Mo Moulton (born 1979)[1] is an American[2] author and historian of 20th century Britain and Ireland, interested in gender, sexuality, and colonialism/postcolonialism. They are a senior lecturer in the history of race and empire at the University of Birmingham.[3][4]
Mo Moulton | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1979 New York |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation(s) | Historian, lecturer, author |
| Known for | Ireland and the Irish in Interwar England, The Mutual Admiration Society |
| Website | momoulton |
Education and early life
Moulton was born in New York in 1979 and grew up in Massachusetts.[5] They majored in history as an undergraduate at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, graduating Phi Beta Kappa in 2001.[6] After working for non-profit organisations, they returned to graduate study at Brown University, earning a PhD in 2010.[3]
Academic career
Moulton became a lecturer at Harvard University from 2010 until 2016 before moving to the University of Birmingham[3] as a senior lecturer.[7]
They were elected to the council of the British Association for Irish Studies for the 2021–2023 term.[8]
Personal life
Moulton identifies as "queer, trans, and nonbinary" and uses singular they as their preferred pronoun. At Birmingham, they are a founder of the College of Arts & Law Trans Support Network.[5]
Bibliography and book awards
- Ireland and the Irish in Interwar England (Cambridge University Press, 2014).[9] Runner-up (proxime accessit) for The Whitfield Prize in 2015[10]
- The Mutual Admiration Society: How Dorothy L. Sayers and Her Oxford Circle Remade the World For Women (Basic Books, 2019) about The Mutual Admiration Society at Somerville College, Oxford.[11] Winner of the 2019 Agatha Award[12] and the 2020 Anthony Award,[13] in their respective non-fiction categories.
References
External links
- Home page
- Mo Moulton publications indexed by Google Scholar
- Interview with Moulton about Mutual Admiration Society, History: The Journal of the Historical Association, 16 December 2019