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Felicity Callard
@felicitycallard.bsky.social

Geographies & histories of what we have come to call “mental health” | the university | daydreams & fantasies | Freud | Marx

Editor, History of the Human Sciences @histhum.bsky.social

Psychology 36%
Philosophy 17%
Pinned
I wrote on psychic life and Palestinian resistance

– to ensure more people read Abdaljawad Omar @hamayel.bsky.social.

www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

*Thank you* for this special issue, Eman
I'm in the new look @publicbooks.bsky.social talking with @anniemcc.bsky.social, Vineeta Singh, Dan Nemser, and Rana Jaleel about higher education, how we have studied and organized around it, and what possibility lies therein.
Defending the Possibility of the University: A Roundtable on “University Keywords” - Public Books
“What would it look like for faculty unions and graduate student unions to collaborate or work together with K-12 teachers’ unions to push back against anti-DEI legislation or book bans?”
www.publicbooks.org

Jay (first author of our Sullivan Review paper) in their thread discusses one of the lesser known parts of the Review:

its offensive against established principles surrounding ethical review, research governance, and community involvement

rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
The Sullivan Review & Ethics: A Thread

A key problematic of the Review is its significant consequences for ethical principles/governance. Its 2nd report recommends universities consider ‘paring back the scope and power of ethics committees’ in varied ways Read them below

doi.org/10.1111/tran.70057

Reposted by Felicity Callard

The Sullivan Review & Ethics: A Thread

A key problematic of the Review is its significant consequences for ethical principles/governance. Its 2nd report recommends universities consider ‘paring back the scope and power of ethics committees’ in varied ways Read them below

doi.org/10.1111/tran.70057

yes: I read it a year or so ago having previously prevaricated. Read most it before during and after visiting Mann family house on the extraordinary Curonian spit in Lithuania

‘Naila Ahmed, head of campaigns at advocacy group CAGE, said: “This acquittal is a huge victory for the movement but [sic] nationally & abroad who campaigned on behalf of the defendants, & a powerful affirmation of jury independence and moral courage in the face of extraordinary political pressure’
Six Palestine Action activists have declared victory after being cleared of committing aggravated burglary over a break-in at an Israel-based defence firm’s UK site
Activists celebrate victory as all 6 cleared in Israeli arms factory trial
www.thenational.scot
Six Palestine Action activists have declared victory after being cleared of committing aggravated burglary over a break-in at an Israel-based defence firm’s UK site
Activists celebrate victory as all 6 cleared in Israeli arms factory trial
www.thenational.scot

My friend told me yesterday that the mother of this student is the chief arts critic of the Observer. I checked out her (the mother’s) recent posts on X and they are full of “gender critical” [I always put that phrase in quotation marks] RTs
'Sasha Roseneil, the University of Sussex’s vice-chancellor, criticised the investigation at the time, arguing that the OfS had ignored or turned down nine requests by the university to meet with investigators, despite taking lengthy statements from Stock.'

An excellent piece on how “clarity” is deployed in conservative projects more broadly and transphobic politics more specifically. Thank you @nicoleteburbach.bsky.social
I did a blog article on this kind of use of "clarity" a while back, and I still think it's one of the most insightful things I've written www.newwaysministry.org/2025/04/11/c...

Reposted by Felicity Callard

I did a blog article on this kind of use of "clarity" a while back, and I still think it's one of the most insightful things I've written www.newwaysministry.org/2025/04/11/c...

The stakes surrounding the “Sullivan Review” are high, @jaytoddgla.bsky.social and I argue in @tibg.bsky.social

rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
OfS urges High Court to dismiss university’s challenge on £585k fine.

Judicial review into fine imposed for free speech breaches at University of Sussex running for three days.

www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-u...
OfS urges High Court to dismiss university’s challenge on £585k fine - Research Professional News
Judicial review into fine imposed for free speech breaches at University of Sussex running for three days
www.researchprofessionalnews.com
If you were interested in @jaytoddgla.bsky.social’s and my critical response to the “Sullivan Review” yesterday, make sure you read @kevinguyan.bsky.social’s very recently published “Trans-exclusionary data activism in the UK”
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Trans-exclusionary data activism in the UK
In the UK, the design and management of sex and gender categories in data – including census questions, police and health records, and digital ID – has become a key focus of trans-exclusionary acti...
www.tandfonline.com
We would love for @jaytoddgla.bsky.social’s and my critical response to be read widely, given the Sullivan Review’s potential for far-reaching implications across the social and health sciences — and indeed well beyond the academy
New Intervention in TIBG:

'A critical response to the UK's "Sullivan Review" into sex and gender in research and data' by @jaytoddgla.bsky.social & @felicitycallard.bsky.social

doi.org/10.1111/tran...

Many university researchers (& many social scientists) have no idea that the 'Sullivan Review' (named after its lead author, sociologist Sullivan) exists nor of its potential potency.

@jaytoddgla.bsky.social and I wanted to set the Review in context

rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Reposted by Felicity Callard

I'm glad Dr Todd and Prof Callard remind us right at the start of their article that the Sullivan Review was commissioned as part of the Conservative Party's "Kicking Woke Ideology Out of Science" programme. A strong and stable grounding for policy-based evidence-making.
Media coverage of Gaza has plummeted. So today on @thenation.com, we're doing something pretty special: we're only running pieces by people in and from Gaza.

We're calling it "A Day for Gaza." You can find links to all of the incredible pieces here. Please read! www.thenation.com/article/worl...
A Day for Gaza
Today, The Nation is turning over its website exclusively to stories from Gaza and its people. This is why.
www.thenation.com

Reposted by Felicity Callard

New Intervention in TIBG:

'A critical response to the UK's "Sullivan Review" into sex and gender in research and data' by @jaytoddgla.bsky.social & @felicitycallard.bsky.social

doi.org/10.1111/tran...

Wasn't necessarily expecting to get our research covered in Attitude Mag but I'm so glad @attitudemag.bsky.social has:

"We are calling upon researchers across the UK to reject the recommendations of the Sullivan Review," says Dr Jay Todd @jaytoddgla.bsky.social"
www.attitude.co.uk/news/uk-gove...
UK Government review on sex and gender slammed by professionals for wrongly portraying trans identities
Researchers have warned that the UK Government’s review on sex and gender risks harming studies relating to trans identities.
www.attitude.co.uk

Thank you for posting about our paper @paisleycurrah.com. Your writings have been central to our thinking through our critique of the Sullivan Review.

For US-based friends: Jay's @jaytoddgla.bsky.social & my critical response to UK 'Sullivan Review' shows its international reach:

Already used by Trump administration to secure commitment to 'sex-based language' & excise 'gender' & 'gender identity' rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

U Glasgow has covered Jay Todd's @jaytoddgla.bsky.social & my critical paper on the 'Sullivan Review' rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Many social scientists whom Jay & I talk to are (still) unaware of the Sullivan Review and its potential implications. Our paper aims to change this
Recommendations from the Sullivan Review could undermine the quality of public institutions’ research, erode academic freedom, and threaten the rights of trans and gender diverse people if widely adopted, @uofgges.bsky.social researchers have warned.

Read more here: www.gla.ac.uk/news/headlin...

Reposted by Felicity Callard

Recommendations from the Sullivan Review could undermine the quality of public institutions’ research, erode academic freedom, and threaten the rights of trans and gender diverse people if widely adopted, @uofgges.bsky.social researchers have warned.

Read more here: www.gla.ac.uk/news/headlin...

I never post a link to the THE but the THE has covered Jay Todd's @jaytoddgla.bsky.social and my paper with the headline, 'Trans research "at risk" if data collection guidance adopted'

rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

(Ended up serendipitously publishing 2 things very important to me almost simultaneously – one on Palestinian resistance, and one in the service of trans liberation – and I can almost feel the anxious brush of moving fingers too worried to press a like button on either)

Reposted by John Hogan

Jay Todd @jaytoddgla.bsky.social and I have published today in @tibg.bsky.social a critical response to the UK Government-commissioned "Sullivan Review" of sex and gender in data and research collection

rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
📣 Today @felicitycallard.bsky.social and I have published the first peer-reviewed response to the 'Sullivan Review' of research and data on sex and gender.

doi.org/10.1111/tran...

The Review could threaten trans rights and inclusion, erode academic freedom, and undermine research quality.

Reposted by Felicity Callard

NEW: A UK Government review on sex and gender could 'undermine' scientific research and 'erode academic freedom', researchers have warned
UK Government sex and gender review 'harmful to scientific research', study warns
www.thenational.scot

Reposted by Felicity Callard

📢 New peer-reviewed academic response to the Sullivan Review into sex and gender in research and data.

@jaytoddgla.bsky.social and @felicitycallard.bsky.social have published a critical response to the Sullivan Review.

doi.org/10.1111/tran...