This is Thursday! I promise it will in fact be fun!

Final #MilesforMermaids update. I reached 50 miles, most of them alone. But as Sondheim wrote - no one is alone. Thank you to everyone who walks beside me, literally and metaphorically. www.justgiving.com/page/mo-moul... Cartoon on the EHRC's effort to isolate trans people by Ella Baron.

Struggling to know what to read or do following the announcement of the UK's anti-trans segregation regime? I've created a basic set of information, resources, and actions - in the form of an auto-reply sent to every single person who emails me at work.

Ahead of next week's #MBS26 conference, our website is now live! Check out our new blog series, Histories from Here, and our plans for prizes and conferences in Modern British Studies modbritstud.org.uk

#MilesForMermaids update 4: 43.2 miles. It's been a week of anticipated but still grim news for trans people in the UK. I'm still walking and raising money for trans youth: www.justgiving.com/page/mo-moul... Highlights: a post-writing-retreat Birmingham ramble, a pre-scorcher morning walk..

If you're trans and work for a sizable UK company or organisation, now is a great time to log into your HR portal and remove any information you can on your sex/gender, e.g. by replacing any information with "prefer not to say".

#MilesForMermaids the agony & the ecstasy edition. The agony: I got off at the wrong stop on my way to a medical appointment and walked 6 miles. Metaphor?? The ecstasy: 7 miles on the North Yorkshire coast, with Italian Gardens in the colours of the trans flag. www.justgiving.com/page/mo-moul...

We're looking for a Lecturer in Global Medieval History (ongoing) to join us in the vibrant School of History @universityofleeds.bsky.social ! Deadline 1 June. Full details jobs.leeds.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx... #jobfairy #medievalsky #history

For decades there was a 'Co-operative College' in the UK. It trained co-operative employees from across Britain. But it also trained the leaders of co-operative departments and movements around the world. Its archive is a treasure. @cooperativesuk.bsky.social www.thenews.coop/cataloguing-...

#MilesForMermaids update. Current total: 18.5 miles done. This week was a mix of walking to various things (trains, a book meet up, the gym) and a nice five mile loop in the sun this morning.

What maps do you use to plan a countryside walk in the Republic of Ireland? Do folks order the relevant OS paper map or use something else?

My friend (<- they don't get to deny this) @sexhistorian.bsky.social is advertising for a PhD stipend. It's an amazing project at an amazing department with amazing supervisors, and if you know anyone suitable, let them know. www.strath.ac.uk/studywithus/...

Free to join and open to all UK-based SHAPE postdocs (or equivalent) within 10 years of PhD (with career breaks subtracted out of that calculation). 9 regional hubs across the 4 UK nations (travel to events is paid for, and there is pump-priming funding to apply for if you join). Do check it out!

“Belfastmen: An Intimate History of Life before Gay Liberation” @cornellupress.bsky.social featured in the Guardian! 🥹 www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

#MilesforMermaids report: today I did the Stride for Pride with 𝙔𝘼𝙎 𝘽𝙀𝘼𝙉, the most amazing coffeeshop, plus some other walking for a total of 5.3 miles. I saw half of an eggshell. What a metaphor. My genius birder friend says maybe it's from a bluetit. www.justgiving.com/page/mo-moul...

Join me and @echomikeromeo.bsky.social on 4 June for an evening of trans history at the Birmingham LGBT Centre. Expect fun stories, unexpected connections, serious takeaways, and a little bit of hope. Free but register here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/british-tr...

This May, I'm raising money for Mermaids, the charity supporting trans young ppl & their families. I'll be swimming & walking 25 miles, with a grand finale hike with @momoulton.bsky.social. Even better, for every £10 raised I'll drop some 18thc mermaid history! www.justgiving.com/fundraising/...

Newcastle has a long and proud history of resistance, solidarity, and political struggle. But there hasn’t been a radical bookshop here since the 80s. Books from Below are fundraising to open a new radical bookshop and community space in Newcastle UK! www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/booksfromb...

'The National Archives has digitised a vast data set of more than 700,000 pages, painstakingly transcribing census returns in a process which took three years, that gives an intimate snapshot of a nation in its infancy and the lives of a recorded population of 2.97 million.' #Skystorians

Symposium 2026 OPEN CALL Theme: Existing Otherwise. Inviting proposals exploring transdisciplinary and intersectional approaches to Trans+ research and practice. Hosted at Birkbeck University of London. More information: tvce.cargo.site/existing-oth... 🌈🎓 #AcademicSky #EduSky #EdChat #Trans #LGBTQ

In advance of tomorrow's release here is a short piece on the historical Irish censuses based on my past and ongoing research #spéirgorm theconversation.com/80-million-p...

How can we preserve and celebrate trans histories? If you're in Birmingham on 29 April, come hear about the Digital Transgender Archive. Speaker: Prof K. J. Rawson (Northeastern University) Chair: Prof Mo Moulton Arts 104 University of Birmingham 29 Apr 1pm www.digitaltransgenderarchive.net 🌈🎓

Registration for MBS2026 is now open! Registration link and the conference programme can be found here: www.birmingham.ac.uk/events/moder...

Hivemind, is there a word to describe when a foreign word is used in another language and modified according to grammatical rules of the new language? For example, in Urdu the plural of something like samosa would be samoseh, but it’s usually rendered samosas in English even by Urdu speakers.

I'm delighted to say we have opened our visiting fellowship scheme in the College of Arts, Social Sciences & Celtic Studies @uniofgalway.bsky.social. Deadline for applications is 1 May 2026. All visits must take place in the period May to Sept 2026. www.universityofgalway.ie/colleges-and...

This is very good from Conor McCabe and one of the few piece's of analysis I have read that clearly links the fuel protests with Ireland's deeply unequal and dysfunctional grass-fed agricultural system. www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...

Okay I'm not going to be reblogging book promo all day, so here's the deal: If you're a transfemme author and have a new or upcoming *2026* book release, drop your links in the replies! 🏳️‍⚧️📚 #tdov

Trans Day of Act Now to Stop Labour's Section 28! Tell all your cis friends and colleagues. They have until 20 April.

📣 Opportunity: Oral History PhD Research Project w/t Imperial War Museums & University of Strathclyde. An #oralhistory of women paramilitaries during ‘The Troubles’ in Ireland and Britain. For more information visit: www.strath.ac.uk/studywithus/... #Postgraduate #NorthernIreland #TheTroubles

So great to see amazing @unibirmingham.bsky.social @mbsbirmingham.bsky.social PhD researcher Kelly Bosomworth‘s work in “The Women’s Library at 100“ exhibition @lselibrary.bsky.social as part of her wider PhD project all about the Six Point Group 😍

Great to see that the video of Imogen Peck's recent talk @long18thsem.bsky.social on 'Family Archives in England, 1650-1838' is now available online. www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

When Manu Sehgal and I teach our joint class on Ireland and India, we always marvel at the depth and breadth of research on the topic. Exciting to see new developments in this area.

The Keough-Naughton Institute, Notre Dame Global, and Miranda House at the University of Delhi brought together an international group of scholars last week for a conference, “India and Ireland: Shared Histories and Interconnected Pasts.” 👉 Read a recap here: irishstudies.nd.edu/news/india-a...

Happening tomorrow in Manchester - join us!

I keep my side of the social contract. I try to bring students together with evolving scholarship and hard historical evidence, and I try to get them to think about meanings and significance. To learn. Meanwhile, the govt actively encourages those students to let a machine write their essays.

Everyone should stop what you are doing and read about @notrightruth.bsky.social receiving an important award for her excellence in trans and feminist scholarship and action. Ruth has been setting the bar for years & its great to see that recognised: www.scenemag.co.uk/trans-femini...

It is, to be honest, also a risky thing, in so many different ways. I'm grateful for everyone who gets the opportunities below on the radar of potentially interested students.

The MA in Gender & Sexuality at the University of Birmingham is a rare thing: a chance to explore cutting-edge interdisciplinary research in queer, trans, feminist, and gender studies, with a practical placement built-in. #queerhistory #womenshistory www.birmingham.ac.uk/study/postgr....

Epic haul of tomes from @thebookishtype.bsky.social where I also met the most charming bookseller.

Grateful to RHEA in Brussels for 'Trans Bodies as a Site of Resistance.' We need resistance, to segregation and anti-scientific gatekeeping and to structures of racism, xenophobia, misogyny, and classism. The UK is an outlier right now in rolling back rights but a lot of the struggle is the same.

I’m on my way to Amsterdam where, later today, I’ll be speaking about Black HIV/AIDS organising in Leicester, and the establishment of new public sexual health work in the early 1990s. Room E1.02 Bushuis building, Kloveniersburgwal 48, 16:00-17:30.

It is absolutely disgraceful how little far thought was put into ensuring everyone due compensation because of institutional abuse was able to access it without detriment to them. Compensation for incalculable harm by the state should not be treated like a windfall or wage, in Ire or the UK.

Very much enjoyed doing this video interview about my article! Thanks to @erikahanna.bsky.social and @urbanhistory.bsky.social for the opportunity. Hopefully of interest to colleagues across urban history and environmental humanities #UrbanHist #UrbanStudies #EnviroHums #CoastalHist

A rare thing: *four* three-year hums/soc-sci posts in animal studies, on the Multispecies Mutualisms project at UoSheffield - with @rosaleenduffy.bsky.social, me, Robert McKay and Alasdair Cochrane; see here for a video explainer: digitalmedia.sheffield.ac.uk/media/Multis...

Public talk on accent bias in HE, led by Christian Ilbury from the University of Edinburgh, at the University of Birmingham, UK, at 6pm on 29th April. I have long been aware that our students (and staff) who speak with local accents experience discrimination. www.birmingham.ac.uk/events/tackl...

📚Announcing a few events where I'll be talking about my book this Spring. More details to follow, but save the dates! Get in touch if you'd like to arrange a time for me to visit your bookstore, policy event or campus to talk about the legacy and importance of queer feminist solidarity against war.

Dr. Kwoba will be in Birmingham to give a talk about this important book on 16 March. Free to attend. All welcome!

What major changes have shaped the rights of Trans+ people in the UK today? Our new series traces that history - launching tomorrow with one of the UK’s most respected journalists, @jessothomson.co.uk Make sure you’re signed up 👇 www.wearequeeraf.com/milestones/