Mo Moulton Explained

Mo Moulton
Birth Date:	1979
Birth Place:	New York
Known For:	Ireland and the Irish in Interwar England, The Mutual Admiration Society
Occupation:	Historian, lecturer, author
Nationality:	American

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]}

Education and early life

Moulton was born in New York in 1979 and grew up in Massachusetts. They majored in history as an undergraduate at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, graduating Phi Beta Kappa in 2001.^[5] 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.^[6]

They were elected to the council of the British Association for Irish Studies for the 2021–2023 term.^[7]

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.^[8]

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.

External links

• Home page
  • Interview with Moulton about Mutual Admiration Society, , 16 December 2019

Notes and References

1. Web site: Moulton, Mo, 1979. LC Name Authority File. Library of Congress. 2021-01-10.
2. Web site: An American in Brexit Britain: Reflections After the Presidential Election. Mo. Moulton. Catapult. 21 November 2016.
3. Web site: Mo Moulton. University of Birmingham.
4. Web site: 20 Questions for SHaCademics – Dr Mo Moulton. Antonia Parker. Smith. University of Birmingham. 13 May 2020.
5. Web site: Curriculum vitae. Harvard University. 2021-01-11.
6. Web site: Mo Moulton | C-SPAN.org. www.c-span.org.
7. Web site: BAIS Council for 2021–2023. British Association for Irish Studies. Wordpress. 1 December 2020. 2021-01-10.
8. Web site: Mo Moulton. Rainbow Network. University of Birmingham. 2021-01-10.
9. Reviews of Ireland and the Irish in Interwar England:
   • Aveyard . Stuart . January 2016 . 10.1017/jbr.2015.192 . 1 . . 221–223 . none . 55. 164905172 .
   • Convery . David . April 2016 . 10.1093/ehr/cew008 . 549 . . 496–498 . none . 131.
   • Daly . Mary E. . Mary E. Daly . April 2015 . 10.1080/13619462.2015.1031511 . 2 . . 287–289 . none . 29. 145704753 .
   • News: Delaney . Enda . 9 August 2014 . . Entangled connections .
   • Fanning . Bryan . Fall 2015 . 415 . . 24640675 . 347–351 . none . 104.
   • Gannon . D. . November 2014 . 10.1093/tcbh/hwu059 . 4 . . 633–636 . none . 26.
   • News: Gallagher . Niamh . June 26, 2014 . . Niamh Gallagher relishes a stimulating and valuable study of a neglected period of history .
   • MacRaild . Donald M. . July 2015 . 10.1080/14780038.2015.1050887 . 3 . . 436–438 . none . 12. 147092738 .
   • Moran . James . January 2015 . 63 . . Enemies within .
   • Mulholland . Marc . December 2015 . 10.1017/s0268416015000314 . 3 . . 425–427 . none . 30. 152260853 .
10. Web site: The Whitfield Book Prize. Larry. Schwartz. Minnesota State University Moorhead. 2021-01-10.
11. Reviews of The Mutual Admiration Society:
    • News: Mutual Admiration Society by Mo Moulton review — Oxford beware: brainy girls . Laura . Freeman . . 8 November 2019.
    • News: Higgins . Charlotte . Charlotte Higgins . 21 November 2019 . . Mutual Admiration Society by Mo Moulton review – the pioneering club of Dorothy L Sayers .
    • Hirsch . Pam . July 2020 . 10.1017/jbr.2020.8 . 3 . . 693–694 . none . 59. 225609596 .
    • Hopper . Briallen . Briallen Hopper . 27 January 2020 . . Writing together .
    • Hurd . Crystal . Sehnsucht: The C.S. Lewis Journal . 48579737 . 132–134 . none . 13 . 2019.
    • News: 'The Mutual Admiration Society' Review: The Case of the Lifelong Friends . Anna . Mundow . Oct 25, 2019 . The Wall Street Journal.
    • Prescott . Barbara L. . Spring–Summer 2020 . . 136 . . 163–188 . none . 38.
    • News: Ramsey . Michael L. . 11 April 2020 . Oxford's Mutual Admiration Society championed female pioneers . .
    • News: Read . Sophie . 7 November 2019 . Sophie Read enjoys a vivid account of how four women who met at Oxford before the First World War went on to forge lives and careers for themselves . .
    • News: Scholes . Lucy . 29 November 2019 . . Mutual Admiration Society — Dorothy L Sayers and her rule-breaking friends.
    • Nonfiction book review . .
12. File 770. 2019 Agatha Award Winners. Mike. Glyer. Mike Glyer . 4 May 2020.
13. Kirkus Reviews. Winners of Anthony Awards Announced at Bouchercon. Michael. Schaub. 19 October 2020.