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Thursday 19 March 2026

Events & Activities
Heroes, Hair and Gender (SELCS Society talk)
19/03/2026 | 18:00 - 19:00
Join the UCL SELCS Society for our second talk of the year from the amazing Professor Sebastian Coxon! He will do some readings of European heroic literature (most likely from German, Old Norse, Spanish, French) with reference to hair motifs, looking at construction and thematization of gender (with reference to both male and female figures) in some foundational European texts