Drag through the Gardiner Collection
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Exploring Research Seminar: Drag Through the Gardiner Collection, Photo: Kathleen Arundell. © Image on screen: Bert Errol, in character, wearing an elaborate white dress. Process print, 1925. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Watch a conversation with historian Jacob Bloomfield delving into some of the rich material within the James Gardiner Collection, which includes postcards and photographs exploring gender and sexuality in the 19th and 20th centuries.
Jacob discusses his new book, ‘Drag: A British History’, and talks about the sustained popularity and changing forms of male drag performance in modern Britain. He shows how drag artists, including those who feature in the James Gardiner Collection, have consistently been some of the most significant entertainers of their day.
The event is facilitated by Leila Sellers, a Wellcome-funded PhD candidate at Birkbeck, University of London. James Gardiner joins the conversation for a Q&A at the end.
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About your contributors
Jacob Bloomfield
Speaker
Jacob Bloomfield is a Zukunftskolleg Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Konstanz and an Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Kent. His research is situated primarily in the fields of cultural history, the history of sexuality, and gender history. Jacob is the author of ‘Drag: A British History’ (2023). His second monograph will be about the historical reception to, and cultural impact of, musician Little Richard.
Leila Sellers
Facilitator
Leila Sellers is a Wellcome-funded PhD candidate at Birkbeck, University of London. Her research explores the everyday lives and experiences of trans women through a history of the Beaumont Society – a UK trans support group. Previously Leila worked in archives and libraries across London, including Wellcome and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.