Dr Rebecca Jennings, Research Fellows
BA (Hons), MA (Manchester); PhD (Manchester)
| Office: | W6A 418 |
| Phone: | +61 2 9850 7861 |
| Fax: | +61 2 9850 6594 |
| Email: | Rebecca.Jennings@humn.mq.edu.au |
Rebecca Jennings joined the Department of Modern History in February 2007 from the UK . She completed her PhD in 'Lesbian Identities in Britain , 1945-1970: Personal testimonies and the construction of post-war lesbian history' at the University of Manchester in 2003 and worked at Manchester as a Lecturer in Twentieth Century Women's History between 2004 and 2006. Rebecca joined Macquarie as a Macquarie University Research Fellow and is a core member of the Centre for Cultural History.
Research interests and areas of supervision:
My research interests focus on lesbian and gay history; the history of gender and sexuality; oral history; and 19 th and 20 th century British and European history. I would be happy to supervise research in any of these areas.
Current Research Projects:
I am currently working on a project entitled 'Understanding Lesbian Identity and Culture in Sydney 1918-1970', which will map out some of the key features of an emerging lesbian community in Sydney in the mid-20 th century. As part of the project, I am conducting life history interviews with older lesbians in New South Wales , in order to record their experiences and create an oral history collection as a resource for future researchers. I am also interested in patterns of lesbian migration in this period. Focusing on the experience of women who travelled to Sydney and within New South Wales in the period 1918-1970, this research will explore both the fantasy and the experience of migration as affording the potential for individual sexual expression.
Research funding and fellowships:
Macquarie University Research Fellowship (2007-2010)
Monographs:
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Journal Articles:
- 'The Gateways and the Emergence of a Commercial Lesbian Subculture, 1945-1970', Social History 31:2 (2006).
- 'Lesbian Voices: The Hall Carpenter Oral History Archive and the Politics of British Lesbian History', Sexualities 7:4 (2004): 430-445.
Book Chapters:
- 'Sexuality in Post-war Britain ', in Twentieth Century Britain , ed. Julie-Marie Strange and Francesca Carnevali ( London : Pearson, 2007)
- 'Butch/ Femme'; 'Lesbian pulp fiction'; 'Minorities Research Group', in Routledge International Encyclopedia of Queer Culture: Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Contemporary Cultures , ed. David A. Gerstner ( London & New York : Routledge, 2006).
Other Outputs:
- Review of Queer London: Perils and Pleasures in the Sexual Metropolis, 1918-1957 by Matt Houlbrook, Journal of British Studies , 45, no.3 (July 2006): p.696-8
HIST 270/370 Twentieth Century Europe : From Empire to EU (Summer Course)
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