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JOANNA BOURKE

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Here are my latest blogs! Enjoy.


Wound Nationalism: ‘Culture Wars’ and the Politics of ‘The People’
(This is the spoken version of the Alan Graham Memorial Lecture, that I gave at the conference ‘We The People’, Irish Association for...
7 days ago24 min read
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Male Beauty: The Male Dress Reform Party in Interwar Britain
In 1929, the Men’s Dress Reform Party was established in response to what its founders regarded as the heinous modern age. One of them,...
Apr 2015 min read
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The Lurgan Mechanics’ Institute
In 1859, the Lurgan Mechanics’ Institute was formally inaugurated, ‘in the presence of one of the largest and most fashionable...
Apr 1232 min read
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Incels and Misogyny
Incels is the portmanteau of Involuntary Celibates. They are primarily young men furious about being excluded from romantic and sexual...
Apr 129 min read
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Fragments from my Autobiography
When I became a Birkbeck Fellow, I used the opportunity to reflect on my own personal history and how I became a writer.
Mar 51 min read
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Sexual Violence Research Instigates Change
Caption: Reception for the Shameless! Festival of Activism Against Sexual Violence. Left to right: Professor Joanna Bourke, Julia...
Jun 15, 20243 min read
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SHaME's End of Grant Report
I loved working with the SHaME (Sexual Harms and Medical Encounters) team over 5 and a half years. SHaME’s Public Engagement Lead, Dr...
Jun 15, 20241 min read
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Marianne Elliott: Inspirations Series
Marianne Elliott is one of the greatest living historians of Ireland, with books that have changed the way we think about revolution and...
Feb 6, 20246 min read
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Medical Professionals and Sexual Violence
On 12 June 1993, the editors of the British Medical Journal published an account by a male doctor of being sexually assaulted by another...
Feb 5, 20246 min read
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