James Davison

James is a PhD candidate at the University of Liverpool, where he received an MA in Medieval and Renaissance Studies following a BA in History from the University of Newcastle. He is also an Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.

James' PhD research approaches burials from the early Anglo-Saxon period with the perspective that transness is not a modern phenomenon, but a physical and emotional state that can be recognised in a variety of historical cultures.

James' teaching has focused on the Viking Age in the British Isles. His outreach work has included talks on the relevance of trans history in our modern world to a variety of audiences from the WI to secondary school and undergraduate students.