This online version will focus on three areas: Love, Sex and Gender. In the first month we will focus on Love. In the second month we will focus on Sex. In the third month we will focus on Gender. This pattern will repeat throughout the year.
SCHEDULE FOR 2026
DATE: Tuesday 10th March at 7pm online via Zoom
ZOOM meeting link https://us05web.zoom.us/j/8690753238?pwd=VE5UTEh2eWhaUEJIUlZvMVkwMDJhUT09
QUESTION for discussion: What is love?
We will begin this session by looking at what Plato wrote about love in his Symposium.
QUESTION for discussion: What is love?
We will begin this session by looking at what Plato wrote about love in his Symposium.
USEFUL LINKS
Here is a link to the text if you have time to read it
Here is a link to the audio version if you prefer to listen
Here is a link to a short video about the Symposium if you are time poor
Here is a link to a very very short summary of the Symposium
https://www.litcharts.com/lit/the-symposium/summary
https://www.litcharts.com/lit/the-symposium/summary
Here is a link to an animation about Aristophanes' description of the three original human genders.
DATE: Tuesday 12th May at 7pm online via Zoom
Repeated Tuesday 19th May
ZOOM meeting link https://us05web.zoom.us/j/8690753238?pwd=VE5UTEh2eWhaUEJIUlZvMVkwMDJhUT09
QUESTION for discussion: What was the Repressive Hypothesis?
We will begin this session by looking at what Foucault wrote about the Repressive Hypothesis in his History of Sexuality: Volume 1.
QUESTION for discussion: What was the Repressive Hypothesis?
We will begin this session by looking at what Foucault wrote about the Repressive Hypothesis in his History of Sexuality: Volume 1.
Useful Links
Here is a link to the audio version if you prefer to listen
Here is a link to a short video about the text if you are time poor.
Here is a link to a very short summary about the text
Here is a link to a video about Foucault and his text. Foucault's text is considered to be a foundation in the area of queer theory.
DATE: Tuesday 9th June at 7pm online via Zoom
ZOOM meeting link https://us05web.zoom.us/j/8690753238?pwd=VE5UTEh2eWhaUEJIUlZvMVkwMDJhUT09
QUESTION for discussion: What did Judith Butler mean when she said Gender is Performative?
We will begin this session by looking at what Judith Butler wrote about in her book Gender Trouble.
QUESTION for discussion: What did Judith Butler mean when she said Gender is Performative?
We will begin this session by looking at what Judith Butler wrote about in her book Gender Trouble.
USEFUL LINKS
Here is a link to the audio version if you prefer to listen
