Uncovering trans histories: a roundtable

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Romancero Books with the support of the Office for Cultural and Scientific Affairs of the Spanish Embassy in London, AC/E Programme for the Internalisation of Spanish Culture presents the VI London Festival of Queer Spanish Culture Romancero Books and SRUK-CERU present: Uncovering trans histories: a roundtable Event curated by Iago Mora and Moisés Fernández-Cano (Society of Spanish Researchers in the UK) Mónica Morado (EUI) - Before Trans: Liminal Bodies and Identities in Early Modern Spain Pablo Ferrer Cobelo (UMA) - Rota is Burning: heating up the Cold War through Carmen Xtravaganza’s stories Alba M. Gálvez (UMU) & Joi Pineda (Independent) - Putting together an archive of drag king practices in Spain. Patricio Simonetto (Leeds) - Raul's Smile and Arturo's Paintings. (Trans)atlantic Men through the Ruthless Archive in Argentina Bios: Mónica Morado is a historian of the Early Modern and Baroque Iberian peninsula, focusing on gender practices and sexual indeterminacy in the period. She is a PhD candidate at the European University Institute (Florence) and her work has been published in outlets like Gender & History and the book Nefando Imperio (2025). She is part of the organizing committee of the LGTB+ History Month in Spain. Pablo Ferrer Cobelo is a historian of queer realities in military contexts, whose work has also focused on artistic and community practices like ballroom. He is a PhD candidate at the University of Malaga, where he explores these topics through the figure of Carmen Xtravaganza and the US military base of Rota. Alba M. Gálvez and Joi Pineda are interdisciplinary researchers combining linguistics, performance art and archival work to uncover hidden queer affects during the Franco regime. Alba is a Lecturer at the University of Murcia, and the author of the book Cabaret utópico de posguerra (2026). Joi is an independent artivist, researcher and curator. Together they co-founded the first archive of drag king practices in Spain, and take part in different dissemination initiatives. Patricio Simonetto is one of the leading historians in the field of Latin American trans and travesti histories. He is the author of several academic books including Money Isn’t Everything (2024) and A Body of One’s Own: A trans history of Argentina (2024), which received the Sylvia Rivera Award (CLAGS) and was named Best Book in Social Sciences for the Latin American Studies Association. He is an Associate Professor at the University of Leeds and previously held positions at UCL and CONICET. Event in English You can see the other festival's events from this link: https://bit.ly/LFQSC26 Ticket link