Sue Lemos
PhD Research
'Pioneers of Our Own Future': 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)
2020, MA Social Science Research (Economic and Social History), University of Warwick
2018, BA History, University of Warwick
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: 17th 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
