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Of mermaids and monsters: Transgender history and the boundaries of the human in eighteenth- and early-nineteenth-century Britain (2024)
Journal Article
GUST, O. (2024). Of mermaids and monsters: Transgender history and the boundaries of the human in eighteenth- and early-nineteenth-century Britain. Gender and History, 36(1), 112-129. https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-0424.12769

The figure of the monster has long been used by trans and intersex scholars, artists, and activists to articulate their sense of being in a world dominated by binary, cisgender norms. Yet what does it mean to embrace ‘the monstrous’ and how might tha... Read More about Of mermaids and monsters: Transgender history and the boundaries of the human in eighteenth- and early-nineteenth-century Britain.

Of mermaids and monsters: Transgender history and the boundaries of the human in eighteenth‐ and early‐nineteenth‐century Britain (2024)
Journal Article
Gust, O. (2024). Of mermaids and monsters: Transgender history and the boundaries of the human in eighteenth‐ and early‐nineteenth‐century Britain. Gender and History, 36(1), 112-129. https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-0424.12769

The figure of the monster has long been used by trans and intersex scholars, artists and activists to articulate their sense of being in a world dominated by binary, cisgender norms. Yet what does it mean to embrace ‘the monstrous’ and how might that... Read More about Of mermaids and monsters: Transgender history and the boundaries of the human in eighteenth‐ and early‐nineteenth‐century Britain.

Blackness, whiteness and bodily degeneration in British women’s letters from India (2023)
Book Chapter
Gust, O. (2023). Blackness, whiteness and bodily degeneration in British women’s letters from India. In S. Goldsmith, S. Haggerty, & K. Harvey (Eds.), Letters and the Body, 1700–1830: Writing and Embodiment (122-142). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003027256

This essay focuses on ideas of the body in the published and unpublished letters of four British women – Jane Smart, Jemima Kindersley, Eliza Fay and Catherine Mackintosh – who wrote from India between 1742 and 1812. Situating these elite, British wo... Read More about Blackness, whiteness and bodily degeneration in British women’s letters from India.

Typology of content warnings and trigger warnings: Systematic review (2022)
Journal Article
Charles, A., Hare-Duke, L., Nudds, H., Franklin, D., Llewellyn-Beardsley, J., Rennick-Egglestone, S., Gust, O., Ng, F., Evans, E., Knox, E., Townsend, E., Yeo, C., & Slade, M. (2022). Typology of content warnings and trigger warnings: Systematic review. PLoS ONE, 17(5), Article e0266722. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0266722

Content and trigger warnings give information about the content of material prior to receiving it. Different typologies of content warnings have emerged across multiple sectors, including health, social media, education and entertainment. Benefits ar... Read More about Typology of content warnings and trigger warnings: Systematic review.

Disability as a Problem of Humanity in Scottish Enlightenment Thought (2021)
Journal Article
Gust, O., & Cleall, E. (2022). Disability as a Problem of Humanity in Scottish Enlightenment Thought. Historical Journal, 65(2), 328-348. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0018246X21000133

This article makes a case that disability, particularly visual, hearing, and speech impairments, played a significant role in Scottish Enlightenment thought. Focusing on the work of Dugald Stewart, and in particular on his essay 'Some account of a bo... Read More about Disability as a Problem of Humanity in Scottish Enlightenment Thought.

The Students: Foregrounding Difference (2021)
Book Chapter
Gust, O. (2021). The Students: Foregrounding Difference. In Teaching History for the Contemporary World: Tensions, Challenges and Classroom Experiences in Higher Education (43-55). Springer

This chapter discusses ways of creating history classrooms and courses that are accessible to students who are minoritised by society, whether as a result of their heritage, gender, sexuality or class background, as well as those who face physical, e... Read More about The Students: Foregrounding Difference.

LGBT+ Histories and Historians: a report (2020)
Report
Andrews, F., Catterall, P., Evans, I., Finn, M., Foxhall, K., Green, A., Gust, O., Harris, A., Pendleton, M., & Spicer, A. (2020). LGBT+ Histories and Historians: a report. Royal Historical Society

A report by the Royal Historical Society's LGBT+ working group looking at LGBT+ histories and their place in university curriculums, libraries and galleries, as well as the conditions for LGBT+ historians. The report includes recommendations and reso... Read More about LGBT+ Histories and Historians: a report.

Remembering and forgetting the Scottish Highlands: Sir James Mackintosh and the forging of a British imperial identity (2013)
Journal Article
Gust, O. (2013). Remembering and forgetting the Scottish Highlands: Sir James Mackintosh and the forging of a British imperial identity. Journal of British Studies, 52(3), https://doi.org/10.1017/jbr.2013.114

This article explores the formation of British imperial identity through a focus on the career of Sir James Mackintosh (1765–1832), a well-known Whig intellectual and imperial careerist who originally hailed from the Highlands of Scotland. Using Mack... Read More about Remembering and forgetting the Scottish Highlands: Sir James Mackintosh and the forging of a British imperial identity.