Applications now open. Find out more at birmingham.ac.uk/gender-ma

This year, History Workshop Journal will celebrate two milestones: its 50th anniversary and its 100th issue. To mark the occasion, eleven historians share how they've used the journal in their own teaching.

'Despite persistent myths, employment rates for humanities graduates are comparable to those of STEM graduates, as Humanities Indicators data shows. Early earnings differ but the salary gap narrows significantly mid-career, particularly for graduates who pursue further study'. 1/2

Thrilled to see Eva Gore-Booth biography anniversary edition now included in the @manchesterup.bsky.social trade catalogue 2026. Due in print March 2026! dhjhkxawhe8q4.cloudfront.net/manchester-u...

Bernie Wagenblast, best known as the “please stand away from the closing doors” voice is the announcer for Mamdani’s inauguration.

We are a team at the University of Manchester researching what UK undergraduates with ADHD and/or autism would like to see in university staff training on ensuring undergraduate courses are accessible to them. Study link: www.qualtrics.manchester.ac.uk/jfe/form/SV_...

Give me your best recent British & Irish LGBTQI+ history recommendations! I'm updating the reading list for my queer & trans history module. Looking for things published in the last 2-3 years. 🌈🎓 ‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ #queerhistory

They say imitation crab is the sincerest form of crab

Eight Palestine Action activists are being left to die in prison – all without even facing trial. We must force the government to act, before it’s too late ⬇️ https://goodlaw.social/3e3320

It's a few weeks away - January 23rd - but it would be great to see a good turnout for this Dublin discussion of Averill Earls' important new book on male same-sex desire in 20th c. Ireland!

My least popular (and most correct) view is that cars should be automatically limited to the local speed limit. Put the pedal to the floor and you still can't go over 25mph in a residential area. (15 in Manhattan btw)

WORLD: alright well... FRANCE: they are called Mr. and Mrs. Crunchy

It's been a good few weeks for reading. First, John Gibbons on the steps he sees Ireland needing to take in the climate emergency.

The PDF version of "Mobility Justice and the Big Ride for Palestine" is now available. #OpenAccess

Today in marine invertebrates and safe streets

Had a very good time talking about stomach aches, pain, and conservatism at #nacbs in Montreal while also representing @mbsbirmingham.bsky.social

I'm glad to have signed this statement in support of queer and trans staff at the National Library of Scotland, who by the sounds of it are going through an awful time at the moment: docs.google.com/document/d/e...

Interested in the MA in Gender & Sexuality? Come talk to me this Saturday at our postgrad open day. (Or just email me, that's cool too.) www.birmingham.ac.uk/study/postgr...

How can we see the ecology of what isn't there? A pharmaceutical plant that wasn't built - and the industrial agriculture that lives in its place. A lake that was built for fishing and drained for industry and is mourned to this day. The ghosts of the landscape are also the history of capitalism.

Return of the MBS! See you all in July.

Join me at the Northern Ireland Assembly on 13 November for this conversation on the co-operative sector - its past and its promise. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/co-operati...

This is a very dense (for a non-lawyer) piece, but worthy reading for anyone trying to get a sense of the big picture at play in the recission of trans rights in the UK. Kudos to Conor Gearty for headlining FWS as an example of the conservative judicial assault on human rights law.

Storm Amy is blowing the flags down, she's on the side of immigrants and refugees. Wind knows no borders, learn from the wind.

I have a big request. My baby cousin, 15, is in hospital, non-responsive. I'd like to see her one last time & am trying to fly across the ocean *tomorrow* to make this happen. It would cost about £2500 or £3300 dollars. If you're able to contribute, this is my paypal: paypal.me/riversandfam

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On 1 July, we lauched our Sites of Fracture project with a day of archival exploration and discussion at the Co-operative Archive. www.birmingham.ac.uk/research/pro... @cooperativesuk.bsky.social @ukri.org

Some big news: the University of Birmingham is launching a new MA in Gender & Sexuality. It's interdisciplinary, with a focus on combining theory & practice. It's going to be amazing. I'm convening it: message or email with questions. www.birmingham.ac.uk/study/postgr... @unibirmingham.bsky.social

Excellent news, but I'm still gobsmacked they had to fight so long for this. Grouse moor burning encapsulates the nexus of dispossession, environmental destruction, violence & class inequality that shaped Britain & its empire. I hope this victory leads to more protection of this vital environment.

Join myself & El Reid Buckley in conversation at @nmireland.bsky.social we’ll discuss uncovering & presenting LGBTQIA+ narratives within the Museum’s collections. We’ll also reflect on the significance of LGBTQIA+ histories, tours & exhibitions. #speirgorm Tickets www.eventbrite.ie/e/in-convers...

The submissions for the new Massachusetts seal, flag and motto are up, and my friends, they are a *trip* www.mass.gov/doc/massachu...

I wrote about the decision myself and other authors took to withdraw from the longlist of the Polari Book Prizes for LGBTQ+ writers www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Myself and Mary's fellowships are ending in October, and we're now looking for two new fellows! I have had the best time, it's been a brilliant way to transition out of the PhD alongside teaching. It's been a joy to learn from the team and contribute something of my own too! Any questions? DM me!

Of interest to historians. Full time, permanent, £33,000 to £37,000, at Kew. 'The National Archives is looking for two Records Specialist to join our Collections Expertise & Engagement department, where we use our expert knowledge to inspire audiences and make them differently about archives.'

If you run any kind of service provider, sports club or social club you really need to respond to this because the guidance is an unworkable mess.

Tomorrow!!!

It's HERE!!! I'm ridiculously excited to finally be holding NEW AND DECOLONIAL APPROACHES TO GENDER NONCONFORMITY: FORGING A HOME FOR OURSELVES in my hands. You can preorder, or find where to get the OPEN ACCESS ebook, at www.bloomsbury.com/uk/new-and-d...

This is very effective at laying out, with detailed referencing, the targeted eliminationist campaign that has led directly to the UKSC ruling, the EHRC guidance, and other recent efforts backed by Starmer's government to make it impossible to transition and to exclude trans people from public life:

I just wanted to say thank you personally to everyone who was there yesterday. Who helped to make this possible. It was incredible. We made history. We will keep making history. Together.

Two 4-year fully-funded PhD studentships available at UCL for Black British candidates. One in History of the legacy of Transatlantic slavery and reparations; the other on reparations and the media/culture focusing on reparations and the media/culture. Here's the History one. 1/2

"We cannot show segregation as the moral abhorrence, practical disaster and mechanism of terrifying social control that it is with open letters, symbolic protests and lobbying campaigns. We show segregation for what it is by collectively making segregation impossible to enforce"

This hits very hard. I, and many of my trans colleagues, operated from this logic by default. Many now, I think, are waking up to its flaws. Some, sadly, still do not and cling to the hope of a quick fix or compromise.

If you’d like to know more about extinction and empire, some upcoming book events: 18 June, with Gary Younge, KCL www.kcl.ac.uk/events/vanis... 26 June, Linnean Society, London www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-unnatu... 9 July, with Helen Macdonald, Cambridge www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/vanished-a...

"According to Qureshi, animal extinction should not be treated as a separate historical development from human extermination, as it often is." Impossible to read this profile of the brilliant @sadiahqureshi.bsky.social and not think you need to read her new book.

If you're a British trans person or ally I really think you MUST fill in the EHRC consultation on whether to segregate trans people from society If you need a hand doing that, @notrightruth.bsky.social and I will be doing a respond together live stream Tuesday 8pm! www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wfw...

The EHRC's segregation consultation is a horrible document to look at. But if you're planning to fill it in, you don't need to do so alone. Join @katymontgomerie.com and me for our Tuesday evening livestream so we can respond together. We are stronger in community!

Ultimate end point of this: we all get to submit to the REF every book that is hallucinated in our name by AI

In the Manchester area and are interested in food production and alternatives to capitalism? Join me at the Co-operative Archive on 1 July for conversation and archival exploration. @cooperativesuk.bsky.social @kevinkosullivan.bsky.social www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/at-the-mar...