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John Eastburn Boswell (March 20, 1947 – December 24, 1994) was an American historian and a full professor at Yale University. Many of Boswell's studies focused on the issue of religion and homosexuality, specifically Christianity and homosexuality. All of his work focused on the history of those at the margins of society.
John Eastburn Boswell (1947-1994) ranks as one of the most significant scholars in gay and lesbian studies. His career as an historian at Yale University spanned 20 years and he profoundly influenced a generation of students in the fields of medieval history, religious studies, and queer studies.
Dec 31, 2022 · Boswell noted John Chrysostom, the typically severe early Christian cleric, writing in Against the Opponents of Monasic Life that he was shocked by the behavior of Christians around him.
May 11, 2016 · I like to joke with anyone who’ll listen that John Boswell is the most famous musician in Bellingham you’ve never heard of. Yet, his music and mixes have been viewed over 20 million times between different songs from his project Symphony of Science (which mixes smooth beats with Carl Sagan lectures). He’s also released a single on Jack ...
John Boswell was perhaps one of the most controversial and influential figures in the fields of the history of sexuality, religious studies, and medieval history in the late twentieth century. Born in 1947 in Boston, he attended the College of William and Mary , and after earning his Ph.D. from Harvard in 1975, he joined the Yale history ...
Queer History at Yale: John Boswell–Not a Tame Lion. Filmmaker Craig Bettendorf first heard of John Boswell, an openly gay Yale professor and a pioneer of LGBTQ studies, from an unlikely source: an evangelical Christian talk show.
John Boswell was a revolutionary figure in LGBTQ+ scholarship whose research on religion and homosexuality in the Middle Ages upended the field of Medieval Studies.
