#OurIslandStories printed today! Made me reflect on why I wanted to write this book in these fraught times. Taking country walks together are a great way to understand how colonial activity & imperial wealth shaped our countryside.

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Our stand is ready to go here at the #QueerHistory Fair 2024! Come say hello to Cesare Cuzzola and Matthew Storey to find out more about the Network's upcoming activities 🌈 Goldsmiths Centre for Queer History

We’re looking forward to this! Come and say hello to Cesare Cuzzola and Matthew Storey who will be there on behalf of QHCN!

Call for proposals 📢
🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ We invite proposals for research aimed at advancing #LGBTQIA + inclusive practices within European museums. This call seeks to address challenges faced by #museum professionals while promoting #diversity .
⏰📆 Deadline: 4 March
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In our latest blog post on our new CCP microsite the wonderful Jon Sleigh explores the legacy of #HereAndQueer TheNewArtGalleryWalsall with tips and examples for queering collections #LGBTHM collectionscommunitypanel.co.uk/blog/blog-post…

I'm super proud to be part of the team receiving this
Arts Council England funding for the Queer Heritage and Collections Network. Keep an eye on Queer Heritage and Collections Network and at queerhcn.org for exciting things coming over the next few months and years...
Richard Sandell Cesare Cuzzola

News | Queer Heritage and Collections Network awarded Arts Council England and National Lottery Project Funding

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#CitizensOfChange #LGBTplusHM | Queer Heritage and Collections Network Rachael E Lennon Emmie Kell Arts Council England

📣 We are totally delighted to announce our new project grant from Arts Council England via University of Leicester, which will support a step change in the ambition and scope of our activities. More #queerheritage goodness coming soon! 🎉 🌈 #LGBTplusHM

CFP for an edited collection with Sandra Dudley from School of Museum Studies on care and museum work.
We welcome contributions from across disciplines, and reflections from practice

To view our call for papers, visit:
drive.google.com/file/d/1jHHk_U…

ACHS

Happy New Year! Booking is open for two upcoming Scottish Archives events on LGBTQ+ history:

Gaps in the Archives: LGBTQ+ Youth Scotland Oral History Workshop, 25 Jan, 09:30-16:30, Rockfield Centre, Oban
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If you're in the session Trans-Inclusive Culture (or if you're not!), don't forget to check out the great guidance on advancing trans inclusion for museums, galleries, archives and heritage organisations: bit.ly/3SxweVq

University of Leicester UK Research and Innovation Economic and Social Research Council

#Museums2023

Fantastic day the Whitworth with a workshop on ‘Queer Possibility’ hosted and ran by the fantastic Margaret Middleton supported by Cesare Cuzzola & Queer Heritage and Collections Network. We had some really interesting conversations on interpretation and representation amongst others!

📣 Booking closes soon for our FREE hybrid event on 6 Nov specifically crafted for LGBTQ+ museum professionals: 'Looking for Queer Possibility Together'

Webinar + Live Workshop in Manchester 2-4pm in person the Whitworth, livestream 2-3pm Speakers:Margaret Middleton& Dominic Bilton ⬇️

📣 Book now for a FREE hybrid event on 6 Nov specifically crafted for LGBTQ+ museum professionals:

'Looking for Queer Possibility Together' Webinar + Live Workshop in Manchester
2-4pm in person the Whitworth, livestream presentation 2-3pm
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That includes our Project Manager Cesare Cuzzola who will be speaking on the panel ‘Connected Heritage: Unlocking the power of collaboration using digital tools’. Hope to see you there!

📣Looking for a set of strategies for interpreting queer stories in exhibits? Our FREE webinar 'An Introduction to Queer Possibility', led by Margaret Middleton 18 Oct 2-3pm, sold out fast, but we'll release a few more tix in early Oct - register your interest here:
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🚨Call for Papers🚨Chris Green and Dominic Bilton are editing a special edition of the journal, Art and the Public Sphere called ‘Queer(ing) Art, Curation and Collaboration’. Pls do submit an abstract. Details are in the link 👉intellectbooks.com/art-the-public…
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📣A reminder that this Call for Papers for a journal Special Issue on ‘Queer(ing) Art, Curation and Collaboration’ has a deadline of 1 November for abstracts/proposals - get your 300-word abstract in now!

RCMG University of Leicester is delighted that #EverywhereAndNowhere features in the National Trust Magazine - the highest magazine circulation in the UK. It explores little known and previously untold histories of disability from across Trust. Find out more here everywhereandnowhere.le.ac.uk