Gregory Woods
Contents
Country
Great Britain
Birth - Death
1953 -
Occupation
Writer, Academic, Poet
Notable Achievements
FRSA, FEA, Hawthornden Fellowship (1999, 2008)
Description
Professor Emeritus in Gay and Lesbian Studies at Nottingham Trent University since 2013, and former Chair in Gay & Lesbian Studies since 1998. Author of the book 'Homintern: How Gay Culture Liberated the Modern World and The Myth of the Last Taboo: Queer Subcultural Studies', 'A History of Gay Literature: The Male Tradition' (1998), 'Articulate Flesh: Male Homo-eroticism and Modern Poetry' (1987), 'The Myth of the Last Taboo: Queer Subcultural Studies' (2016), and 'This Is No Book: A Queer Reader' (1992). Author of numerous studies that focus on literature, queer politics, film and cultural studies. Chaired the Gender Studies expert panel on the European Science Foundation's project to develop a European Reference Index for the Humanities (ERIH, 2004-2013). Poetry collections include 'We Have the Melon' (1992), 'May I Say Nothing' (1998), 'The District Commissioner’s Dreams' (2002), 'Quidnunc' (2007) and 'An Ordinary Dog' (2011).
