Our latest digest has now been published: www.cambridge.org/core/blog/20... I am presenting Anna Dobrowolska’s prizewinning article on the history of nude activism in Poland in the 1980s and 1990s. @conteurohistory.bsky.social

We are inviting contributions! Our global history of HIV activism team (ghiv.stir.ac.uk) is preparing a sourcebook on decentring the queer medical humanities. Please read the following call for contributions, which includes the concept note and submission guidelines: ghiv.stir.ac.uk/wp-content/u...

Extended call for applications: Decentring the Medical Humanities Early Career Researcher Workshop | University of Stirling | 29–30 October 2026 Full details: lnkd.in/eJywGZQ3

Joanna Cherry not only thinks she can tell people what gender they are; now she thinks she can tell lesbians they’re not really lesbians. She’s been listening too much to her other pal by the same first name, who thinks she’s the arbiter of identity because she made up a talking hat or whatever.

I am thrilled to be part of this new forum in German History alongside wonderful colleagues for which I have a lot of respect (even though...yes..we do disagree 😆). Thank you @npapadogian.bsky.social and Craig Griffiths for this opportunity!

👏 Thank you to all the participants of the “Sexuality, activism, and the state in modern Europe” workshop 👏 We had a great day of inspiring presentations, illuminating discussions and thought-provoking questions ✨🦄💥 👀🎤Find a sum-up of the keynote and panels in the thread! 🎤👀

I have learned a lot from inspiring papers and energising discussions at the amazing workshop entitled 'sexuality, activism, and the state in modern Europe', which @georgiakat.bsky.social @zsofia-v.bsky.social and @loladickinson.bsky.social organised at the European University Institute!

So excited for the upcoming workshop ‘Sexuality, Activism and the State in Modern Europe’ which I have organised with the brilliant @zsofia-v.bsky.social and @georgiakat.bsky.social. Promises to be a fantastic day of talks and beautiful Italian sunshine! www.eui.eu/events?id=58...

Found amazing non-fiction books on race, gender and sexuality in @lighthousebks.bsky.social today!

Absolutely CANNOT WAIT to host the brilliant Ariana Reines, and in the wickedly cool pianodrome as well! Come one come all!

Interested in a workshop for early-career UK researchers on challenging Western-centric perspectives in the #medhumanities? Facilitated by Global History of HIV Activism project & NNMHR. 📆 29-30 Oct 2026 | University of Stirling Apply by 15 May @npapadogian.bsky.social nnmh.org.uk/decentring-t...

In the third panel, we heard from @npapadogian.bsky.social and @tomsmithgerman.bsky.social on the Greek migrants and the Gayhane

Queer Central European studies is a beautiful field

Nikolaos Papadogiannis @npapadogian.bsky.social reviews 'Radical Acts: HIV/AIDS Activism in Late Twentieth-Century England', by George J. Severs @georgesevers.bsky.social academic.oup.com/ehr/advance-... @bloomsburyacad.bsky.social

A belated, but hopefully still relevant set of thoughts on the #WorldAIDSDay: the voices of #sex #workers who have been active in HIV activism, as well as those of their allies, need to become more prominent in research and broader public discussions on the subject matter. A thread.

CfP "Doing #MigrationHistory with Digital Methods", #DigHum #MigHist, am @dhi-paris.fr: www.hsozkult.de/event/id/eve....

During this Transgender Awareness Week, I am sharing my work on the pioneering role of #transgender people in #HIV activism in Athens, Greece: www.storre.stir.ac.uk/handle/1893/...

Thanks to Frederik Doktor for this very thoughtful conference report on a wonderful and very stimulating workshop about "Intimacies on the Move"! And of course to @chreinecke.bsky.social, Benno Gammerl, @npapadogian.bsky.social and @uschaper.bsky.social for bringing us together in lovely Flensburg!

#EATGatEACS2025 ❤️ CORE Local Multi-Stakeholders’ Meeting: From Margins to Mainstream – Community-Led Strategies for Inclusive Health and Policy for Sex Workers in France 📅 14 October 2025 🕐 13:30 – 18:00 📍 Amnesty International www.eatg.org/events/core-... #EACS2025 @eacsociety.bsky.social

Taking place on Monday, 22 September!

Well done, colleagues!

This very interesting event is forthcoming!

Delighted to welcome the University of Stirling and @npapadogian.bsky.social to the Northern Network for Medical Humanities Research Steering Group. We're looking forward to collaborating with you and your colleagues! nnmh.org.uk/university-o...

Thought-provoking approach to identity politics to be discussed at this exciting workshop: laoms.org/workshop-ide... The organisers welcome contributions from the perspective of the history of sexuality and gender. Deadline falling soon!

Looking forward to the presentation of Maria Alexopoulou’s books!

Great initiative!

The European court of justice finds that Hungary’s law which seeks to ban LGBTQ+ issues from schools and TV (their even nastier version of Section 28) violates basic human rights and freedom of expression.

Are any friends who live in Edinburgh, Glasgow or Stirling subletting their apartment in June? If so, could you please send me a personal message?

A must read.

Delighted to share the news that from August 2025 I will be a Senior Lecturer in #Contemporary #European #History at the University of Stirling!

Great news!

Predictably, the government seems to be choosing exactly the wrong response. There is no win here to be had - they won't be able to control the outcome.

Please consider signing and spreading the word: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...

It was an honour for me to interview the authors of Our Stories Told by Us ( ourstoriestoldbyus.com) for my research project, and learn about their exciting plans. Their work is so important in very challenging times for people living with HIV!

There’s never been any difference between women’s and trans rights: what went on in America demonstrated that!!! Anti trans groups were prepared to look the other way over Roe v Wade, in return for Republican targeting of trans people.

Research finds Mpox vaccine less effective for people living with HIV. Two doses are needed. i-base.info/htb/50751

Very excited that the The Routledge Handbook of Sexuality in East Central Europe has been just published! You'll find my chapter on Italian men, Western goods and transactional sex in 1960s Hungary chilling alongside some other excellent pieces in Section 6 🤩 www.routledge.com/9781032069647

firmly believe more of us should do this more often

What's the value and use of history in contemporary society and culture? The Society's new Open Access short-form book series - 'Elements in History and Contemporary Society', with @cambridgeup.bsky.social - looks explore this question. Proposals now invited bit.ly/4aqCiG4 1/2 👇 #Skystorians

Join us for IHR@Sheffield! Frank Trentmann (Birkbeck) speaks on "Complicity, Conscience and Compassion: History and Morality in Germany since the Second World War" The lecture will take place at the University of Sheffield on Wednesday, 30 April, at 4:15pm. Save the date, more details to follow

For Peace! Exhibition Opening Thursday 17th April , 5:30pm to 7:30pm RSVP here: womenslibrary.org.uk/event/for-pe...

Spot on

Six funded PhDs, Centre for Sciences of Place and Memory, Univ Stirling (Scotland). Join our team in philosophy, cognitive sciences, social sciences, & arts to study spatial thinking, disorientation, cities, truth & the past. Deadline 22 April, guidelines placememory.net/apply-now-fo...

I love this! So cool! 🔮

Super looking PhD opportunities here! www.ccc.cam.ac.uk/initiatives/...

In times where queer studies is attacked and queer history is erased I want to thank again @mikelaufenberg.bsky.social and @bentrott.bsky.social for this book. I've just read a great BA Thesis using your translations of these canonical texts, making them more accessible to German-speaking students!

Drag Raise is back! This year's star-studded event is hosted by RuPaul's Drag Race UK season 5 winner, the amazing @GingerJohnson_! Book the hottest tickets of the summer, now! www.outsavvy.com/eve...

Despite having the ability to treat and prevent HIV the US still has 30,000 new HIV cases each year. Urgent work to address this has been defunded. US HIV cases are likely to soar as a result. Trump is taking the US back to the 1980s. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

When I told my mother I was gay she said, “Well I expect you’ll get AIDS and die then.” She didn’t mean it cruelly. In 1985 that was normal. She became an outstanding LGBTQ ally, marching at Pride and wearing a red ribbon every day. Love to all mothers who love and support their gay children.

Lauren Stokes’ book on how the fear of family migration shaped German immigration policy in the Cold War remains relevant to understanding the current drift. global.oup.com/academic/pro...