George Severs
@georgesevers.bsky.social
Historian of sexual health, sexual violence and HIV/AIDS. Postdoc at the Geneva Graduate Institute in Switzerland. Honorary Research Fellow of the School of Historical Studies at Birkbeck, University of London. Usually found reading or swimming.
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Bump for my CFP for Nostalgia and Radical Politics, Past and Present www.northampton.ac.uk/research-blo... Deadline 14 February! Have had a few abstracts already and it's shaping up to be great. 🗃️
Call For Papers: Nostalgia and Radical Politics, Past and Present | UON
Centre for Historical Studies, University of Northampton, UK Monday 15 – Tuesday 16 June 2026 Nostalgia, defined most simply as a wistful or...
www.northampton.ac.uk
January 8, 2026 at 10:03 AM
Bump for my CFP for Nostalgia and Radical Politics, Past and Present www.northampton.ac.uk/research-blo... Deadline 14 February! Have had a few abstracts already and it's shaping up to be great. 🗃️
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"Coughs & sneezes spread diseases" but it's fine to carry on smoking a pipe.
Timely Government advice from the 1940s, from the Brewers' Society archive.
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Timely Government advice from the 1940s, from the Brewers' Society archive.
mrc-describe.epexio.com/records/BLR/...
January 6, 2026 at 10:46 AM
"Coughs & sneezes spread diseases" but it's fine to carry on smoking a pipe.
Timely Government advice from the 1940s, from the Brewers' Society archive.
mrc-describe.epexio.com/records/BLR/...
Timely Government advice from the 1940s, from the Brewers' Society archive.
mrc-describe.epexio.com/records/BLR/...
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JOB ALERT!
3-year postdoc at @girtoncollege.bsky.social - research anything you like in History, Archaeology or Anthropology in a wonderful, welcoming scholarly community.
PLEASE SHARE! Closes 12 January
www.girton.cam.ac.uk/job-vacancie...
3-year postdoc at @girtoncollege.bsky.social - research anything you like in History, Archaeology or Anthropology in a wonderful, welcoming scholarly community.
PLEASE SHARE! Closes 12 January
www.girton.cam.ac.uk/job-vacancie...
January 5, 2026 at 9:00 AM
JOB ALERT!
3-year postdoc at @girtoncollege.bsky.social - research anything you like in History, Archaeology or Anthropology in a wonderful, welcoming scholarly community.
PLEASE SHARE! Closes 12 January
www.girton.cam.ac.uk/job-vacancie...
3-year postdoc at @girtoncollege.bsky.social - research anything you like in History, Archaeology or Anthropology in a wonderful, welcoming scholarly community.
PLEASE SHARE! Closes 12 January
www.girton.cam.ac.uk/job-vacancie...
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That's why Trump is decapitating and gutting the CDC - a bit like what's happening to those chlorinated chickens he wants to force into our supermarkets.
Your fact of the day:
The US Center for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that one in six American citizens suffers a food-borne illness annually. In the UK, the figure is one in 132.
bylinetimes.com/2020/02/28/f...
The US Center for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that one in six American citizens suffers a food-borne illness annually. In the UK, the figure is one in 132.
bylinetimes.com/2020/02/28/f...
Fowl Play: How US Chicken Imports will Pollute Britain's Poor
Since joining the EU British food has gone from bog-awful to top-notch, but Otto English reveals how a US Trade deal will unravel 40 years of progress.
bylinetimes.com
January 4, 2026 at 5:57 PM
That's why Trump is decapitating and gutting the CDC - a bit like what's happening to those chlorinated chickens he wants to force into our supermarkets.
Sundials say ‘I only tell the sunny hours’ because it is all they can do. Given half a chance, our memories would do the same. But life would not be half as interesting.
Ronald Blythe
Ronald Blythe
January 4, 2026 at 5:21 PM
Sundials say ‘I only tell the sunny hours’ because it is all they can do. Given half a chance, our memories would do the same. But life would not be half as interesting.
Ronald Blythe
Ronald Blythe
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We're back, rested and ready for more archive exploration in 2026!
As we balance precariously on the metaphorical penny farthing of time, here's hoping for a healthy, happy and peaceful New Year for us all - wobbling slightly but still upright and speeding onwards (fitted sportsing shorts optional)
As we balance precariously on the metaphorical penny farthing of time, here's hoping for a healthy, happy and peaceful New Year for us all - wobbling slightly but still upright and speeding onwards (fitted sportsing shorts optional)
January 2, 2026 at 11:11 AM
We're back, rested and ready for more archive exploration in 2026!
As we balance precariously on the metaphorical penny farthing of time, here's hoping for a healthy, happy and peaceful New Year for us all - wobbling slightly but still upright and speeding onwards (fitted sportsing shorts optional)
As we balance precariously on the metaphorical penny farthing of time, here's hoping for a healthy, happy and peaceful New Year for us all - wobbling slightly but still upright and speeding onwards (fitted sportsing shorts optional)
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Nikolaos Papadogiannis @npapadogian.bsky.social reviews 'Radical Acts: HIV/AIDS Activism in Late Twentieth-Century England', by George J. Severs @georgesevers.bsky.social
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@bloomsburyacad.bsky.social
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Radical Acts: HIV/AIDS Activism in Late Twentieth-Century England, by George J. Severs
This monograph is a very welcome development in the study of HIV and AIDS in England. George Severs’s book is situated in the ‘second wave’ in the history
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December 5, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Nikolaos Papadogiannis @npapadogian.bsky.social reviews 'Radical Acts: HIV/AIDS Activism in Late Twentieth-Century England', by George J. Severs @georgesevers.bsky.social
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@bloomsburyacad.bsky.social
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@bloomsburyacad.bsky.social
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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
December 29, 2025 at 1:17 PM
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
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Post-doc positions:
"Academic freedom is under pressure today. This requires rescue havens of free research. ... [we] invite early career researchers, whose work is restricted due to political pressure in the USA..."
uni-freiburg.de/frias/call-f...
"Academic freedom is under pressure today. This requires rescue havens of free research. ... [we] invite early career researchers, whose work is restricted due to political pressure in the USA..."
uni-freiburg.de/frias/call-f...
Call for Applications: Early Career Rescue Fellowship – Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies
uni-freiburg.de
December 19, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Post-doc positions:
"Academic freedom is under pressure today. This requires rescue havens of free research. ... [we] invite early career researchers, whose work is restricted due to political pressure in the USA..."
uni-freiburg.de/frias/call-f...
"Academic freedom is under pressure today. This requires rescue havens of free research. ... [we] invite early career researchers, whose work is restricted due to political pressure in the USA..."
uni-freiburg.de/frias/call-f...
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It's that time of year again... the History Workshop team present our "Radical Reads" for 2025!
www.historyworkshop....
Image source: Openverse.
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Image source: Openverse.
December 18, 2025 at 8:00 AM
It's that time of year again... the History Workshop team present our "Radical Reads" for 2025!
www.historyworkshop....
Image source: Openverse.
www.historyworkshop....
Image source: Openverse.
Thanks Nikos for reviewing my book!
Nikolaos Papadogiannis @npapadogian.bsky.social reviews 'Radical Acts: HIV/AIDS Activism in Late Twentieth-Century England', by George J. Severs @georgesevers.bsky.social
academic.oup.com/ehr/advance-...
@bloomsburyacad.bsky.social
academic.oup.com/ehr/advance-...
@bloomsburyacad.bsky.social
Radical Acts: HIV/AIDS Activism in Late Twentieth-Century England, by George J. Severs
This monograph is a very welcome development in the study of HIV and AIDS in England. George Severs’s book is situated in the ‘second wave’ in the history
academic.oup.com
December 6, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Thanks Nikos for reviewing my book!
A very interesting PhD project is looking for interviewees with LGBTQ+ photographers with experiences of making photographs in home darkrooms. Get in touch if this applies, and do share.
December 5, 2025 at 10:52 AM
A very interesting PhD project is looking for interviewees with LGBTQ+ photographers with experiences of making photographs in home darkrooms. Get in touch if this applies, and do share.
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I'm not going to share Stock's Unherd article. But here's the important part: "Abortions should only be done for a highly restricted set of reasons. They should not be just nodded through for any reason a pregnant woman likes."
The ven diagram of the anti-trans & the anti-woman lobby is a circle.
The ven diagram of the anti-trans & the anti-woman lobby is a circle.
November 21, 2025 at 9:43 AM
I'm not going to share Stock's Unherd article. But here's the important part: "Abortions should only be done for a highly restricted set of reasons. They should not be just nodded through for any reason a pregnant woman likes."
The ven diagram of the anti-trans & the anti-woman lobby is a circle.
The ven diagram of the anti-trans & the anti-woman lobby is a circle.
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An excellent PhD opportunity for someone to work on family separation during WW1 or WW2. I've done some research on Italian emigrant families separated when the father was serving in the Italian Army and it's a really fascinating area of study. royalhistsoc.org/calendar/phd...
PhD Studentship on Family Separation, funded by ERC - CALL FOR APPLICATIONS - RHS
PhD Studentship on Family Separation, funded by European Research Council Call for Applications, deadline - 1 March 2026 This is a call for expressions of interest for a European Research Council-fund...
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November 14, 2025 at 9:53 AM
An excellent PhD opportunity for someone to work on family separation during WW1 or WW2. I've done some research on Italian emigrant families separated when the father was serving in the Italian Army and it's a really fascinating area of study. royalhistsoc.org/calendar/phd...
One of the many great things I got out of last week’s trip to Montréal for the NACBS was a copy of @sarahcrook.bsky.social’s new book. I can’t wait to get stuck into this!
November 19, 2025 at 10:56 AM
One of the many great things I got out of last week’s trip to Montréal for the NACBS was a copy of @sarahcrook.bsky.social’s new book. I can’t wait to get stuck into this!
Important reminder of the national obliviousness to the crises at the British Library and why it should concern policymakers. www.cityam.com/the-british-...
The British library is in crisis: why does nobody care?
The widespread indifference to the British Library's crippling cyberattack demonstrates a perilous failure to value the knowledge infrastructure vital for national prosperity
www.cityam.com
November 18, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Important reminder of the national obliviousness to the crises at the British Library and why it should concern policymakers. www.cityam.com/the-british-...
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📣 CALL FOR CHAPTERS 📣
Co-editors Amy Tooth Murphy & @georgesevers.bsky.social invite expressions of interest to contribute chapters to the forthcoming Routledge Oral History Theory Handbook.
Visit: oralhistory.org/wp-content/u...
#OralHistory #OralHistoryTheory #Routledge #OralHistorian
Co-editors Amy Tooth Murphy & @georgesevers.bsky.social invite expressions of interest to contribute chapters to the forthcoming Routledge Oral History Theory Handbook.
Visit: oralhistory.org/wp-content/u...
#OralHistory #OralHistoryTheory #Routledge #OralHistorian
oralhistory.org
November 12, 2025 at 1:57 PM
📣 CALL FOR CHAPTERS 📣
Co-editors Amy Tooth Murphy & @georgesevers.bsky.social invite expressions of interest to contribute chapters to the forthcoming Routledge Oral History Theory Handbook.
Visit: oralhistory.org/wp-content/u...
#OralHistory #OralHistoryTheory #Routledge #OralHistorian
Co-editors Amy Tooth Murphy & @georgesevers.bsky.social invite expressions of interest to contribute chapters to the forthcoming Routledge Oral History Theory Handbook.
Visit: oralhistory.org/wp-content/u...
#OralHistory #OralHistoryTheory #Routledge #OralHistorian
Call for chapters! Amy Tooth Murphy and I are editing the Routledge Handbook of Oral History Theory, and we are seeking contributions from a range of scholars and practitioners. See our full call here. oralhistory.org/2025/11/11/c...
Call for Chapters: Routledge Handbook of Oral History Theory - Oral History Association
Co-editors George Severs and Amy Tooth Murphy are inviting expressions of interest to contributechapters to the forthcoming Routledge Oral History Theory
oralhistory.org
November 11, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Call for chapters! Amy Tooth Murphy and I are editing the Routledge Handbook of Oral History Theory, and we are seeking contributions from a range of scholars and practitioners. See our full call here. oralhistory.org/2025/11/11/c...
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Long tails and important outcomes. Finally, it's live - the website for the report, "Conversion Therapy' and the University of Birmingham c.1966-1983'!
There's material about the history, the project, its organisation, and there are resources there too.
#HistPsych #HistSTEM #QueerHist #HistSex
There's material about the history, the project, its organisation, and there are resources there too.
#HistPsych #HistSTEM #QueerHist #HistSex
‘Conversion Therapy’ and the University of Birmingham c.1966-1983 - University of Birmingham
Between c.1966 and 1983, the University of Birmingham employed researchers who orchestrated so-called 'conversion therapy' for same-sex love
www.birmingham.ac.uk
November 4, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Long tails and important outcomes. Finally, it's live - the website for the report, "Conversion Therapy' and the University of Birmingham c.1966-1983'!
There's material about the history, the project, its organisation, and there are resources there too.
#HistPsych #HistSTEM #QueerHist #HistSex
There's material about the history, the project, its organisation, and there are resources there too.
#HistPsych #HistSTEM #QueerHist #HistSex
Yesterday it was my honour to receive the 2025 Phanes Award in HIV Information Work from Tupilak (Nordic Rainbow Culture Workers) & ILGCN (the International Rainbow Culture Network) in Stockholm. I am very grateful for this recognition of my work, and only sorry that I couldn't be there in person!
October 21, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Yesterday it was my honour to receive the 2025 Phanes Award in HIV Information Work from Tupilak (Nordic Rainbow Culture Workers) & ILGCN (the International Rainbow Culture Network) in Stockholm. I am very grateful for this recognition of my work, and only sorry that I couldn't be there in person!
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#AfS: Die Beschäftigung mit dem AIDS-Aktivismus steht noch am Anfang, konstatiert Rezensent @adrianlehne.bsky.social. Die Studie von @georgesevers.bsky.social nimmt sich der Lücke an und nimmt nicht nur den konfrontativen, sondern auch den leiseren Aktivismus in den Blick:
library.fes.de/pdf-f...
library.fes.de/pdf-f...
October 20, 2025 at 9:31 AM
#AfS: Die Beschäftigung mit dem AIDS-Aktivismus steht noch am Anfang, konstatiert Rezensent @adrianlehne.bsky.social. Die Studie von @georgesevers.bsky.social nimmt sich der Lücke an und nimmt nicht nur den konfrontativen, sondern auch den leiseren Aktivismus in den Blick:
library.fes.de/pdf-f...
library.fes.de/pdf-f...
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#MondayNetwork - a regular appeal to any #skystorians with intersecting interests: food /nutrition, surviving climate change, environmental determinism, race science, exploration, acclimatisation & physiology, cit sci, Indigenous knowledge, & related topics to say hi or share link to your work! 🗃️
October 13, 2025 at 7:10 AM
#MondayNetwork - a regular appeal to any #skystorians with intersecting interests: food /nutrition, surviving climate change, environmental determinism, race science, exploration, acclimatisation & physiology, cit sci, Indigenous knowledge, & related topics to say hi or share link to your work! 🗃️
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“I knew that homosexuality was a sin - I didn’t want to be homosexual. I went to my G.P and said I had read Freud’s book on dreams, that I suffered from homosexuality, and that I would like to change.”
My new article now out in Irish Historical Studies:
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My new article now out in Irish Historical Studies:
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Between sickness and sin: models of male homosexuality in Northern Ireland c.1960-1990 | Irish Historical Studies | Cambridge Core
Between sickness and sin: models of male homosexuality in Northern Ireland c.1960-1990
www.cambridge.org
October 10, 2025 at 2:12 PM
“I knew that homosexuality was a sin - I didn’t want to be homosexual. I went to my G.P and said I had read Freud’s book on dreams, that I suffered from homosexuality, and that I would like to change.”
My new article now out in Irish Historical Studies:
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
My new article now out in Irish Historical Studies:
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
I'm looking forward to speaking at the History of Medicine seminar at University College Dublin this afternoon. I'll be talking about British HIV/AIDS activists & their role in the broader transnational AIDS movement. More info here, inc. how to sign up for the Zoom link www.ucd.ie/chomi/resear...
Current Seminar Series - UCD Centre for the History of Medicine in Ireland
www.ucd.ie
October 9, 2025 at 9:58 AM
I'm looking forward to speaking at the History of Medicine seminar at University College Dublin this afternoon. I'll be talking about British HIV/AIDS activists & their role in the broader transnational AIDS movement. More info here, inc. how to sign up for the Zoom link www.ucd.ie/chomi/resear...
Je suis solidaire de mes collègues qui sont en grève aujourd'hui à l'Université de Fribourg. J'espère que l'administration cédera à vos justes revendications!
October 1, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Je suis solidaire de mes collègues qui sont en grève aujourd'hui à l'Université de Fribourg. J'espère que l'administration cédera à vos justes revendications!