Sam Caslin @autistorian.bsky.social · 14h📣 We're looking for a full-time permanent lecturer in archives and records management. Closing date 29th October. Please feel free to share. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DTH179/l...jobs.ac.ukLecturer in Archives and Records Management - Grade 7 / 8 at University of LiverpoolApply for the Lecturer in Archives and Records Management - Grade 7 / 8 role on jobs.ac.uk, the top job board for academic positions in higher education. View details and apply now. 049
Reposted by Sam CaslinUrban History @urbanhistory.bsky.social · 09/10/2026📣 Call for papers! Next year's @urbanhistorygroup.bsky.social conference will be on the theme of Pleasure and the City Submit your abstracts by 22 February 2027 Conference details: 🗓️ 2-3 September 2027 📍 @ljmuhistory.bsky.social, Liverpool 🔗 urbanhistorygroup.wordpress.com/call-for-pap... 03225
Reposted by Sam CaslinNathan K. Hensley @nathankhensley.bsky.social · 07/10/2026🚨 ALERT 🚨: All of Stuart Hall's notebooks have been digitized and are freely available to browse and read??? stuarthalldigital.bham.ac.uk/archival_mat... 4358199
Reposted by Sam CaslinJacqueline Antonovich @jackiantonovich.bsky.social · 03/10/2026In 1974, Cornell lecturer Lin Farley began recognizing a pattern in the experiences women shared in her Women and Work course: women were being pushed out of jobs by men’s sexual behavior. Farley coined the term, “sexual harassment.” 31373487
Reposted by Sam CaslinSam Rutherford (he/him) @echomikeromeo.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Does anyone have a scan of Roberta Cowell's Story (1954) that you might be willing to share? 165
Reposted by Sam CaslinKit de Waal @kitdewaal.com · 26/08/2026As I was saying … just looking for an excuse 1012322
Sam Caslin @autistorian.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Ooh fun! Maybe get a night vision camera for the garden?! 010
Sam Caslin @autistorian.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Well done for prioritising your mental health. Keep on taking care of yourself. 010
Sam Caslin @autistorian.bsky.social · 23/08/2026That sounds tough. Would a random fact help? Dolly Parton was an executive producer on Buffy the Vampire Slayer. 020
Sam Caslin @autistorian.bsky.social · 16/08/2026I’ve just added it to my students’ trans history reading list! 011
Sam Caslin @autistorian.bsky.social · 16/08/2026This is great research which brings together histories of sex work and trans histories in England. The article notes that trans women who sold sex were targeted using laws on homosexuality, furthering our understanding of the ways medical and legal models were used to construct sex. 1158
Reposted by Sam CaslinIka Willis @ikax.bsky.social · 02/08/2026#BookHistory friends, this is the finest moment in our discipline’s history 411935
Reposted by Sam CaslinCameron Giles @gilescameron.bsky.social · 07/08/2026Just a week until the deadline for this call: please do consider submitting or getting in touch if it’s of interest! 013
Reposted by Sam CaslinSam Wetherell @samwetherell.bsky.social · 20/05/2026Excited to announce that Liverpool and the Unmaking of Britain will be out in paperback on July 16. I’ll be doing a launch event that day with the wonderful people at West Kirby Books. See below for tickets! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/liverpool-... 24917
Reposted by Sam CaslinSam Rutherford (he/him) @echomikeromeo.bsky.social · 30/05/2026You might like this if you are interested in where the fields of modern British history, intellectual history, & history of gender/sexuality are at atm! Or in my reflections on my intellectual & personal journey from PhD to permanent job. Also there is a summary of the book but it comes 55 mins in. 1144
Reposted by Sam CaslinPluto Press @plutopress.bsky.social · 25/05/2026This is the rich, overlooked history of trans activism in Britain Deviants and Trailblazers is OUT NOW: www.plutobooks.com/product/devi... 0105
Reposted by Sam CaslinArthur Webber 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈 @bernietranders.bsky.social · 24/05/2026Amongst many other things, what saddens me about the guidance is that it punishes openness. I’m “cis-passing” & am lucky enough to have been so for years, so people don’t know unless I tell them, & I like seeing the smile appear on trans people’s faces when I do share. I don’t want to be stealth. 521528
Reposted by Sam CaslinLisa Power @thisislisapower.bsky.social · 24/05/2026Today’s the anniversary of the passing into law of Section 28 in 1988, the first homophobic legislation in a century. Politicians and media said it was our own fault, told us to shut up and give up. We didn’t. Dont you dare give up now on trans people. 122595569
Reposted by Sam CaslinWeird Alex @jackalpants.bsky.social · 21/05/2026For business owners, the important part of the new ECHR advice is this: 13.179: There is no type of official record or document in the UK which provides reliable evidence of sex. [...] Therefore, it is unlikely to be proportionate or practical to ask for further evidence of a person’s sex. 161029267
Sam Caslin @autistorian.bsky.social · 21/05/2026How are they even going to define “biological sex”? How can this even be policed? 030
Reposted by Sam CaslinJulia Serano @juliaserano.bsky.social · 24/03/2026if Anita Bryant was still alive and promoting Florida orange juice, you couldn't pay me enough to drink it. how is Harry Potter any different? here is a timeline of JK Rowling's transphobia: web.archive.org/web/20241225... & here is where her HP money is going: www.advocate.com/news/jk-rowl...advocate.comJ.K. Rowling uses Harry Potter wealth to fund anti-transgender organizationThis is where "Harry Potter" profits are going. 3123801115
Reposted by Sam Caslin🌈 Dr Ross Brooks @rossbrooks.co.uk · 30/01/2026My first book, Darwin and the Queer Origins of Life, will be published by Yale University Press on 11 August (UK) and 8 September (US). Please help spread the word! 🙏 UK: yalebooks.co.uk/book/9780300... @yalebooks.bsky.social 🏳️🌈📚🐵 US: yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300... @yalepress.bsky.social 🏳️⚧️ 🗃️🦋 29391140
Reposted by Sam CaslinCharlotte Lydia Riley @lottelydia.bsky.social · 29/01/2026my dad didn’t go to university and he was extremely happy to pay taxes for his four children to do so; and, indeed, for the doctors who treated him at Addenbrookes to have gone to university as well. 241040218
Reposted by Sam CaslinDavid Allsopp @doublehelix.bsky.social · 27/01/2026If you feel "hamstrung" by human rights laws and by health and safety laws - you are the person those laws were designed to protect us against. You need to be obstructed by those laws. Also, she's lying. 7373120
Reposted by Sam CaslinLiam Thorp @liamthorp.bsky.social · 24/01/2026Worth remembering when looking at the horrific scenes in the US right now that both Reform and the Tories have pledged to bring in ICE-style organisations to the UK if they win power 9531671492
Reposted by Sam Caslin🌈 Dr Ross Brooks @rossbrooks.co.uk · 22/01/2026🤩 This is how it's done, folks! 'A lesbian couple at the centre of their community and a pair of brothers said to have been among the first people to medically transition are among the people whose stories are told in the Queer Norfolk archive.' 🏳️🌈📚🏳️⚧️📜🗃️ www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... #queerhistorybbc.co.ukArchive reveals hidden stories of Queer NorfolkFigures such as Barbara Ross and Anna Gurney were ahead of their time, says archivist Adam Baker. 08321
Reposted by Sam CaslinAshleeee 🌊🪭 (ᯟ︿ᯏ)” @reactiveashley.cat · 22/01/2026I’ve seen drafts of this guidance several times before, but I’ve only just come across it in its published leaflet form. 612133
Reposted by Sam CaslinDr Sam Hirst @romgothsam.bsky.social · 13/01/2026I'm running a popular romance course at the University of Liverpool... but only if enough people sign up! Come and join us! www.liverpool.ac.uk/continuing-e... 15144118
Reposted by Sam CaslinSarah Churchwell @sarahchurchwell.bsky.social · 15/12/2025Also we've fetishized "debate” in these spaces as some kind of civic good, when what matters is competence, trust, shared purpose. Medicine, engineering, boardrooms aren’t organized around debate or requirements of false balance. We've poisoned public discourse by insisting it be adversarial. 351856492
Sam Caslin @autistorian.bsky.social · 14/12/2025Oh indeed! And that reminds me of Kate Mulgrew, who gives off Hepburn vibes.media.tenor.coma woman is sitting in a chair holding a remote controlAlt: Captain Janeway sitting in her ready room on Voyager and telling someone to sit down. 010
Sam Caslin @autistorian.bsky.social · 14/12/2025Very few women in responses to a post about actors with iconic voices, so: Holly Hunter, Jennifer Tilly, Joey Lauren Adams, Cate Blanchett, Jodie Foster. 150
Reposted by Sam CaslinSamantha :) @samanthabarker.bsky.social · 11/12/2025Hello! I’m seeking volunteers to be interviewed for my PhD thesis on the cultural significance of the tailored suit within queer communities during the 1970s and 1980s. If you’re interested and would like more information, please contact me. Thank you, and feel free to share this with your networks! 21943
Reposted by Sam CaslinTrans+ History Week @transhistoryweek.com · 27/11/2025🗓️ Mark your calendars for Trans+ History Week 2026 04–10 May Get the history lesson you never had, find our what’s in store, early-bird ticket alerts and a history article every day of Trans+ History Week with @wearequeeraf.com Sign up www.wearequeeraf.com/transhistory... 26834
Reposted by Sam CaslinSabine Volk @sabinedvolk.bsky.social · 26/11/2025📣 New publication! The second article of my postdoc project on the far right and anti-gender mobilization is now out #openaccess in #GermanPolitics doi.org/10.1080/0964... It examines antifeminism in far-right party politics through the case of AfD Key findings: Antifeminism ✅ Radicalization ✅ 329589
Sam Caslin @autistorian.bsky.social · 11/11/2025Me: *Tells a joke that gets a slight chuckle from a room full of students* Also me: Yeah, I could do stand up comedy.media.tenor.coma man 's face is shown in a black and white photo with a purple backgroundALT: a man 's face is shown in a black and white photo with a purple background 050
Sam Caslin @autistorian.bsky.social · 10/11/2025This is a gorgeous history of dogs - and a perfect present for dog lovers! 140
Reposted by Sam CaslinThe Victorian Hand @victorianhand.bsky.social · 31/10/2025This month’s suitably spooky blog post is from our Research Associate, who has been speaking with the dead in the archives of the Society for Psychical Research! Read here: www.thevictorianhand.uk/gallery/spir... 0114
Reposted by Sam CaslinDr. Sabrina Mittermeier @smittermeier.bsky.social · 07/10/2025Tfw when a student cites people I knowmedia.tenor.coma man in a yellow shirt is sitting in a chair holding a cup and pointingALT: a man in a yellow shirt is sitting in a chair holding a cup and pointing 1252
Sam Caslin @autistorian.bsky.social · 04/10/2025This looks so good! I'll share it with my students! 010
Reposted by Sam CaslinEmily Brand @emilybrand.bsky.social · 03/10/2025Feels a bit early in the day to be posting this, but if I'm spending the morning with 18th-century sex therapist & supposed 'Prince of the Quacks' Dr James Graham then so can you 🍆 910521
Reposted by Sam CaslinAnna Cusack @annacusack.bsky.social · 03/10/2025If anyone needs a freelance researcher in London (or across the UK), I'm your person! I've reasonable rates, lots of archive experience & great recommendations from academics globally. I'm only teaching 1 module this term, as the job market is what it is. Therefore, I'm open to all work. DM me! 57961
Sam Caslin @autistorian.bsky.social · 02/10/2025Thanks so much! That is so kind. I may well take you up on that at some point! 010
Sam Caslin @autistorian.bsky.social · 01/10/2025The details about the 'gentleman publishers', and the ways they were all interconnected, are also really fun to discuss too! 110
Sam Caslin @autistorian.bsky.social · 01/10/2025I ran this seminar with students last year, too. Your work is a core text! We use your article to discuss the overlaps between early sexology and erotic print cultures. Your work is so useful for demonstrating how things weren't always so simple as medical text vs erotic text. 110
Sam Caslin @autistorian.bsky.social · 01/10/2025This week, some of my classes are going to be thinking about @sarahebull.bsky.social's 2021 research on adult entertainment and early sexology. I highly recommend this article to anyone interested in the topic. journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...journals.sagepub.comSage Journals: Discover world-class researchSubscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher. 131
Reposted by Sam CaslinJulia Laite @julialaite.bsky.social · 14/09/2025This is, I believe, the first official word from the Government on what happened yesterday in London. Not only inaction in the face of violence and hate, but a celebration of it. I passed through London twice yesterday with my two kids & what Labour seem to be missing is that people aren't just... 33653217
