Dr. Alan Lee

@alanlee99.bsky.social

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Postdoctoral researcher and visiting lecturer at the University of Roehampton. Researching 'Symbols of Pride and the Politics of Queer Liberation.' Find more about my research here: https://pure.roehampton.ac.uk/portal/en/persons/alan-lee

A picture of a bookshelf in Waterstones with Caroline's book, The Long Death of Adolf Hitler.
A poster for the Queer Lives in London: Community, Survival and Care panel. The poster is purple, with the title of the panel at the top and the panelists below. From left to right these include: Dibyesh Anand, the chair, Dr. Adam Tate, Alex Powell, Shiwei Ooi and myself.
A photograph of me presenting today.
An updated version of the poster. The text is largely the same, but now reflects the new address: Sir David Bell Building. University of Roehampton, Digby Stuart College, Roehampton Lane, London, SW15 5PU (Room: DB109),
A poster advertising the research seminar and roundtable discussed in the main post. The main body of text is organised on the left hand of the poster, with an intersex-inclusive progress pride flag on the right hand side. The text reads: Join Alan Lee, a doctoral candidate at the University of Roehampton, for a research seminar discussing the findings of their PhD thesis. Alan will be joined by a panel of esteemed queer scholars, Pippa Catterall (University of Westminster), Francesca Romana Ammaturo (London Metropolitan University), and Zoë Playdon (University of London), for a roundtable discussion, followed by a Q&A. Thursday 22nd May 2026, at 11:00am. The event is hybrid. Join us in-person at Grove House Froebel College, Roehampton Ln, London SW15 5PJ (Room: GH008), or online. Sign-up link below.
A photograph of my thesis, printed out and ready to be read through for final edits, alongside a post-it note, highlighters, and my to-read book pile for post-submission.
A poster advertising details of the call for participants for a roundtable discussion mentioned in the post. Key details to note: The seminar will be held on-campus at the University of Roehampton. While the event will be hybrid, participants are asked to attend in-person. Current plans for the research seminar to be on a Thursday or Friday in May, but this is subject to the availability of participants. Anyone who is interested, or may know anyone they could recommend are asked to DM, and I am willing to provide my email for any inquiries here too.
A screenshot from a banner featured in Gay News' coverage of the 1987 Pride March. The banner is white, with a black circle in the centre. Around the edge, United Lesbian and Gay Unemplyed (?) Groups. Two triangles sit between this. The top triangle is black, facing down, with two Venus symbols superimposed over it. Below this is a pink triangle, facing upward, with two Mars symbols superimposed over it. Unlike the Venus symbols, however - which are both white - one of the Mars symbols is black, while the other is white and barely visible at lower resolution.
A photo of my second year scrapbook. The scrapbook is 12 by 12 inches with a large circle drawn in the middle. I've used a compass to map out a series of triangles in this triangle, which I then meticulously went over in a white pencil to highlight the shapes after using a shade of grey too dark to see the black outlines of the triangle. One triangle is pink, in reference to the pride symbol. The University of Roehampton's logo, a large letter R split into four shapes, sits unevenly in the middle of the circle in green.
Photograph from the 1976 London Pride Programme. Text reads "Since 1973 we haven't celebrated Gay Pride Week. As gays we feel that it's time all of us got together and discussed how we've grown these past three years and what we plan to do for the future. And so Gay Pride '76. Now's the time to take to the streets in homosexual celebration. In Pride, South London Gay Liberation Front."
A photograph of two scrapbooks. The one on the left features a rainbow sprawling across the bottom left corner to the top right corner. In the top left corner is the logo for my University, and text that reads PhD Year One.
screenshot of a mindmapping exercise demonstrating how asking questions about an object can lead to interesting thoughts of inquiry.
Screenshot of a mindmap that outlines my research journey from object based research methodologies and queer history to my own pratice that utilises these two approaches