Today is the one-year anniversary of the publication of my book, Teaching Gender! It's been fab to hear from people who have read, & taught, it in the last year. If you have institutional access, you can read it here: academic.oup.com/book/59787 - or ask your library to acquire a copy!
This "investigation" is straight-up incitement against people seking asylum, especially LGBTQ+ people.
No acknowledgement that LGB asylum claims are LESS LIKELY to succeed than other claims. No acknowlegement that the dodgy lawyers are CLEARLY scamming their clients
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Gender and Women's History has been launched, including my chapter 'Women and Divorce Law in England and Wales, 1537â2022'. I had great fun writing it and I'm proud to be published alongside so many amazing authors writing on such importantly and timely topics.
âImmigrants could be found in every corner of the Irish Free StateâŠ.the 1920s were quite a globalised worldâ. (John Gibney)
Thank you for reading!
Many thanks for reading :)
My first blog post in a series of three sharing some of my research from @norfolkro.bsky.social. This is about friendship and intimacy between women in the 1920s - from Great Yarmouth to Paris!
@historygriffin.bsky.social It seems the collection has spread far and wide.
My first blog post in a series of three sharing some of my research from @norfolkro.bsky.social. This is about friendship and intimacy between women in the 1920s - from Great Yarmouth to Paris!
A fascinating piece of rural trans history
Applications for participation open: 1-day workshop for doctoral/ early career historians on history of Black health and healthcare in 20th-century Britain
đą Doctoral and early career historians: submit your abstracts for the 1-day Cambridge-based workshop examining the history of Black health and healthcare in 20th-century Britain.
Submission deadline: 1 April
Workshop date: 29 May
More info and contact infođ histmed.org/call-for-par...
Panel proposal ESSHC, Lyon (France), 21-24 April 2027 The History of Queer Nightlife: Spaces, Feelings and Transformations âQueer nightlifeâ, as the introduction to a recent special issue of The Sociological Quarterly notes, âis having a momentâ. In the past five years, social scientists and cultural theorists have published more than ten book-length studies of queer bars, nightscapes, dancefloors and parties. Many of them focus on the âclosure epidemicâ facing gay bars, or highlight the recent transformations of queer nightlife. They often intersect their analyses with arguments about urban redevelopment and gentrification, changing queer identities, and the digitalization of queer life. However, a longer-term historical perspective is often missing in these studies. For example, is the âclosure epidemicâ that sociologists observe a recent phenomenon or have spaces of queer nightlife always been precarious? What other transformations has queer nightlife gone through over the past decades and centuries? This panel will discuss queer nightlife from a âlongue durĂ©eâ perspective, covering different periods and regions to nuance and make sense of the recent developments social scientists are describing. Throughout the different papers we will explore topics such as inclusion, exclusion, spaces, bodies, emotions and experiences as relevant points of discussion on queer nightlifeâs history. We propose that nightlife has been essential for the development of queer spaces and communities, for stimulating transnational mobilities and exchanges, and for shaping identities and subjectivities. By giving nightlife its due place, we will gain a new understanding of these foundational topics in queer history. We are looking for participants who can present a paper as part of this panel: if you are interested, please contact e.l.hofman@uu.nl and t.e.vanvoorthuizen@uu.nl before 1 April 2026. More information on the conference can be found at https://esshc.iisg.amsterdam/
With @tijmenelias.bsky.social I'm hoping to organize a panel on *The History of Queer Nightlife* for @esshc.bsky.social in Lyon (21-24 April 2027). If you want to be part of the fun, get in touch by 1 April! (Reposts also appreciated!) #QueerHistory
Thank you, Sam!
A delight to belatedly catch up with the recording of this - such an engaging account of ordinary gay life in the 40s that looks beyond (often atypical) stories of policing and prosecution!
Fully-funded AHRC Collaborative Doctoral Partnership project:
'Rediscovering a Woman Collector at the British Library: New Sources and Perspectives on Sarah Sophia Banks' - BL & UCL Dep of Information Studies
www.ucl.ac.uk/arts-humanit...
Now open for student applications! Deadline: 14 April
I have an edited primary source collection coming out on disability and deformity in c19th Britain. My hope is that you find it useful for teaching (apologies for the abstract, I did not write it! and the cost) #histmed #dishist www.routledge.com/Physical-Dis...
adult learners from the 1950s sitting in a classroom with a teacher presenting
đąConference Call for Papersđą
An Intelligent Interest: Learning and Education in London
Seeking proposals for engaging and accessible talks or presentations on any aspect of education and learning in Londonâs history.
royalhistsoc.org/calendar/an-...
#history #historyconference #CFP #education
Kansas has, overnight, invalidated the driversâ licenses of trans people, a pointless cruelty that upends their lives
If Brits think âit wonât happen hereâ think again! Groups in the U.K. who want the same thing are routinely invited to consult with Labour and normalised in our press!
Australian historians â I am assuming there must be, but is there an established Australian queer history archive? (Sorry for not knowing- not my area)
My aunt just found a cache of letters from my Great Aunt Elizabeth* to her brother George, who was gay, from 1940s-50s. They may be of interest.
Further information about the Haud Nominandum collection (a Latin phrase that broadly translates as âthat which cannot be namedâ) is here đ
My talk is up on YouTube! đłïžâđ
Calling all Thomas Hardy scholars - I bought a book for an obscure Algernon Blackwood story only to discover that it appears to be inscribed by Hardy. Can anyone confirm? And who is Caroline (âSammyâ)? đ§
And what can one say about the PhD funding situation... As I'm sure you'd attest to, I didn't exactly feel the situation was great back when I started. Look at it now! I guess that's a lesson to anticipate this kind of fragility
My talk is up on YouTube! đłïžâđ
The title page of "London and Paris Through Indian Spectacles" (1897) by G. Paramaswaran Pillai. It features an image of two eyes peering through spectacles between the words of the title itself.
Possibly the coolest title page I've ever seen
I am giving the Edinburgh Uni LGBTQ+ History Month lecture on the evening of 27 February, with the title 'Scottish Trans Pasts, Useable and Otherwise'. Details and link to register are here: hca.ed.ac.uk/updates-even... Do come along if you're in Edinburgh!
This two-day workshop will explore several questions. How can environmental history complement or offer alternatives to existing historiographical narratives and periodisations in British history? What new actors, events, or phenomena might come to the fore? How should it foster engagements with places beyond its national borders or with other disciplines? Is environmental history different from longstanding traditions of âlandscapeâ or âurbanâ histories of Britain? What contributions can historians make to environmental advocacy and policymaking? And how might a focus on the environment reshape teaching in British history? To take part, participants should submit a 300 word proposal for a short âposition paperâ (approx. 2500 words) that will be pre-circulated at the workshop. These position papers will address the place of environmental approaches and themes within modern British history (1800 to the present) from the perspective of the participantâs own research. Participants will orally summarise their papers at the workshop. The event is free to attend and includes lunch and refreshments. Submissions are welcomed across a range of perspectives and topics, including but not limited to: energy, extraction, non-human actors, pollution, toxicity, rural and urban landscapes, everyday environmental histories (including how they are shaped by class, gender, and race), imperialism and decolonisation, âgreenâ policy, activism, and the political economy of the natural world. Please send proposals and a one-paragraph biography in a single PDF to andrew.seaton@manchester.ac.uk by 15 May 2026. Please also direct enquiries to this address. This event is organised by Dr. Max Long (Oxford) and Dr. Andrew Seaton (Manchester).
CALL FOR PAPERS - Modern British History and the 'Environmental Turn'.
A two-day workshop organised by @maxlong.bsky.social and myself at Lincoln College, Oxford, 16-17 September. Deadline for abstracts is 15 May.
Details in poster below, please share.
Cover of Sex Isn't Real: The Invention of an Incoherent Binary by Beans Velocci. The cover features a mesh grid pattern in an off white against a black background. The title is written large in a serif font in the center of the cover. Each word is a different colorâ âsexâ is a light orange; âisnâtâ is a grey blue; ârealâ is a teal. The subtitle is directly below in white. The authorâs name is above the title also in white.
In their new book "Sex Isn't Real," Beans Velocci traces the history of current high stakes attempts to define sex and to create a world devoid of trans life. Read a Q&A about their bold argument on the blog today. buff.ly/hB1k4Cw
