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18 March 2010, from 10am to 4.30pm at the University of Antwerp, Grauwzusters Cloister, Lange Sint Annastraat 7, Antwerp 2000, BelgiumHistorical analyses of same-sex eroticism have been dominated by Foucauldian and other Eurocentric conceptions of sexual modernity. Not only has this produced epistemological and methodological gaps, but the approach has rendered a narrative of Europe as homogenous and exceptional.In these lectures, three eminent scholars of (homo)sexuality in history will examine the problem of a generalised idea of Europe and of European (homo)sexual identities from different perspectives:Dan Healey (Swansea University) &#8211; From Gulag to MoscowRudi Bleys (Independent scholar) &#8211; Difference, identity &#38; &#8216;residual matter&#8217;Dagmar Herzog (City University of New York) &#8211; Making Sense of Modern Homophobia&#160;These public lectures are followed by a discussion which will be introduced and moderated by George Chauncey (Yale University)&#160;For more information and registration: www.ua.ac.be/sexualmodernity&#160;&#160;Organised by the Department of History of the University of Antwerp in collaboration with the Yale Research Initiative for the History of Sexuality as the prelude to a two-day (closed) workshop conference.&#160;Supported by the Flanders Research Foundation