Dr. George Severs
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Profile
Dr George Severs is Postdoctoral Researcher on the Swiss National Science Foundation-funded project 'Race and Sexual and Reproductive Health Charities in postwar Britain' (PI Dr Caroline Rusterholz). Before joining the Graduate Institute, Dr Severs was a Postdoctoral Research Fellow on the Wellcome-funded Sexual Harms and Medical Encounters (SHaME) project at Birkbeck, University of London. There, he researched the history of male survivors of sexual violence in the UK, as well as the impact of the HIV/AIDS epidemic on forensic and genitourinary medics working with survivors of sexual violence. His first book, based on his PhD thesis and under contract with Bloomsbury Academic, is a history of HIV/AIDS activism in England during the 1980s and 1990s. Dr Severs is an oral historian, serving as Public History Editor on the journal Oral History and as the Secretary of the Oral History Society's LGBTQ special interest group.
Areas of expertise
- Civil s ociety, social movements and NGOs
- Gender and Sexuality Studies
- Masculinity
- Sexual and gender-based violence
- Gender and Health
- Oral History
- Queer theory
Geographical Region of Expertise
- United Kingdom
Personal Information
Countries:
Switzerland
Themes:
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Research labels:
Struggles – social movements – activism
NGOs
Sexuality
Masculinities
Violence – harassment
Health – medicine
Subjects:
Gender Studies, History