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JOANNA BOURKE

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Here are my latest blogs! Enjoy.


The Lurgan Mechanics’ Institute
In 1859, the Lurgan Mechanics’ Institute was formally inaugurated, ‘in the presence of one of the largest and most fashionable...
3 days ago32 min read
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Incels and Misogyny
Incels is the portmanteau of Involuntary Celibates. They are primarily young men furious about being excluded from romantic and sexual...
3 days ago9 min read
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Fragments from my Autobiography
When I became a Birkbeck Fellow, I used the opportunity to reflect on my own personal history and how I became a writer.
Mar 51 min read
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Sexual Violence Research Instigates Change
Caption: Reception for the Shameless! Festival of Activism Against Sexual Violence. Left to right: Professor Joanna Bourke, Julia...
Jun 15, 20243 min read
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SHaME's End of Grant Report
I loved working with the SHaME (Sexual Harms and Medical Encounters) team over 5 and a half years. SHaME’s Public Engagement Lead, Dr...
Jun 15, 20241 min read
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Marianne Elliott: Inspirations Series
Marianne Elliott is one of the greatest living historians of Ireland, with books that have changed the way we think about revolution and...
Feb 6, 20246 min read
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Medical Professionals and Sexual Violence
On 12 June 1993, the editors of the British Medical Journal published an account by a male doctor of being sexually assaulted by another...
Feb 5, 20246 min read
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