Rebecca Jennings
@rebeccajennings.bsky.social
Historian of gender and sexuality - Modern British and Australian lesbian history; transnational networks; oral history. Associate Professor at UCL. Cake baker.
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It's a lifeline, not a comprehensive solution to the crisis, but if you're a UK-based PhD (or equivalent) in a SHAPE subject within 10 years of your viva, do join the British Academy's ECRN. It's free, has resources & you don't need to be employed in research or academia to be a member. 3/3
Early Career Researcher Network: key information for ECRs
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk
November 12, 2025 at 10:23 AM
It's a lifeline, not a comprehensive solution to the crisis, but if you're a UK-based PhD (or equivalent) in a SHAPE subject within 10 years of your viva, do join the British Academy's ECRN. It's free, has resources & you don't need to be employed in research or academia to be a member. 3/3
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Current reading
November 1, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Current reading
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My book UP IN THE AIR: A HISTORY OF HIGH-RISE BRITAIN is out today!
October 28, 2025 at 9:41 AM
My book UP IN THE AIR: A HISTORY OF HIGH-RISE BRITAIN is out today!
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We tried to place this story - very expensive polling, the first of its kind, strong quantitative data about what trans people feel about Britain: bluntly there is no better way to tell the story - with the BBC but it said it was "too weak".
But it will pick up any old piece of transhating garbage.
But it will pick up any old piece of transhating garbage.
In @yougov.co.uk polling of the trans community, to the best of our knowledge the first of its kind ever conducted, an astonishing 84% said Britain is “fairly unsafe” or “very unsafe” for trans people.
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‘Abject terror’: survey shows 84% of trans people feel Britain is unsafe
YouGov poll reveals safety crisis for trans people in the UK
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October 28, 2025 at 8:00 AM
We tried to place this story - very expensive polling, the first of its kind, strong quantitative data about what trans people feel about Britain: bluntly there is no better way to tell the story - with the BBC but it said it was "too weak".
But it will pick up any old piece of transhating garbage.
But it will pick up any old piece of transhating garbage.
Really enjoyed this fascinating podcast from @themerl.bsky.social about how archival and curatorial practice impacts on what queer histories we can tell. Very excited for part 2, where @timjerrome.bsky.social is going to discuss his research on queer rural history merl.reading.ac.uk/explore/abso...
October 23, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Really enjoyed this fascinating podcast from @themerl.bsky.social about how archival and curatorial practice impacts on what queer histories we can tell. Very excited for part 2, where @timjerrome.bsky.social is going to discuss his research on queer rural history merl.reading.ac.uk/explore/abso...
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A reminder that if you're in the area it is not too late to join us at the Glasgow Lab for Intersex, Non-Binary and Trans Studies launch event tomorrow afternoon! Register here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/glints-lau...
October 20, 2025 at 12:30 PM
A reminder that if you're in the area it is not too late to join us at the Glasgow Lab for Intersex, Non-Binary and Trans Studies launch event tomorrow afternoon! Register here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/glints-lau...
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Very excited to see our new book: A Queer Scrapbook: Britain and Ireland Since 1945 (with FAB co-editors Matt Cook, Rebecca Jennings, and E-J Scott) now available for pre-order.
www.waterstones.com/book/a-queer...
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October 16, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Very excited to see our new book: A Queer Scrapbook: Britain and Ireland Since 1945 (with FAB co-editors Matt Cook, Rebecca Jennings, and E-J Scott) now available for pre-order.
www.waterstones.com/book/a-queer...
www.waterstones.com/book/a-queer...
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We are delighted to announce that MBS2026 will be held at the University of Birmingham, 3-5 June 2026!
Papers may consider the opening day's theme of 'Polycrisis', but we also welcome all submissions related to modern British studies.
For any questions please contact mbs2026@contacts.bham.ac.uk
Papers may consider the opening day's theme of 'Polycrisis', but we also welcome all submissions related to modern British studies.
For any questions please contact mbs2026@contacts.bham.ac.uk
Modern British Studies Conference 2026 - University of Birmingham
Conference information
www.birmingham.ac.uk
October 17, 2025 at 9:12 AM
We are delighted to announce that MBS2026 will be held at the University of Birmingham, 3-5 June 2026!
Papers may consider the opening day's theme of 'Polycrisis', but we also welcome all submissions related to modern British studies.
For any questions please contact mbs2026@contacts.bham.ac.uk
Papers may consider the opening day's theme of 'Polycrisis', but we also welcome all submissions related to modern British studies.
For any questions please contact mbs2026@contacts.bham.ac.uk
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More information and how to book www.london.ac.uk/senate-house...
October 2, 2025 at 3:54 PM
More information and how to book www.london.ac.uk/senate-house...
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📣 Only 1 month to go until the first event in our upcoming GHIL Autumn/Winter Series! Join us for a lecture by Benno Gammerl (@eui-eu.bsky.social) on 'Queering German History: Still a Vital and Viable Endeavour?' on 21 October at 5:30 pm (BST), either in person at Swedenborg House or via Zoom.
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September 23, 2025 at 6:47 PM
📣 Only 1 month to go until the first event in our upcoming GHIL Autumn/Winter Series! Join us for a lecture by Benno Gammerl (@eui-eu.bsky.social) on 'Queering German History: Still a Vital and Viable Endeavour?' on 21 October at 5:30 pm (BST), either in person at Swedenborg House or via Zoom.
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Hi everyone! I'm currently looking for participants for interviews for my PhD research. I'm working on the history of the LGBT+ community in rural Ireland, the way being in rural Ireland impacted the community and how the community impacted rural Ireland, 1970-2000.
September 23, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Hi everyone! I'm currently looking for participants for interviews for my PhD research. I'm working on the history of the LGBT+ community in rural Ireland, the way being in rural Ireland impacted the community and how the community impacted rural Ireland, 1970-2000.
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I want to explain a few things and then it might be clearer why UK trans people are upset.
In 2001 I married my wife, Sylvia.
In 2005 I started medical transition. (1/13)
In 2001 I married my wife, Sylvia.
In 2005 I started medical transition. (1/13)
August 29, 2025 at 11:56 AM
I want to explain a few things and then it might be clearer why UK trans people are upset.
In 2001 I married my wife, Sylvia.
In 2005 I started medical transition. (1/13)
In 2001 I married my wife, Sylvia.
In 2005 I started medical transition. (1/13)
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What I'm reading here is that if you want your concerns addressed you shouldn't throw paint on planes or march peacefully, you should set fire to things and riot.
Or, just spitballing here, the government could address the genuine issues, such as housing issues, cost of living crisis, and confront disinformation spread about immigration to help better inform people, rather than pandering to xenophobia and exacerbating hostile rhetoric and scapegoating.
July 23, 2025 at 7:04 AM
What I'm reading here is that if you want your concerns addressed you shouldn't throw paint on planes or march peacefully, you should set fire to things and riot.
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Rather puts the outrage about free speech and 'self-censorship' in UK universities into perspective. Sections 1, 2 and 5 of the 2023 Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Act will come into force on 1 August 2025. Apparently, it will protect our free speech.
Ian Hislop calls arrest of man holding Private Eye cartoon at Gaza protest ‘mind-boggling’
Jon Farley arrested under Terrorism Act at Leeds demonstration for holding sign making joke about Palestine Action ban
www.theguardian.com
July 23, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Rather puts the outrage about free speech and 'self-censorship' in UK universities into perspective. Sections 1, 2 and 5 of the 2023 Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Act will come into force on 1 August 2025. Apparently, it will protect our free speech.
Really excited about our upcoming interdisciplinary conference on the 'Legacies of Section 28' in contemporary history, education and activism, which will be held at UCL on 6th and 7th June. For more details and to register for this free event: www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...
Legacies of Section 28
As we face renewed attacks on the dignity and rights of trans and non-binary people in the UK, many have pointed to the parallels with Section 28 of the Local Government Act 1988, which prohibited loc...
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May 23, 2025 at 5:15 AM
Really excited about our upcoming interdisciplinary conference on the 'Legacies of Section 28' in contemporary history, education and activism, which will be held at UCL on 6th and 7th June. For more details and to register for this free event: www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...
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This letter from Tony Vaughan KC, the MP for Folkestone, is the clearest articulation I’ve seen on the flaws of the interim update from the EHRC. The section titled ‘Legal Incoherence’ hits the nail on the head.
May 4, 2025 at 9:08 AM
This letter from Tony Vaughan KC, the MP for Folkestone, is the clearest articulation I’ve seen on the flaws of the interim update from the EHRC. The section titled ‘Legal Incoherence’ hits the nail on the head.
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"Almost all the UK attacks reported in my study centred on LGBTQ+ materials."
Meanwhile editors commission dozens more articles about the silencing of, perhaps, Britain's most published academic, Kathleen Stock. www.theguardian.com/books/2025/a...
Meanwhile editors commission dozens more articles about the silencing of, perhaps, Britain's most published academic, Kathleen Stock. www.theguardian.com/books/2025/a...
Librarians in UK increasingly asked to remove books, as influence of US pressure groups spreads
Anecdotal evidence suggests a rise in requests to take books off shelves, particularly LGBTQ+ titles
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April 14, 2025 at 4:04 PM
"Almost all the UK attacks reported in my study centred on LGBTQ+ materials."
Meanwhile editors commission dozens more articles about the silencing of, perhaps, Britain's most published academic, Kathleen Stock. www.theguardian.com/books/2025/a...
Meanwhile editors commission dozens more articles about the silencing of, perhaps, Britain's most published academic, Kathleen Stock. www.theguardian.com/books/2025/a...
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Some 'minorities' are pretty big these days and deserve more history-walks. Recemt walkers were moved to stand where their grandparents took to the streets in the 1980s. Thanks to @londonist.com for listing this unusual walk with optional great pub at the end. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/black-whit...
April 14, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Some 'minorities' are pretty big these days and deserve more history-walks. Recemt walkers were moved to stand where their grandparents took to the streets in the 1980s. Thanks to @londonist.com for listing this unusual walk with optional great pub at the end. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/black-whit...
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The Department of History at Trinity College Dublin @historytcd.bsky.social is seeking a historian specializing in the 19th-century Europe. Come and join us! Please see below for details.
Assistant Professorship in Nineteenth-Century European History at Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin
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April 14, 2025 at 12:22 PM
The Department of History at Trinity College Dublin @historytcd.bsky.social is seeking a historian specializing in the 19th-century Europe. Come and join us! Please see below for details.
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Who wants to be official historian of UK policy in Northern Ireland during the Troubles? (Don’t all shout at once)
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMQ310/e...
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMQ310/e...
Expressions of Interest: Historian(s) for history of UK Government policy towards Northern Ireland during the Troubles at Northern Ireland Office
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April 10, 2025 at 6:37 AM
Who wants to be official historian of UK policy in Northern Ireland during the Troubles? (Don’t all shout at once)
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMQ310/e...
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMQ310/e...
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I have a fully-funded, 4 yr AHRC collaborative PhD studentship 'Soundscapes of domesticity: music and lived experiences in non-elite English homes, 1780–1870' supervised by myself and Matt Ingleby with colleagues at The Museum of the Home. Deadline 23 May See: www.qmul.ac.uk/geog/postgra...
April 10, 2025 at 9:35 AM
I have a fully-funded, 4 yr AHRC collaborative PhD studentship 'Soundscapes of domesticity: music and lived experiences in non-elite English homes, 1780–1870' supervised by myself and Matt Ingleby with colleagues at The Museum of the Home. Deadline 23 May See: www.qmul.ac.uk/geog/postgra...
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I watched Love Actually this week, and while I do really like it, it's 20 years old and the only time LGBTQ+ people are mentioned, they're jokes.
So I figured this year I'd watch all the queer(ish) Xmas films and post a list.
Here's where we are so far:
So I figured this year I'd watch all the queer(ish) Xmas films and post a list.
Here's where we are so far:
December 5, 2024 at 6:38 AM
I watched Love Actually this week, and while I do really like it, it's 20 years old and the only time LGBTQ+ people are mentioned, they're jokes.
So I figured this year I'd watch all the queer(ish) Xmas films and post a list.
Here's where we are so far:
So I figured this year I'd watch all the queer(ish) Xmas films and post a list.
Here's where we are so far:
Only a month to go until the CfP deadline for the 'Legacies of Section 28' conference, which will bring together historians, educators and activists to explore the context and impact of the legislation. Send in your abstracts and please share with your networks! royalhistsoc.org/calendar/leg...
Legacies of Section 28 – CALL FOR PAPERS | RHS
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December 19, 2024 at 9:57 AM
Only a month to go until the CfP deadline for the 'Legacies of Section 28' conference, which will bring together historians, educators and activists to explore the context and impact of the legislation. Send in your abstracts and please share with your networks! royalhistsoc.org/calendar/leg...