Pre-Modern Reading Group is an informal discussion group exploring queer and trans themes in medieval and early modern texts.
10 June 2-3:30pm @ctlnkane.bsky.social
www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...
Queer and Trans Pre-Modern Reading Group - Session 8
The Queer and Trans Pre-Modern Reading Group is an informal discussion group exploring queer and trans themes in medieval and early modern texts.
www.ucl.ac.uk
June 6, 2025 at 10:24 AM