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The Prague Branch of the German Historical Institute Warsaw (part of the Max Weber Foundation), together with Collegium Carolinum and the Leibniz Institute for the History and Culture of Eastern Europe (GWZO), in cooperation with the Czech Academy of Sciences through the joint Czech-German Research and Mediation Platform (GWZOPragueFLÚ) at its Institute of Philosophy, invites you to a public lecture hosted by the Faculty of Arts, Charles University.The lecture is part of the Prague Histories Forum, a public lecture series bringing international scholars into dialogue with students, researchers, and the wider public. The winter semester 2026/27 programme explores Gender & Queer in East Central Europe.
SEXUAL DISSIDENCE IN THE SOVIET UNION
Dan Healey (University of Oxford)
How did the Soviet state regulate sexual dissidence, and how did individuals navigate, negotiate, or resist these constraints?
Dan Healey examines the overlapping legal, medical, and cultural frameworks governing homosexuality and gender nonconformity, from the Bolshevik sexual revolution through Stalinist repression and into late socialism. Drawing on archival sources, literary texts, and forensic and psychiatric records, the lecture considers the clinic, the courtroom, and the labour camp as institutions through which permissible forms of life were defined and disciplined. Alongside these mechanisms of control, it explores the possibilities of solidarity, resistance, and queer subjectivity under Soviet rule.
Dan Healey is Emeritus Professor of Modern Russian and Soviet History at St Antony’s College, University of Oxford. His research focuses on the history of sexuality, gender, and medicine in modern Russia and the Soviet Union. His books include Homosexual Desire in Revolutionary Russia, Russian Homophobia from Stalin to Sochi, and The Gulag Doctors.
Tuesday, 15 December 2026 | 15:50–17:20 CET
Špork Palace, Faculty of Arts, Charles University
Hybernská 3, Prague 1 | Room 303, attic floor
The lecture will be held in English. Students, researchers, and members of the public are welcome to attend in person or online.
For information on online participation, please visit the Prague Histories Forum webpage: https://www.dhi.waw.pl/en/news/detail/prague-histories-forum-gender-and-queer-history-in-east-central-europe/
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