Panel Discussion: 'Sex, Gender and Reproduction at the Kinsey Institute'

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St John's welcomes the Kinsey Institute from Indiana University for a panel discussion on 'safe repositories'.
  • Date 24 November 2025 - 10.30 a.m.
  • Location Garden Quad Auditorium, St John's College

The Kinsey Institute Library & Special Collections was founded in 1947 to protect sexological research and cultural materials, including works rescued from Nazi destruction. It now forms the largest public collection related to human sexuality, gender and reproduction in the world, and holds materials that are foundational to research in women’s, gender and queer histories.

This roundtable brings together the Institute's Director (Professor Justin Garcia), Curator (Rebecca Fasman), Librarian (Liana Zhou), along with historians from Oxford's Centre for Women’s, Gender and Queer Histories (WGQ): Professors Matt Cook and Sarah Knott.

The panel will explore what it means, and has meant, to serve as a “safe repository” in changing times.

Kinsey archive penises

This panel discussion is open to all members of the University. There is no need to book.

Please contact wgq@history.ox.ac.uk if you have queries about the event.