Histories of Sexualities, Gender Diversity, and Queer in the Nordic and Baltic Region

This interdisciplinary conference brings together scholars working on the histories of sexualities, gender diversity and queer in the Nordic and Baltic countries. While open for the different forms of sexualities and gender diversity in the past, the conference also commemorates the fifty years that have passed since the decriminalization of homosexuality in Finland in 1971. The conference is organized by Discipline of Political history and INEQ initiative (University of Helsinki), Discipline of Gender Studies (University of Helsinki), SQS – Society of Queer Studies in Finland, and Sexuality & Democracy research project (Kone Foundation / University of Helsinki).

The online conference is free of charge and open for anyone interested with preregistration. You can register to the conference as a non-presenting participant via web form. Please register by 20 October.

The conference will be organized online on Zoom due to University of Helsinki Covid restrictions. More information will be available on this page closer to the event.

Photo: Jussi Hellsten