Dr Richard Cleminson
Senior Lecturer in Spanish
I wrote my PhD thesis on the history of eugenics in Spain and am interested in the history of sexuality in Spain, Portugal and Latin America. I am also interested in the reception of discourses on sexuality and science in workers’ movements. Finally, I am interested in the overlap between sexuality and technology.
Research Interests
The History of Sexuality in Spain, 1850 to the present; the anarchist movement in Spain ; the history of male homosexuality; eugenics; nudism; technology and sexuality and intersexuality/hermaphroditism. I have just finished researching towards a book on the science of hermaphroditism in Spain (with Francisco Vázquez García, University of Cadiz, Spain). My next project is a history of eugenics in Portugal. I have close links with the Universities of Cadiz, Oviedo and Granada in Spain.
Teaching
As well as teaching modules on contemporary Spanish history, I teach on the history of sexuality in Spain and Latin America.
PhD Supervision
- History of Sexuality
- Spanish Cultural Studies
- Anarchism, theory and practice
- Sexuality and technology
Key Publications
- Anarquismo y sexualidad (España, 1900-1939) (Cadiz: University of Cadiz, 2008).
- Los Invisibles’: A History of Male Homosexuality in Spain, 1850-1940 (Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 2007) (with F. Vázquez García)
- Techno-Sexual Landscapes: Changing Relations between Technology and Sexuality (London : Free Association Books, 2004) (with Ángel Gordo López)
- Anarchism, Science and Sex: Eugenics in Eastern Spain , 1900-1937 ( Oxford : Peter Lang, 2000).
- Anarquismo y homosexualidad (Madrid: Huerga y Fierro, 1995)
Contact Details
- Room: Dept of Spanish, Portugese and Latin American Studies, Room 244
- Tel: 0113 343 3528
- Email: r.m.cleminson@leeds.ac.uk
Links and Documents
Richard Cleminson's page on Spanish, Portugese and Latin American Studies