The Guild of Queer Early Modernists

Planning on attending? All attendees will receive excerpts from the book to read in advance, sent once you have signed-up. No worries if you can only read some of the extracts, we would still love to have you join us ☺️

📚🌈 1 week until our first reading group session of 2026! This month we are talking about The Shapes of Sex by Leah DeVun 📚🌈

📍Where?: over Zoom
⏰ When?: Thursday 12th Feb from 1-2:30pm PT/ 4-5:30pm EST/ 9-10:30pm GMT

📚 To sign-up to the reading group visit: docs.google.com/forms/u/0/d/...

Fancy winning a free copy of Vin Nardizzi's Marvellous Vegetables of the English Renaissance? 🥬📚🌈

You have until Saturday to enter Vin's raffle!

Please note: all entrants should have the intention of attending the reading group session for this book, taking place on the 12th March

Exciting news🎉 AMEND will be presenting at Disability and the Archives: Access, Absences and Action. This 2-day conference will be held online from 23–24 January 2026! Tickets are available for purchase here: www.shakespearesglobe.com/whats-on/dis....
Hope to see some of you there!🤩

Don't worry if you don't own a copy of the text, we share selected pages of the texts anyone wishing to attend beforehand. 📚

🌈📚 Announcing our winter and spring reading group dates and readings! 📚🌈

📚 sign-up to the reading group: docs.google.com/forms/u/0/d/...

🥬 enter Vin's raffle: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

🏳️‍🌈📚🏳️‍⚧️Here is 2025 wrapped top ten recently(ish) published queer early modern books 🏳️‍⚧️📚🏳️‍🌈

What did we miss? Let us know what your favourites have been! 📚✨

Reminder: you have one day left to apply for our peer writing exchange! 📝 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

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📅 January 5–7, 2026
📍 Victoria College
🎥 In person/livestreamed

What does it mean to do asexual history? This three-day conference bridges early modern studies and asexuality studies to explore compulsory sexuality, disability, race, and queer histories.

👉 More info crrs.ca/crrsevents/e...

Attention Guild members! You have until the 12th December to register for our peer writing exchange. 🖋️🌈

Signup here: docs.google.com/forms/d/1Mxr...

To find out more visit gqem.org/events-calen...

Peer Writing Exchange Registration Taking place between January and March, participants will be paired with 1 or 2 other people to exchange writing up to 8000 words long. Participants will then return feedback and have a meeting toget...

Announcing our Peer Writing Exchange! Taking place between January and March 2026, participants will be paired with 1 or 2 other people to exchange writing up to 8000 words long. Participants will return comments and meet to discuss feedback. Register by Dec 12th: docs.google.com/forms/d/1Mxr...

Tomorrow is your last chance to join us for reading group until next term!

Conference poster featuring excerpts from a painting: a man in a tunic (Apollo) chasing a woman (Daphne); Apollo looks imploring, while Daphne, walking away from him, looks exasperated. Their figures repeat in miniature on the background of the poster, and in the center in a purple circle is the following text: "January 5-7, 2026, Victorial College Chapel and Online, Early Modern Asexualities"

EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT: Conference on "Early Modern Asexualities," in person at Victoria College at the University of Toronto (and streamed online), January 5-7, 2026.

Get previews of chapters in the collection edited by myself, @catherineclifford.bsky.social, and @omaraphd.bsky.social. 💜🤍🌪️🖤

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Our reading group returns next Thursday, the 13th, for our FINAL session of the term! We will be discussion Gamble and Knoll's Kinky Renaissance! There is still time to join us!

Tomorrow, from 4-5:30! Join us for some quiet, focused work time!

After a week off, we are back today from 4-5:30 EST!

Today! There is still time to join us for this afternoon's discussion!

Our reading group returns this Thursday, with @badinfinity2.bsky.social brilliant Glorious Bodies. Join us!

Writing groups are really such invaluable tools for making sure time gets carved out for your work. I’m making time for this one as often as I can; I hope I see some of y’all there:

GQEM Writing Group Registration Mondays, 4 - 5:30pm EST

Join us for our drop-in writing group, happening tomorrow (Monday) from 4-5:30 EST! We will be off next week (October 6th), so this is your chance for some supportive co-working with us in the next few weeks. Join us! docs.google.com/forms/d/1UIJ...

Our first writing group is today! Come join us for some group accountability!

GQEM Writing Group Registration Mondays, 4 - 5:30pm EST

One week until our fall writing group begins! Join us on Monday's from 4 - 5:30 EST to set some goals and work together in a focused, supportive environment! Register to join here: docs.google.com/forms/d/1UIJ...

Tomorrow!! There is still time to join us!

One week until our first reading group session! We will be discussing a portion of Sex Lives, by Joseph Gamble. Register here to join! Register here! tinyurl.com/mr3mjauz

GQEM Writing Group Registration Mondays, 4 - 5:30pm EST

Also happening this fall at GQEM - a co-working group! Each session has opportunities to socialise with fellow writers, set goals, have quiet work sessions, and check in on each other’s progress. Sessions will be Mondays, from 4-5:30pm EST, beginning Monday, September 15th!

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GQEM Reading Group Registration The second Thursday of each month, from 4-5:30pm EST. September 11th, Sex Lives, by Joseph Gamble October 9th, Glorious Bodies, by Colby Gordon November 13th, The Kinky Renaissance, edited by Gillian ...

🥳 Announcing our reading group!

Thurs, Sept. 11, 4-5:30 EST, Sex Lives, Joseph Gamble
Thurs, Oct. 9, 4-5:30 EST, Glorious Bodies, Colby Gordon. @badinfinity2.bsky.social will join us!
Thurs, Nov. 13, 4-5:30 EST, Kinky Renaissance, Gillian Knoll, Joseph Gamble

Register here! tinyurl.com/mr3mjauz

Sharing a CfP from one of our incredible members who is guest editing an issue of Gender Forum, specifically for early career researchers (anyone who has not yet completed a PhD). Submission is open until October 31st, 2025. journals.ub.uni-koeln.de/index.php/ge...

Join The Guild of Queer Early Modernists Welcome, we're glad you're here!

New at GQEM - a members only Slack server! Connect with other members at conferences, ask advice, share successes, and more! You can become a member here: docs.google.com/forms/d/1hAd...

Very excited to share the beta test, soft launch of SEL's new graduate student partner publication, Marginalia! Check it out for book reviews, interviews, and essays about what studying literature writ large means and the countless forms it takes ✍️📝📑✍️

CFP for a special issue on #Medieval #Asexualities!

call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2025/06/...