For those who weren't able to attend – and anyone else who is interested to hear what I had to say – the recording of my inaugural professorial lecture is now available via the Uni of Birmingham YouTube channel: youtu.be/XdKOJdxzxho?si…
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Join me in the wonderful Gay's The Word on Saturday 25th May to celebrate the launch of my book Radical Acts. I’ll be talking about HIV/AIDS activism alongside Jonathan Blake and Wendy Rickard. Bloomsbury Academic Bloomsbury Politics & Area Studies ACT UP London outsavvy.com/event/20068/ra…

A beautiful piece by Brant Rosen about a recent effort by Rabbis for Ceasefire to bring food into Gaza as part of a “political-spiritual response to this unprecedented... moment.”
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Job Opportunity at University of Leeds: Teaching Fellow in Modern British History jobs.leeds.ac.uk/AHCHI1059

The SOAS Centre for Palestine Studies has secured funds for a scholarship for Palestinian students from Gaza and the Occupied Territories for the 24/25 year. The scholarship will cover tuition & provide a stipend to study any taught Master's programme.
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The New Inquiry is seeking dispatches (1k-1.5k word blend of reporting and analysis) from people active in the current anti-genocide protest movements. Send pitches to [email protected]. Anonymity can be preserved, and pitches by groups or collectives are welcome.

Want to hear from our academics? We've got not but two inaugural lectures coming up this week!

Tomorrow sees BRIHC William Purkis 🇪🇺 @williampurkis.bsky.social discuss whether we should stop talking about the Crusades

🕐6 - 7 pm
📍Arts Main Lecture Theatre
🎟️Book your place now: birmingham.ac.uk/schools/histor…

I'll be in Glasgow next month, talking about a few of my favourite things. Stop by if you're in the area. eventbrite.co.uk/e/centre-for-g…

(The title doesn't make it obvious but there will be lots of Irish history in here!)

Our special issue with The History of the Family is now officially published as the 1st issue of 2024! Many thanks & congrats to all our contributors Leanne Calvert Dr Maeve O'Riordan Dr Deirdre Foley Dr Shannon Devlin Mo Moulton @momoulton.bsky.social Tom Hulme ⬇️ #HistFam tandfonline.com/toc/rhof20/29/1 IrishResearchCouncil Economic and Social Research Council

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This conference is going to be great! Gender & Sexuality in Modern British History & Beyond, at the University of Birmingham, 3 July 2024. Organised by some really excellent doctoral researchers. Please share widely. ModernBritishStudies CAL_Postgrads History Department

It was an absolute pleasure to work on this edited collection with Prof Róisín Ryan-Flood and all the wonderful contributors, and a privilege to launch it, hot off the press, at Lesbian Lives last night.

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New article alert! 'Dogs in the picture: restoring the queer history of the Irish family' in History of the Family. I'm thrilled to be part of this special issue on the Irish family by RIFNET Big thanks to Leanne Calvert especially! tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

This symposium on trans studies and queer theory hosted was a balm in a time when it feels like every time I open the news there's a new attack on trans people: our dignity, our right to exist in public, our right to exist at all.
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