267 research outputs found
The discursive production of homosexual regulation
No full textThis thesis explores the pivotal place of the 1885 Labouchère Amendment and the 1967 Sexual Offences Act in the discourse of homosexual regulation presented by 20th century homophile histories. These twin events of ‘criminalisation’ and ‘decriminalisation’ are revisited to explore how and why they occurred and how they came to assume such a central position in both academic and popular understanding. The thesis draws on two streams of evidence. The literature on homosexual regulation is examined to establish the claims that are made about Labouchère Amendment and the Sexual Offences Act and the place that they are accorded, and the relationship that is established between them, within widely accepted homophile histories of the UK. Alongside this, primary sources – in the form of parliamentary debates, government papers, newspaper archives, and biographies – are interrogated to unpick the motivations and intentions of those involved in these pieces of legislation and to position them within a wider historical context.The thesis argues that this literature on homosexual regulation contributed to and institutionalised a homophile discourse geared especially towards establishing a history of what specific events might mean for political imperatives of the time and future prospects of homosexual communities. I will suggest that this led to uncritical acceptance of particular interpretations of the Labouchère Amendment and the Sexual Offences Act, which were reproduced over time and thus established as ‘truths’ within academia, the gay community and the wider public. Whilst some authors have recently subsequently questioned the importance of the Labouchère Amendment in the process of criminalisation (e.g. Cocks, 2003:17) these accounts have by-passed this event altogether, rather than offering an alternative account for its passage. Consequently, they have not supplanted earlier public, academic and political understandings of Labouchère. Specifically they have not explored how earlier understandings informed the debate about decriminalisation which, as this thesis will show, was premised on these historical interpretations. More broadly, the thesis argues that the over-concentration and mistaken interpretation of the Labouchère Amendment, which has misinformed understandings of the SOA (1967), has prevented the development of a more thorough, genealogical analysis of simultaneous sexual regulation more generally. In turn, developing a combined analysis of heterosexual as well as homosexual regulation contributes to the critique of existing interpretations which uncritically present certain events as homophobic rather than part of a more encompassing punitive heteronormativity.Part One critiques homosexual regulation’s historiography, before exploring theoretical and methodological issues raised in my thesis. Part Two then questions the Labouchère Amendment’s status as a fundamental adjustment in homosexual regulation making private homosexual acts short of sodomy illegal for the first time (Weeks, 1977). I provide an alternative history showing all homosexual acts were previously punishable and show that Labouchère’s Amendment was not homophobic but a measure for the protection of male youths from sexual exploitation and as such part in keeping with the wider punitive heteronormativity. I achieve this through analysing the primary sources on Labouchère’s Amendment from that period alongside the genealogical contextualization provided by contemporaneous heterosexual regulation. This establishes the foundations for Part 3 to repeat this methodology in analysing the decriminalisation process, this questions the centrality ascribed to the 1957 Wolfenden Report. I establish that this concentration ignores that decriminalisation was a highly politicised and negotiated process reliant upon the same social and political transformations that also re-ordered heterosexual regulation. This radically changes the interpretation of the how and why decriminalisation occurred and what had been possible
Les Bayadères : valses pour piano en deux suite
No full textOn Stone by R.P.C.Bildbeschriftung: "LES BAYADÈRES VALSES POUR PIANO EN DEUX SUITE.", "DÉDIÉES AUX ÈLÉVES DE MISS HIND. PAR GATIEN MARCAILHOU. SUITE.", "also by the same Author 'Indiana Valse' 2/ Lucrezia Valse, Bouton de Rose, and La Bayaderes Valse Each 3/", "PREMIÉRE SUITE. DEUXIÉME SUITE. Noemi La Joyseuse Pied de Biche Le Papillon bleu Fleur du matin Le Colibri", "Entd. Sta. Hall", "Price 3/-".Herstellungsangaben: "On Stone by R.P.C.“, "LONDON, Published only by R, COCKS & Co 6, New Burlington Street, MUSIC SELLERS TO HER MAJESTY, And in Paris au Bureau Central de Musique
Kai chon
No full textThe article features Thai people's favorite game of fighting cocks. The author describes the history of game fowl in Thailand and illustrates the characteristics of good fighting cocks
Physiology Public Lectures
No full textWith Physiological Society support we have hosted a number of research-related lectures from visiting academics and present recordings of these events below. These include:Dr Michael (Mike) Crawley from Durham University (https://www.durham.ac.uk/staff/michael-p-crawley/): 'Ethiopian Running: Folk Physiologies of Altitude and Energy'.This talk took place as part of Physiology Friday 2021. It was based on Mike's recent book “Out of Thin Air” and chronicled his time embedded in Ethiopian communities for over a year training alongside Ethiopian runners in their native forests and mountains, to explore the secrets of their success - physiologically, socially and competitively! We had around 100 attendees for the lecture, which was great to see, and plenty of audience discussion with Mike.Professor Craig Williams from Exeter University (http://sshs.exeter.ac.uk/staff/profile/index.php?web_id=Craig_Williams): 'Exercise and its role in the management of paediatric chronic diseases'.A near-full auditorium attended to hear Craig detail two decades and more research undertaken at the Children's Health and Exercise Research centre (http://sshs.exeter.ac.uk/research/childrenshealth/) to explore the impact, and potential benefits, of aerobic exercise in children with cystic fibrosis or congenital heart disease.Professor David Sheppard, Bristol University (https://www.bristol.ac.uk/people/person/David-Sheppard-004e4bdf-383c-4d34-b3b3-d02f61903994/): 'Cystic Fibrosis: from gene to personalised medicines'This Physiological Society GL Brown Lecture focussed on the molecular mechanisms underpinning disease development in patients with cystic fibrosis. David described the identification of the affected gene - encoding for the CFTR chloride ion channel - the impact of various mutations on cell and organ physiology, and how this information has been utilised to develop specific drugs to restore function and improve lifespan and quality of life in many individuals affected by cystic fibrosis.Dr Graham Burns, Newcastle's Royal Victoria Infirmary (https://www.newcastle-hospitals.nhs.uk/consultants/dr-graham-burns/): 'Coming up for Air'This talk took place as part of Physiology Friday 2022. Dr Graham Burns, Consultant Respiratory Physician at the Royal Victoria Infirmary, published the first paper highlighting the benefits of continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) in COVID respiratory failure, and was later appointed as National Specialist Advisor on Long COVID to NHS England. In this public lecture, Dr Burns discussed what exactly it is that makes us breathe and his team's role in improving respiratory function in COVID patients.Various speakers at the Physiological Society's "Celebrating Physiology in Newcastle" event (https://www.physoc.org/events/celebrating-physiology-in-newcastle/):At this celebratory event of Newcastle physiology, the Physiological Society unveiled a blue plaque to honour the work of the outstanding cardiac and exercise physiologist Francis Arthur Bainbridge, followed by talks from Dariel Burdass (Chief Executive of the Society), Professor David Atwell (President of the Society), Professor David Eisner (University of Manchester) and Newcastle University academics including Professor David Thwaites (not recorded), Dr Harley Stevenson-Cocks, Dr Faye McLeod and Dr Owen Jeffries (not recorded).To read more about Physiology Friday, be sure to check out our separate link: https://doi.org/10.25405/data.ncl.19208340And to hear more about "What is Physiology?", check out our student-led interviews: https://doi.org/10.25405/data.ncl.19235835</p
Cocks on Dunghills-Wollstonecraft and gouges on the women's revolution
No full textWhile many historians and philosophers have sought to understand the 'failure' of the French Revolution to thrive and to avoid senseless violence, very few have referred to the works of two women philosophers who diagnosed the problems as they were happening. This essay looks at how Mary Wollstonecraft and Olympe de Gouges theorised the new tyranny that grew out of the French Revolution, that of 'petty tyrants' who found themselves like 'cocks on a dunghill' able to wield a new power over those less fortunate than themselves. Both offer diagnoses and prognoses that revolve around education. Wollstonecraft argues that a revolution that is not backed by a previous education of the people is bound to result in chaos and violence. Such education, however, must be slow, and it necessitates the reform of the institutions that most shape the public's character. A revolution, perforce, is fast, and it often takes several years, or even generations before the spirit of the reforms finds itself implemented into new institutions. Olympe de Gouges shares Wollstonecraft's worry and she observes that the men who were once dominated quickly become tyrants themselves unless their moral character is already virtuous. But the state of being dominated leaves little room for virtue; hence, newly minted citizens need to be educated in order not to replicate the reign of tyranny onto other. Gouges suggests that the answer to the difficulty she and Wollstonecraft highlighted was to educate the people where they could be found: on the streets, or, where they could easily and willingly be gathered: in theatres. By helping organise revolutionary festivals, highlighting the ways in which citizens could be virtuous, and writing plays to awaken their virtue, and proposing a reform of the theatre, so that the production of such plays would be possible, Gouges offered a plan for the civic education of French citizens in the immediate aftermaths of the Revolution. Unfortunately, the chaos she and Wollstonecraft had sought to remedy, led by the cocks or petty tyrants, ensured that they were unable to see through their plans, with Wollstonecraft having to leave Paris and Gouges being sent to the guillotine. © 2022 the author(s), published by De Gruyter, Berlin/Boston
SCI citation analysis and impact factor prediction of JZUS-A in 2008
No full textWe analysis the SCI citation of Journal of Zhejiang University-SCIENCE A, predict its 2008 Impact Factor in the range of 0.222~0.274, and list the most highly cited articles
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Student-centred: education, freedom, and the idea of audience. 2nd edition
No full textAn updated second edition of the classic, questioning account of the relationship between student-centred learning and managerialism, with a new introduction by the author, arguing for its continuing relevance
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