Reimagining sexuality, ageing and death

In their inaugural lectures on 3 June 2026, Professors Rebecca L. Jones and Erica Borgstrom delivered two inaugural lectures exploring how we understand sexuality and ageing, death and grief.

Through research, personal experience and creative reimagining, they challenged taken for granted assumptions and invited new ways of thinking about queer joy, academic life, inclusive futures and end-of-life care in their lectures on:

Moments of queer joy: Reimagining sexuality, ageing and being an academic

Rebecca L. Jones, Professor of Sociology, Sexuality and Ageing, School of Health, Wellbeing and Social Care

Learning from Death: lessons for how we make sense of the end of life

Erica Borgstrom, Professor of Medical Anthropology, School of Health, Wellbeing and Social Care

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Read more about Professor Rebecca L. Jones

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