Happy to say I'm now an associate editor for @the-polyphony.bsky.social. I'm particularly interested in pitches on the intersections between health and the built environment, but would love to hear from anyone who wants to write about their #medhums work! More info: thepolyphony.org/get-involved/
Excited to host the Measurement Heretics Workshop: Being Meaning and Measuring Well on March 11-13, at the Institute for Medical Humanities, Durham University. The keynote will be hybrid so register for this free event!
@durhamimh.bsky.social
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Kansas has, overnight, invalidated the drivers’ licenses of trans people, a pointless cruelty that upends their lives
If Brits think “it won’t happen here” think again! Groups in the U.K. who want the same thing are routinely invited to consult with Labour and normalised in our press!
Shocking news. Obviously one doesn't know the ins and outs, but it's hard to comprehend how such a large and weathy university as UCL finds itself unable to support a cutting-edge humanities research institute. Solidarity with everyone affected. www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...
Publication day! 🥳 Some thoughts on the pros & cons of 'retrospective diagnosis' for enriching disability archives.
Portraiture and Disability: Cripping Retrospective Diagnosis: Journal of Literary & Cultural Disability Studies: Vol 20, No 1 liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/10.3828/...
We are advertising a two-year lectureship in Modern British History at University of Cambridge, please spread the word!
www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/assista...
One of the biggest things we could do to help boys and young men is to fund, support, and normalize gender studies.
Reminder that the Consortium for #histSTM has research fellowships available (d/l april 15) for travel to 2 or more of its constituent members. Tho' most are in US, McGIll, U of Toronto and Wellcome Collection are also options for ppl who can't travel safely to US for research
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A common fictional narrative shows people with nonconforming identities finding self-acceptance in towns and cities.
This #LGBTQHistoryMonth, archivist Lottie Wood explores how author E. M. Barraud found the opposite, through rural work and the Women’s Land Army.
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The @ihr.bsky.social has brought all its online resources - journals, @vch-home.bsky.social, OA book series, @bho.bsky.social, BBIH, @layersoflondon.bsky.social, and more - into one section of its website for easier access bit.ly/4cCrpUD.
Much of this content is free to use online #Skystorians
Applications are open for a Bloomsbury College PhD studentship, to work on the history of the voluntary organisation Release.
The student will be based at UCL, supervised by Prof. Toby Seddon, and co-supervised by Prof. Alex Mold at LSHTM. Further details below.
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I think we have a new winner.
Cath Roper and Nina Joffee-John present abolitionist perspectives on #epistemicinjustice in #psychiatry on the #projectEPIC blog epistemicinjusticeinhealthcareproject.blogspot.com/2026/02/abol... #philsky
First piece out by @busedp.bsky.social, about growing up 'gifted' - well done Buse! She's still recruiting also for interviewees, link in the blog - www.history.ox.ac.uk/article/revi...
Keir Starmer sitting at his desk, knowing that he can struggle on or by 6pm he could be knocking back his second Kingfisher whilst waiting for his butter chicken and plain naan to turn up.
Gray Day 2025 marks 45 years of Lanark. Alasdair Gray’s novel, published by @canongate.co.uk, fuses visual art and text: self-designed covers, allegorical panels, Glasgow landscapes, and an eccentric 3-1-2-4 structure—learn more about the familiar faces he used for the book cover 👇🏽
Times report: Allies of Rayner said they believed that Wes Streeting, the health secretary, would be “ruined” by the mass disclosure of all communications with Mandelson in coming months. Streeting and Mandelson were close allies for years.
In these dark days of February, a little something to look forward to.
One of the wickedest things Wes Streeting has ever done is push politically convenient falsehoods about suicide rates amongst young trans people. We have new data from the National Child Mortality Database that exposes the truth he tried to cover up.
HistoryLab 20th Anniversary Annual Conference 2026 — Call for Papers Embodied Histories: Body, Mind, and Experience 17th July 2026 | Hybrid Conference, in-person at University of Birmingham, Staff House, Grand Central Room The human body is both a biological reality and a cultural construct. It is a site of meaning, experience, and power. From rituals of health and healing to practices of regulation, discipline, and display, bodies have both shaped and been shaped by their historical contexts. We invite papers that place the body and lived experience at the centre of historical inquiry, engaging with themes such as medicine, disability, gender, the senses, and the emotions. We welcome contributions that explore how bodies and experiences have been represented, regulated, or performed, and how these processes intersect with broader questions of identity, power, culture, and society across periods and regions. This conference also marks the 20th anniversary of HistoryLab. Since its founding, HistoryLab has provided a national platform for postgraduate and early career historians to share ideas, foster collaboration, and build community. We invite participants to join us in celebrating this milestone year.
Our conference #cfp is now live! This year's conference, "Embodied Histories: Body, Mind and Experience" will take place on 17th July 2026 at University of Birmingham!
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This interview featuring a prominent medieval historian and a man whose other interviewees literally include “Tommy Robinson” is beyond disgusting.
Made in Nov 2025 and clocking up YouTube numbers. Tying your name forever to this monstrosity youtu.be/vhj5hFlMo9M?...
Kristin Zeiler reflects on features of the early field of medical humanities in Sweden, specifically focusing on Linköping University, and poses three questions for the field based on these features.
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We would love for @jaytoddgla.bsky.social’s and my critical response to be read widely, given the Sullivan Review’s potential for far-reaching implications across the social and health sciences — and indeed well beyond the academy
🎉My first peer reviewed article just published in Urban History as FirstView!
Following on from my thesis, it covers privy pails & ashpits, the fly problem, public health, mortality & sanitation investment
A smooth & stress free publishing experience @urbanhistory.bsky.social
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This sounds great! #histchild #skystorians royalhistsoc.org/calendar/gen...
my dad didn’t go to university and he was extremely happy to pay taxes for his four children to do so; and, indeed, for the doctors who treated him at Addenbrookes to have gone to university as well.
New post on the #projectEPIC blog! Psychotherapy, Self Understanding and #epistemicinjustice epistemicinjusticeinhealthcareproject.blogspot.com/2026/01/psyc... #philsky #philpsy
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A sneak peak of our new book, Sick Jokes, which shares some of the best medical humanities research happening around visual humour & health! It's been so great to work on this w/ our contributors. On the @manchesterup.bsky.social website come spring 🌱 @slobogin.bsky.social @lauracowley.bsky.social
17,000 kids without parents. Jesus fucking Christ we all watched it and all our governments participated in it. Some point in the future history students will genuinely try and figure out why the fuck we allowed that.
