Sue Lemos

PhD Research

‘Pioneers of Our Own Future’: Historicising the ‘Black Lesbian and Gay Movement’ in Britain, 1960s-1990s

My PhD project aims to illuminate what was termed the 'Black Lesbian and Gay Movement' in late twentieth century Britain (c. 1980s-1990s) within longer political trajectories that date back to the 1960s.

Academic Background

PhD History, University of Warwick (in progress)

• University of Oxford, visiting academic placement mentored by Professor Matt Cook, Jonathan Cooper Chair of the History of Sexuality, Mansfield College

2020, MA Social Science Research (Economic and Social History), University of Warwick (Distinction)

2018, BA History, University of Warwick (First Class)

• Northern Arizona University, study abroad placement (First Class)

Awards & Prizes

Olivette Otele Prize, Institute of Historical Research, 2021

MA Dissertation Prize, History Department, University of Warwick, 2019-2020

ESRC (1+3) Doctoral Training Partnership Studentship

Public Engagement

Volunteer, Haringey Vanguard, 2018-2021

• December 2019, ‘An Intergenerational Dialogue: Uncovering the Black Lesbian Movement in Britain’, Provoke: 17^th Annual History and Archives Conference, London Metropolitan Archives

Volunteer, Young Historians Project, 2018-2019

• November 2019, ‘The Young Historians Project’, Sociology in the Archives: Black and Asian Activism by and for young people Workshop, The British Library