@johngmccurdy.bsky.social
I'll be speaking via Zoom to the New York State Library today at noon!
nyslibrary.libcal.com/event/13782473
nyslibrary.libcal.com/event/13782473
Queer Revolutionary: The Trials of Robert Newburgh
On the eve of the American Revolution, the British army court-martialed a chaplain, Robert Newburgh, who had been accused of having intimate relations with a man. Newburgh’s...
nyslibrary.libcal.com
June 27, 2025 at 3:20 PM
I'll be speaking via Zoom to the New York State Library today at noon!
nyslibrary.libcal.com/event/13782473
nyslibrary.libcal.com/event/13782473
Listen to me on Ben Franklin's World: www.benfranklinsworld.com/414
June 24, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Listen to me on Ben Franklin's World: www.benfranklinsworld.com/414
Huzzah! I am pleased to receive the Collins Award for Research from Eastern Michigan University. Here i am with my distinguished colleagues Ashley Bavery, Amanda Maher, and Mary-Elizabeth Murphy.
March 25, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Huzzah! I am pleased to receive the Collins Award for Research from Eastern Michigan University. Here i am with my distinguished colleagues Ashley Bavery, Amanda Maher, and Mary-Elizabeth Murphy.
As much as I love riding the Tube, shopping on Jermyn Street, and eating sausage rolls at Borough Market, nothing is more quintessentially London to me than researching at the British Library while listening to the Pet Shop Boys.
March 7, 2025 at 12:59 PM
As much as I love riding the Tube, shopping on Jermyn Street, and eating sausage rolls at Borough Market, nothing is more quintessentially London to me than researching at the British Library while listening to the Pet Shop Boys.
I'm on the BBC History Extra podcast talking about (what else?) Vicious and Immoral: Homosexuality, the American Revolution, and the Trials of Robert Newburgh. Listen!
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Sexuality on trial in colonial America
Podcast Episode · History Extra podcast · 24/02/2025 · 26m
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February 24, 2025 at 10:52 PM
I'm on the BBC History Extra podcast talking about (what else?) Vicious and Immoral: Homosexuality, the American Revolution, and the Trials of Robert Newburgh. Listen!
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/s...
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/s...
I will be speaking on Tuesday, February 11, to the South Carolina Historical Society about _Vicious and Immoral_ at the Unitarian Church of Charleston.
February 10, 2025 at 4:10 PM
I will be speaking on Tuesday, February 11, to the South Carolina Historical Society about _Vicious and Immoral_ at the Unitarian Church of Charleston.
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Great to see @hopkinspress.bsky.social's VICIOUS AND IMMORAL by @johngmccurdy.bsky.social featured in the @theguardian.com!
It’s available to buy in Europe from your favourite bookshop!
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/j...
It’s available to buy in Europe from your favourite bookshop!
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/j...
‘More complicated than we think’: the untold story of LGBTQ+ rights in the American Revolution
Gay historian John McCurdy uncovers the little-known tale of Robert Newburgh – a British army chaplain accused of homosexuality – in new book Vicious and Immoral
www.theguardian.com
January 16, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Great to see @hopkinspress.bsky.social's VICIOUS AND IMMORAL by @johngmccurdy.bsky.social featured in the @theguardian.com!
It’s available to buy in Europe from your favourite bookshop!
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/j...
It’s available to buy in Europe from your favourite bookshop!
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/j...
My latest book has been profiled in the Guardian! www.theguardian.com/books/2025/j...
‘More complicated than we think’: the untold story of LGBTQ+ rights in the American Revolution
Gay historian John McCurdy uncovers the little-known tale of Robert Newburgh – a British army chaplain accused of homosexuality – in new book Vicious and Immoral
www.theguardian.com
January 12, 2025 at 8:10 PM
My latest book has been profiled in the Guardian! www.theguardian.com/books/2025/j...