

Tue, Aug 13
|Washington
Profs & Pints DC: Medieval Sex
A fascinating, rollicking look at how medieval people navigated sex in their time.
Time & Location
Aug 13, 2024, 6:00 PM – 8:30 PM
Washington, 801 E St NW, Washington, DC 20004, USA
About the event
Profs and Pints DC presents: “Medieval Sex,” a look at the reality of medieval sex and sexuality through the lens of comic literature, satire, and obscenity, with Larissa “Kat” Tracy, professor of medieval literature and author of several books on the Middle Ages.
Back at Penn Social by popular demand: A fascinating, rollicking look at how medieval people navigated sex in their time.
The speaker, Professor Kat Tracy, has appeared on Wondrium’s series Sex in the Middle Ages and the History Channel’s Dark Marvels, and has previously given excellent talks in town on medieval torture, the Green Knight legend, and the pagan origins of late winter holidays. She recently sold out Penn Social in giving this talk, so Profs and Pints is bringing her back to accommodate those who did not grab tickets quickly enough to get in on the fun.
Professor Tracy will discuss how the sex lives of…