George Severs

@georgesevers.bsky.social

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Historian of health, violence and activism in modern Britain. Postdoc at the Geneva Graduate Institute in Switzerland. Usually found reading or swimming.

Audience members facing eight people sat in a row.
Me raising a glass of beer.
A picture of me sat delivering a talk next to a screen showing images of nightclubs in Leicester and London.
Darkrooms in the Home Are you LGBTQIA+ or non-heterosexual? Do you have experience of darkrooms in the home or in spaces that feel like home to you? If so, then this project is for you! I wish to speak to people who have experience of one or multiple of the following as part of my PhD research: • Have you ever made or owned a home darkroom, permanent or semi-permanent, in Britan? • Do you work with analogue and/or alternative photographic processes at home? • Do you have memories of home darkrooms? Has this influenced your photography? • Do you have experience of setting up or running a home or community darkroom? • Have you been part of a community darkroom that felt like home? If you are interested in learning more, please get in touch by: Email: m.warren@westminster.ac.uk Phone: 07902489831
An image of members of the award committee holding a certificate via Zoom.
A poster advertising a talk titled ‘Moynihan Redux: How Courts Theorize Black Families in the Prosecution of Sexual Assault’, 30 April 2025, 18:00 — 21:00.
An image of me talking with the cover of my book, Radical Acts, projected on the screen behind me.
The front cover of Oral History 52.2 picturing a mural of various historic coal mining moments, people and banners.