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Dr Patricio Simonetto will be the guest speaker at Birkbeck College on 4 February 2021, 17:00, to deliver his seminar 'A Body of One's Own: The Early Making of ‘Sex Change’ in Argentina, 1900–1930'. Dr Simonetto will be analysing the early making of sex change in Argentina during the first decades of the twentieth century. and

On 10 February 2021, 16:00 Dr Simonetto will be presenting 'Cotton, makeup and a prosthetic penis: Male and female trans* carnality repertoires in mid 20th century Argentina' at the Histories of Gender and Sexuality Series of the University of Edinburgh. .

Then on 24 February, he will present 'Queens between theatres and the streets.The global making of travestis’ popular culture and daily life technologies', as part of the University of Manchester's Centre for Latin American and Caribbean Studies' research seminar series. This presentation will analyse the global making of travestis’ culture and how it changes their interpretations and uses of daily technologies. For more information and registration details .

Finally, on 16 March at 17:30, Ernesto Semán (University of Bergen) will talk withÌýPatricio SimonettoÌý(Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²ÊÖÐÌØÍø) about Simonetto’s recentÌýbook(Opens in new window):ÌýEl dinero no es todo: Compra y venta de sexo en la Argentina del siglo XXÌý(Buenos Aires: Biblos, 2019), in another edition of the Institute of Historical Research Latin American History Series. Register your .

Dr Patricio Simonetto joined Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²ÊÖÐÌØÍø Institute of the Americas in October 2020 as Marie SkÅ‚odowska-Curie Fellow. His main research focus is the social and cultural history of sexuality in Latin America. His thematic interests include social movements, gender and sexuality, and the social history of medicine. His new research project studies the making of "sex change" in Argentina during the XXth century. He is the author of numerous books, book chapters and journal articles.

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