'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/

"We still have very little systematic knowledge about how intersex people live their lives in Belgium," said researcher Marion Wasserbauer.

Come do your PhD with me! I am offering a fully-funded, four-year PhD position in the School of Education @ucddublin.bsky.social. If you want to do critical research on technology and education, especially combining philosophical and qualitative methods, please apply! www.ucd.ie/education/re...

🌟 We're hiring! 🌟 We're looking for a Legal Writer to join our team! If you want to demystify the law, foster community trust, and turn complex litigation into a powerful tool for social change…. ⬇️Apply here ⬇️ https://goodlawproject.org/vacancy/legal-writer/

This is torture.

Kansas has, overnight, invalidated the drivers’ licenses of trans people, a pointless cruelty that upends their lives If Brits think “it won’t happen here” think again! Groups in the U.K. who want the same thing are routinely invited to consult with Labour and normalised in our press!

Coming in November from @brisunipress.bsky.social, In the Aftermath of Empire explores the impact of British imperialism on gender and sexuality law in four jurisdictions. Please tell your libraries to pre-order! bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/in-the-after...

Irish studies folks. I feel like How to Get to Heaven from Belfast is an allegorical re-telling of twentieth century Irish history. Am I wrong??? (slightly-spoilery spoilers in the thread) (not a spoiler: I loved it)

Queer history is everywhere, including Leamington Spa. At Warwickshire Pride's LGBT History Month we heard about regional pride, networks of queer publishing and the ever-wonderful Ladies of Llangollen. I spoke on trans history in the West Mids. Local queer community is everything, especially now.

Boston blizzard from the 46th floor.

My talk is up on YouTube! 🏳️‍🌈

Today is the publication date for Matthew Hilton's Charity After Empire: www.qmul.ac.uk/media/news/2...

Publication day! My book Keeping Hold: A Cultural and Social History of Possession in Eighteenth-Century Britain is out now. 20% discount code KEHO2026. www.cambridge.org/core/books/k...

"The idea of the guidance is to manage risk, and help prevent harm to young people. Yet the Labour government’s proposed changes will have the opposite effect. ... If implemented, the new guidelines will ensure that schools cannot possibly be an affirming or safe space for young trans people."

It came from Berkeley to Derry and now passed back over the ocean to Minneapolis!

Honoured to be a part of this vital conversation at the Free University of Brussels on 2 March on "Refusing Conformity: Trans Bodies as a Site of Resistance" rhea.paddlecms.net/refusing-con...

This is a really good piece. What does walking do for our research? "Does being in a landscape automatically imbue us with a greater understanding of it? Sounds a bit like saying if you immerse yourself in historical documents, they ‘speak for themselves’."

Calling transfeminist researchers! See our call for abstracts below - deadline 1-15th March (with full papers in August)

📢 Join us at Notre Dame London to celebrate 20 years of the Journal of Global History! JGH is hosting an ECR workshop and a Guest Lecture with Prof. Stefanie Gänger. In person and online. Find out more and register here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/distinguis...

the magic of the Muppets is that there are two fourth walls. they constantly break the one that reminds the audience they are performers. they NEVER break the one that reminds the audience they are puppets. this dynamic is the key to their entire comedy style