Dr Jacob Bloomfield is a Zukunftskolleg Fellow at the University of Konstanz and an Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Kent. Jacob’s PhD thesis, ‘Male Cross-Dressing Performance in Britain, 1918-1970’, was undertaken at The University of Manchester. He is developing a book, called Drag. A British History, with University of California Press. Jacob is also working on a separate research project about the singer Little Richard.

In his spare time, Jacob is a drag queen whose comedy cabaret show, Songs For Glitter Fetishists, has been seen monthly at The George Tavern in Shadwell, London and at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. He is also an enthusiast of repertory cinema, eyelash glue, glitter, and more.