Dominic Janes

Biography

Biography

Dominic Janes has MAs from Oxford University in History and from Birkbeck in Education and a PhD from Cambridge. He was a postdoctoral research fellow at KCL and Cambridge. He then worked as a director of studies for international students before moving to Birkbeck, University of London, then the University for the Arts London and finally to Keele. He has lived in several countries including Malawi, Iraq, Indonesia and the United States. He is also a Professorial Fellow in the Doctoral College, University for the Creative Arts.

Research and scholarship

Research and scholarship

Dominic Janes is a cultural historian who studies texts and visual images relating to Britain in its local and international contexts since the eighteenth century. Within this sphere he focuses on the histories of gender, sexuality and religion. He has written for a wide range of publishers including Cambridge, Chicago and Oxford University presses. He is completing a history of queer life at Oxbridge pre-1939 and co-editing (with Howard Chiang) the Oxford Handbook of LGBTQ History. He is the primary investigator working with Douglas Pretsell on a Leverhulme Project Grant (2025-2027) to explore the inclusion of homosexuality in the International Classification of Diseases. He is also co-editor (with Kate Thomas and Michael Bronski) of the book series Palgrave Studies in Queer Literary, Visual and Material Culture.

Teaching

Teaching

Dominic Janes teaches, or co-teaches, a range of modules including: 

Publications

Publications