Justin Bengry
Country
Great Britain
Birth - Death
Occupation
Academic
Description
Director of the Centre for Queer History at Goldsmiths, where he convenes the world’s first MA in Queer History. He is a cultural historian of sexualities and the queer past focusing on twentieth-century Britain. His primary research is into relationships between homosexuality and capitalism, but is also interested in current policy surrounding ‘gay pardons’ and queer local histories. His work has been published in History Workshop Journal, Media History, and several edited collections. Author of the book 'The Pink Pound: Capitalism and Homosexuality in Twentieth-Century Britain' (2021). Historical adviser for the National Gallery and the Queer Britain museum and for television programs that have aired on the BBC and Channel 4.
