Global Politics and Anti-Trans Moral Panics: Transfeminist Perspectives Academic Editor(s): Charlotte Galpin (University of Birmingham), Gina Gwenffrewi (University of Edinburgh), and Ash Stokoe (University of Birmingham) Submission of Abstracts: 1-15 March 2026 Submission of Full Papers: 15-31 August 2026 Publication of the Issue: January/June 2027

CFP for a special issue on the global politics of anti-trans moral panics from transfeminist perspectives. Timely and necessary. www.cogitatiopress.com/politicsandg...

Hi Brandy, ahh sorry about v delayed reply! Possible I could use a chapter in S2 but wouldn't be able to set the whole book due to the kinds of courses I'm teaching at the moment - will you be publishing course materials or should I approach you directly once syllabus firms up? Hope all's well! K

Sexuality in Modern German History A deep look at shifting views about ‘normal’ and nonconforming sexuality across two centuries, and how these shaped people’s behaviours, politics, and lives.

Delighted the book made it to the wonderful Notches bookshelf! Warm thanks to Justin Bengry
notchesblog.com/2026/02/03/s...

(S+) Goldene Zwanziger in der Weimarer Republik: Lust, Rausch, Untergang Vor hundert Jahren zelebrierte die junge Republik demokratische Freiheit und feierte wildeste Partys und das Queersein – sogar in der Provinz, wie neuere Forschungen zeigen. Und dann kamen die Nazis. ...

Amidst all the sadness and violence as the old year drew to a close and new one begins, I was excited to get a mention in this Spiegel article on the sexual politics of the Weimar Republic by the super well-informed @christophgunkel.bsky.social
A good time to be reflecting on this past.

People without History are Dust - University of Toronto Press

Hot off the presses and available now in English. A major contribution from @ankahajkova.bsky.social. I was honoured to write the forward.

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Image of author Antje Rávik Strubel and the abstract pink cover their 2021 novel "Blaue Frau" (Blue Woman)

Image of author Sascha Salzmann and their 2017 novel "Ausser sich" (Outside/Beside oneself)

@brangwenstone.bsky.social and I are giving a talk next week in the Aus German Studies seminar online at 3.30pm AEDT - "Bad Feelings to Utopian Promises: Non-Binary Dissociative
Poetics in Strubel’s Blaue Frau and Salzmann’s Außer sich" - trans studies/German lit, DM for a zoom link

Nice one Sam would love to see it

Gorgeous office!

Neurodivergent people have a different way of thinking. Different is good. Diversity is good. It’s why life evolved in webs of diversity. The current regime wants to stamp that out and make copies of themselves in some sort of clonic inbred way that would have spelled extinction for most species.

📣 Only 1 month to go until the first event in our upcoming GHIL Autumn/Winter Series! Join us for a lecture by Benno Gammerl (@eui-eu.bsky.social) on 'Queering German History: Still a Vital and Viable Endeavour?' on 21 October at 5:30 pm (BST), either in person at Swedenborg House or via Zoom.
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From Nazi Germany to Trump’s America: why strongmen rely on women at home Fascist regimes pushed narratives of domestic bliss, yet relied on women’s unpaid labor. In the US today, ‘womanosphere’ influencers promote the same fantasies

“There’s been a reluctance to name this moment as fascism,” says cultural historian Tiffany Florvil, yet extreme authoritarian dynamics can be clearly seen in the American right today.”

Also in this sharp take on the reliance on women to prop up fascisms old and new: German historian Claudia Koonz.

Centre for Neurodiversity and Development Public Lecture Why autism isn't what you think it is (and why that matters) - end of fellowship Public Lecture by Dr Monique Botha

Don’t miss it and grab some of the last remaining online and in-person spots now for my public lecture at the end of my fellowship! 🎟️

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Research Chair in Transgender Studies - Victoria, British Columbia (CA) job with UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA | 398896 The University of Victoria invites applications for a Research Chair in Transgender Studies, a prestigious academic ...

Well this is an exceptionally good history job. Wonders never cease.

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Leading transgender studies journal comes to Clayman Institute for Gender Research | The Clayman Institute for Gender Research The Clayman Institute for Gender Research at Stanford University is proud to announce a new partnership with the academic journal TSQ: Transgender Studies Quarterly, a high-profile venue for innovativ...

We’re very honored to announce that the editorial office of TSQ, the leading scholarly journal in trans studies, has found its new home at the Clayman Institute for Gender Research! gender.stanford.edu/news/leading...

The new must-have in critical neurodiversity studies!

Sounds amazing!

Oh no! I hadn’t heard of this one. These really are momentous changes

Oh Heike, I’m so very sorry. Thank you for sharing this. You certainly have her eyes.

Wonderful closing remarks!

@riacheyne.bsky.social but how did you know?! So lovely to meet you

Day 3 of the Critical Neurodiversity Studies conference at @durhamimh.bsky.social is underway! We’ve got a call for papers (+ more) open at the moment for a special issue on critical ND studies, why not check it out? 👏 💫

@ainokash.bsky.social @louisecreechan.bsky.social @ndhumanities.bsky.social

Oh that really is sad…

And wonderfully provocative Roundtable powerfully interrogating what it means to do critical neurodiversity studies from a truly intersectional standpoint, and the limits of institutional-based knowledges. Learnt a lot.

Brilliant keynotes by @remiyergeau.bsky.social and @ainokash.bsky.social on day 2 of the critical ND studies conference have my head spinning about the many potentialities of neurotrans theories and kitchen appliances and of madness as a form of incisive clairvoyance in times of political attack

Trans* Geschichten der Moderne Auseinandersetzungen in Wissenschaft, Öffentlichkeit und Medien: warum Trans* Geschichte und Kolonialgeschichte nicht isoliert voneinander betrachtet werden können.

Feels a bit surreal but Trans* Geschichten der Moderne is now available for preorders and available open access after June 30: www.transcript-verlag.de/978-3-8376-7...

Fantastic session on neuroqueer aesthetics with an intersectional German Studies slant featuring Catherine Smale, Denise Henschel and Liselotte Van der Gucht on day one of the Critical Neurodiversity Studies conf #cnds25 @durhamimh.bsky.social

Learn more and how to submit your proposal at: drive.google.com/file/d/1Vgth...

How exciting!

Congrats! A fabulous team

It's difficult I am back from my travels in Australia.

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Jeanette Winterson’s reflections post Sydney writers’ festival, on AI, lies, and the state of things.
“I am a fiction writer, so it makes me mad when people call lies ‘fiction’. Fiction is what gets us closer to the truth, not running in the opposite direction.”