5:00 PM, 08 Apr 2019 - , WW8, West Wing, UCC

The Love That Dare Not Speak Its Name: male convict sexuality in the 19th century

The Love That Dare Not Speak Its Name: male convict sexuality in the 19th century

• Title of the talk: “The Love That Dare Not SpSpeakereak Its Name: male convict sexuality in the 19^thcentury”
• Speaker: Dr Barra Ó Donnabháin, Lecturer in UCC’s Department of Archaeology and Co-Chair of the UCC LGBT+ Staff Network
• Date, time and venue: Monday 8 April, 5pm-6pm, West Wing 8, UCC Main Campus
• Practical details: No booking required; the capacity is 20 people and the room is wheelchair accessible

Barra will deliver an illustrated talk on male convict sexuality in the 19^th century, specifically in relation to findings from archaeological excavations he has led, since 2012, at the Spike Island site.  Barra is co-author of Too Beautiful for Thieves and Pickpockets: A History of the Victorian Convict Prison on Spike Island (published by Cork County Library, 2016). 

Free - all welcome. Organised by UCC LGBT+ Staff Network

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