Gert Hekma

Gert Hekma is Professor of Sociology and the director of the Program in Gay Studies at the University of Amsterdam, and has taught in visiting appointments at Queens College (CUNY) and San Francisco City College. He is the Executive Director of the George Mosse Foundation and the founder of numerous other scholarly working groups. He is author or editor of over 25 books, including most recently Homoseksualiteit in Nederland van 1730 tot de moderne tijd (“Homosexuality  in The Netherlands  from 1730 to Modern Times” 2004), ABC van de perversies (“The ABCs of Perversions” 2009), and Past and Present of Radical Sexual Politics (2004). He has served as editor or editorial board member of many periodicals, including the Journal of Homosexuality, the Journal of the History of Sexuality, GLQ, Paidika, Newsletter Forum on Sexuality, Thamyris, Perversions, Sexualities, and Psychology & Sexuality.