American Campus Podcast
a social and political history of higher education
American Campus Podcast
A gender, queer, and trans history of the British university with Sam Rutherford
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Lauren Lassabe Shepherd
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College, a nice time for nice ladies.
References mentioned this episode:
- Samuel Rutherford. 2025. Teaching Gender: The British University and the Rise of Heterosexuality, 1860–1939. Oxford University Press.
- Sam’s website with a trans history reading list and a student handout for how to read in graduate level courses
- Emily Cousens. 2025. Virginia Prince, Robert Stoller and the Trans Feminist Intellectual History of the Sex/Gender Distinction. History Workshop Journal.
- After Weimar; Beyond Hirschfeld? Nostalgia, Hagiography and What Comes Next. German History, 43(2). June 2025.
- Sam’s Bluesky @echomikeromeo
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