João Florêncio

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João Florêncio is Professor of Gender Studies and chair of Sex Media and Sex Cultures at Linköping University, Sweden. A queer cultural scholar of embodiment and sexuality, his research focuses on the interfacing between the body, media technologies, and sex in contemporary culture. João’s work has appeared in The Sociological Review, Sexualities, Radical History Review, Porn Studies, and Somatechnics, among other journals of reference. He is the author of Bareback Porn, Porous Masculinities, Queer Futures: The Ethics of Becoming-Pig (Routledge, 2020)

Experience

  • 2023–present
    Professor of Gender Studies, Linköping University
  • 2019–2023
    Senior Lecturer in History of Modern and Contemporary Art and Visual Culture, University of Exeter
  • 2015–2019
    Lecturer in History of Modern and Contemporary Art and Visual Culture, University of Exeter

Education

  • 2014 
    Goldsmiths, University of London, PhD Visual Cultures
  • 2012 
    Goldsmiths, University of London, PG Certificate Management of Learning and Teaching in Higher Education
  • 2008 
    University of Greenwich, MA Media Arts Philosophy
  • 2006 
    Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Licenciatura Musicology

Grants and Contracts

  • 2023
    The Europe that Gay Porn Built, 1945–2000
    Role:
    Principal Investigator
    Funding Source:
    Arts and Humanities Research Council
  • 2019
    Masculinity and the Ethics of Porosity in "Post-AIDS" Gay Porn
    Role:
    Principal Investigator
    Funding Source:
    Arts and Humanities Research Council
  • 2016
    Rock/Body: Performative Interfaces Between the Geologic and the Body
    Role:
    Principal Investigator
    Funding Source:
    Arts and Humanities Research Council

Professional Memberships

  • Higher Education Academy
  • Association for Cultural Studies

Honours

Honorary Professor in Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, University of Exeter, UK (2023–2026)

Contact João for

  • General
  • Media request
  • Speaking request
  • Consulting / Advising
  • Research collaboration
  • Research supervision