HomoClassicisms is a research project funded by the Horizon Europe (Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions) of the European Commission (MSCA GF Grant nº 101105633) and it is hosted by the Centre for Social Studies (CES) of the University of Coimbra and the Department of Classics of the Ohio State University.

Focusing on the cases of LGBTQ movements in Greece, the UK, and the US, the project seeks to address the position of classical antiquity in LGBTQ historiographies. Through the use of innovative qualitative methodologies from a Southern epistemological perspective, HomoClassicisms aims to investigate whether the movements might become complicit with racialised narratives of identity formation in their articulation of particular pasts. Embracing a bottom-up approach, the project adopts an intersectional and interdisciplinary perspective to map, understand, and critically analyse longstanding omissions in LGBTQ historiographies. In light of transnational migration and demographic dynamics currently challenging Western societies, investigating who is included and who is excluded within LGBTQ historiographies becomes a critical project.

Acknowledging historiography as a political practice, HomoClassicisms will bring to the fore the construction of specific racial identifications within the historiographical accounts of social movements allegedly fighting for inclusion, justice, and equal rights. The project will analyse intersectional inequalities in relation to politicised uses of the past in a transnational context (through the Greek, British, and North American examples) and will inform, enrich, and challenge theoretical debates originating from Global North over LGBTQ historiography, providing policy-relevant results.