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In Fractal Repair, Matthew Chin investigates queerness in Jamaica from early colonial occupation to the present, critically responding to the island’s global reputation for extreme homophobia and anti-queer violence. 📚 buff.ly/4kfbeOj #LGBTHistory #LGBTplusHM25 @dukepress.bsky.social

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Don't miss our next Book Talk where we will welcome Prof Karolina Krasuska who will speak with Prof Bryan Cheyette about her new book, Soviet-Born: The Afterlives of Migration in Jewish American Fiction Taking place at Senate House on 10 March Get your free tickets🔗 https://buff.ly/3CfdXpR

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Atshan explores critical junctures in the history of Palestinian LGBTQ activism, revealing the queer Palestinian spirit of agency, defiance, and creativity, in the face of daunting pressures working to constrict it. 📚https://buff.ly/4id6szf #LGBTplusHM25 #LGBTHistory @stanfordpress.bsky.social

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This evening!

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Before Lawrence v. Texas tells the story of the long, troubled, and ultimately hopeful road to constitutional change. Wesley G. Phelps describes the achievements, setbacks, and unlikely alliances along the way. 📚https://buff.ly/3XhN6B7 #LGBTHistory #LGBTplusHM25 @utexaspress.bsky.social

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Upchurch pieces together fragments from history, using a queer methodology to recount the untold story of the political process through which the law allowing for the death penalty for sodomy was almost ended in 1841 📚https://buff.ly/41GjsrT #LGBTplusHM25 #LGBTHistory @templeunivpress.bsky.social

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Essential read - Where the Wild Things Were by Henry Jenkins centers on the exploding, contentious national conversation about the nature of childhood and parenting in the postwar US through iconic texts. Shop the book📚: combinedacademic.co.uk/978147983189... @nyupress.bsky.social

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Interpreting conflicts over LGBT+ autonomy as not just an ideological struggle but an aesthetic one, Brazil’s Sex Wars rethinks a style of politics that seems both utterly familiar and counterintuitive. 📚https://buff.ly/3X8K2ac #LGBTHistory #LGBTplusHM25 @utexaspress.bsky.social

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Before Trans examines the lives and writings of Jane Dieulafoy, Rachilde, and Marc de Montifaud, three French writers whose gender expression did not conform to nineteenth-century notions of femininity. 📚https://buff.ly/4i09oiC #LGBTplusHM25 #LGBTHistory @stanfordpress.bsky.social

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Public Faces, Secret Lives is the first work to truly recenter queer figures in the women’s suffrage movement, highlighting their immense contributions as well as their numerous sacrifices. 📚https://buff.ly/4i8Vs5N #LGBTHistory #LGBTplusHM25 @nyupress.bsky.social

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By centering transnational relations, practices, and infrastructures in the history of sexual rebellion, Eros and Empire provides an alternative view of US-based struggles for sexual freedom. 📚 www.combinedacademic.co.uk/978150364166... #LGBTplusHM25 #LGBTHistory @stanfordpress.bsky.social

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We are so sorry to learn of the death of James Ferguson, author of "Give a Man a Fish" and "Global Shadows." Our thoughts are with his family, colleagues, students, and friends.

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Traces the erotic lives and legal battles of Argentine and Spanish gender and sexually nonconforming people who carved out their own spaces in metropolitan and rural cultures between the 1940s and 1980s. 📚https://buff.ly/3CYEZCq #LGBTHistory #LGBTplusHM25 @univnebpress.bsky.social

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In A Vulnerable System, Stewart convincingly shows that emergency software patches and new security products cannot provide the solution to threats such as computer hacking and viruses. @cornellupress.bsky.social Use code EBOOKOFTHEWEEK for 40% off: www.combinedacademic.co.uk/978150175905...

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This is the unusual and compelling story of Diana, a beautiful woman who sought love in the strange by-paths of Lesbos. 📚https://buff.ly/3X5MIWi #LGBTHistory #LGBTplusHM25 @nyupress.bsky.social

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I had the pleasure of working with Clare on both of these books. They are each stunning in their own way. Anyone interested in arts criticism, feminism, and writing should pick up copies of both!

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Croft's volumes explore how Johnston began the 1960s as an influential dance columnist and by the start of the next decade became known as a keen observer of postmodern art and lesbian feminist life. 📚https://buff.ly/41lE604 📚https://buff.ly/3CYB5tg #LGBTHistory #LGBTplusHM25 @dukepress.bsky.social

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Essential Read - Reimagining Citizenship in Postwar Europe illustrates how citizenship was reimagined in the postwar decades in unusual settings and unexpected ways. Shop the book📚: combinedacademic.co.uk/978150177919... @cornellupress.bsky.social @schuneke.bsky.social

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Unsettling Sexuality challenges the traditional ways that scholarship has approached sexuality, gender nonconformity, and sex in the long eighteenth century. 📚https://buff.ly/42VQ2XH #LGBTHistory #LGBTplusHM25

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The first book-length critical reception of Barrie Thorne’s classic, Gender Play. Thirty years later, Gender Replay celebrates and reflects on this classic, extending Thorne’s scholarship into a new generation. Shop the book📚 https://buff.ly/42Milrs @becerauk.bsky.social #BECERA2025

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A resource for educators interested in spending time in nature with their students. Bringing over two decades of experience working outdoors with teachers and students, Butler offers curricular guidance on nature-based lessons. 📚https://buff.ly/4jVf6nt @becerauk.bsky.social #BECERA2025

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Gender Play immerses readers in the everyday lives of a group of working-class children to examine the social interactions that shape their gender identities. Shop the new Rutgers Classic Edition📚https://buff.ly/4gFrnd8 @becerauk.bsky.social #BECERA2025

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Chiaraluce presents the voices of fifty primary caregivers of neurodivergent children who illuminate the process through which laywomen become expert caregivers to provide the best care for their children. Shop the book📚https://buff.ly/3Qg5KFC @becerauk.bsky.social #BECERA2025

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The Annual British Early Childhood Education Research Association Conference takes place today! Find us within the publishers' exhibit and keep an eye on our socials for some top picks from our catalogue throughout the day📚 @becerauk.bsky.social #BECERA2025

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An Ordinary Landscape of Violence tells a new history of queer women in postcolonial Guyana, asking how a hetero-patriarchal state shapes queer women’s experiences, and how such women navigate violence. 📚https://buff.ly/3X09UoC #LGBTHistory #LGBTplusHM25 @rutgersupress.bsky.social

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Join author @matthewarcher.bsky.social his virtual book talk on Monday 17th February, featuring a discussion of the limits of sustainability reporting. ⏰ Monday 17th February 17:00-18:00 GMT 🎟️ Get your tickets: https://buff.ly/4jYNGgE 📚Shop the book: https://buff.ly/4b5kFMb @nyupress.bsky.social

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A QSpirit Top 24 LGBTQ Christian Books of 2024, Jimmy’s Faith reveals how Baldwin imagines both religion and the world “otherwise,” offering a model of how we might do the same for our own communities and ourselves. 📚https://buff.ly/4hDRySC @fordhampress.bsky.social #LGBTHistory #LGBTplusHM25

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Rainbow Cattle Co. reveals a history of gay liberation through rodeo, which from the mid-1970s provided a safe space where LGBTQ athletes could focus on their sport and evolved into a successful philanthropic organization. 📚 buff.ly/4107sQd #LGBTHistory #LGBTplusHM25 @univnebpress.bsky.social

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Our first LGBT+ History reading list instalment, the multi award-winning Boy with the Bullhorn presents a coming-of-age memoir of life on the front lines of the AIDS crisis with ACT UP New York. 📚: www.combinedacademic.co.uk/978153150807... #LGBTHistory #LGBTplusHM25 @fordhampress.bsky.social

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February is LGBT+ History Month! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ We'll be sharing our reading list and highlighting individual titles over the next few weeks, so keep an eye out on our social media! 📚 Browse our Gender Studies Catalogue: www.combinedacademic.co.uk/cap-subject-... #LGBTplusHM25 #LGBTHistory

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Join author @dacretu.bsky.social at the book launch of Foreign Aid and State Building in Interwar Romania! 📍The Romanian Cultural Institute, London ⏰ 19:00 Wednesday 26th February 🎟️ Get your tickets https://buff.ly/4hDfTYE Shop the book: https://buff.ly/3Ep6ZPX @stanfordpress.bsky.social

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🔎 We're looking to re-find our #AmericanStudies online community. If you're in Am Studies, reply to/quote this post with your name + current research & we'll share it 📢

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CAP Essential Read - Technoskepticism From Munchausen by Tiktok to wellness apps, online communities to AI, the DISCO Network explores the possibilities that technoskepticism can create. Shop the book: combinedacademic.co.uk/978150364063... @stanfordpress.bsky.social @disconetwork.bsky.social

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Mia Mask, author of Black Rodeo, will be speaking at the #BFI today about the history of African American Westerns, as part of her programme as season curator 📽️ View the full programme: https://buff.ly/3EeXpPL Shop Mia's book: https://buff.ly/3Cq0EDj @illinoispress.bsky.social

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Join the editors of Inaccessible Access at their book launch on 10th February! The launch will feature a panel discussion on the value of disability within anthropology. Find out more: https://buff.ly/4jRg1pk Shop the book: https://buff.ly/3EpAiSm @rutgersupress.bsky.social

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CAP Essential Read - That Futebol Feeling by David Faflik captures the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais' enthrallment with “the beautiful game,” and shows us how and why play is central to the human condition. Shop the book: https://buff.ly/40B7Wfl @templeunivpress.bsky.social

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Caroline Shenaz Hossein, author of The Banker Ladies, is hosting a book discussion and signing at the Ici Sont Les Lions bookstore in Brussels this Thursday at 7pm. Find out more about the book here: www.combinedacademic.co.uk/978148755703... @carolinehossein.bsky.social @uoftpress.bsky.social

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CAP Essential Read - Atrocity: A Literary History by Bruce Robbins explores the literature of suffering, to show how, over time, abhorrence of mass violence takes shape. Shop the book: https://buff.ly/3Ei7fjG @stanfordpress.bsky.social

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Today is the anniversary of the birth of Stuart Hall (1932). In this blog post from 2022, we Get to Know the life and works of one of the foremost cultural theorists and public intellectuals of the late 20th century: www.combinedacademic.co.uk/blog/2022/02... @dukepress.bsky.social

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Join @illinoispress.bsky.social author Mia Mask for an illustrated discussion of the history of African American Westerns, as part of her curated programme at the #BFI 📽️ Tickets: https://buff.ly/3PO8ZDI Shop Mia's book: https://buff.ly/4hlLWfX View the full programme: https://buff.ly/3PO8Znc

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Looking forward to doing this event in London next month. www.rcilondon.co.uk/event-detail...

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New on the #CAPblog - Q&A with @cornellupress.bsky.social author Meghanne Barker! Her book, THROW YOUR VOICE, explores how children in temporary care and puppets bring to life stories of loss, recovery, and fragile connections. Read the Q&A here: t.co/jMooloqrqe

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Essential Read: Creature Needs edited by Christopher Kondrich, Lucy Spelman and Susan Tacent is a polyvocal call to arms about animal extinction and habitat loss. Shop the book: https://buff.ly/40NZniR @uminnpress.bsky.social

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In-person tickets for Roberta Mazza's lunchtime lecture tomorrow are now fully booked, but you can still book to attend online: visit.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/event/jan25/... @stanfordpress.bsky.social @robertamazza.bsky.social

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The first to explore the relationship between historical penal reform and Romantic-era literary texts by authors such as Keats, Byron, and Austen. The book: combinedacademic.co.uk/978168448535... Exhibit: combinedacademic.co.uk/bsecs-2025/ @bsecs.bsky.social #BSECS2025 @bucknellupress.bsky.social

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Pamela L. Cheek explores the rise of women's writing as a distinct, transnational category in Britain and Europe between 1650 and 1810. Shop the book: combinedacademic.co.uk/978151282616... Browse our exhibit: combinedacademic.co.uk/bsecs-2025/ @bsecs.bsky.social @pennpress.bsky.social #BSECS2025

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Feminist Comedy: Women Playwrights of London identifies the 18th century comedic stage as a key site of feminist critique, practice, and experimentation Shop the book: combinedacademic.co.uk/978164453340... Browse our exhibit: combinedacademic.co.uk/bsecs-2025/ @bsecs.bsky.social #BSECS2025

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The Britain And Ireland Association For Political Thought Conference 2025 begins today! 📚 You can browse all the titles we’ve featured in our #BIAPT2025 virtual exhibit here: combinedacademic.co.uk/biapt-2025/ Use the discount code APT25 for 30% off selected titles. @biapt.bsky.social

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The British Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies Annual Conference is underway! You can browse all the titles we’ve featured in our BSECS2025 virtual exhibit here: combinedacademic.co.uk/bsecs-2025/ Use the discount code BSECS25 for 30% off selected titles. @bsecs.bsky.social #c18th #BSECS2025

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Jewish Odesa by Marina Sapritsky Nahum @lseanthropology.bsky.social "draws out the multiplicity of Jewish experiences and how ‘no single interpretation of Jewish lives in the Soviet Union could reveal a complete picture of Odesa’s Jews’". Read the #review by Lucy Lopata-Varkas 👇

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