Dr Beatriz Pichel
@beapichel.bsky.social
Historian of photography, medicine and emotions. Leverhulme Research Fellow 25/26 & PI of the project The Ethics of Medical Photography Network https://empnetwork.our.dmu.ac.uk
My book! Picturing the Western Front (MUP 2021) http://bit.ly/3bzBSA5.
She/her
My book! Picturing the Western Front (MUP 2021) http://bit.ly/3bzBSA5.
She/her
Pinned
The Institutionalisation of Medical Photography, Public Funding and Medical Reform in Parisian Hospitals (1878–1913)*
While historians of photography and medicine have rarely engaged with the financial aspects of medical photography, funding strategies had a key role in the early development of this practice. The ...
www.tandfonline.com
My latest article is out! It argues that the public subvention of photography in Parisian hospitals enabled the institutionalisation of photography and shaped the kind of photography that could be done #photohist #histmed 📷📸🗂️ It took me literal years to write!! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Reposted by Dr Beatriz Pichel
Yes, this is all stupid.
Note 'marry early'. Your 9-9-6 day plus gym, running, specialist diet and other activities require support to achieve. A wife in such cases is very helpful. It's more overt here but remains an integral part of much contemporary straight men's lifestyle advice.
Note 'marry early'. Your 9-9-6 day plus gym, running, specialist diet and other activities require support to achieve. A wife in such cases is very helpful. It's more overt here but remains an integral part of much contemporary straight men's lifestyle advice.
January 29, 2026 at 8:48 AM
Yes, this is all stupid.
Note 'marry early'. Your 9-9-6 day plus gym, running, specialist diet and other activities require support to achieve. A wife in such cases is very helpful. It's more overt here but remains an integral part of much contemporary straight men's lifestyle advice.
Note 'marry early'. Your 9-9-6 day plus gym, running, specialist diet and other activities require support to achieve. A wife in such cases is very helpful. It's more overt here but remains an integral part of much contemporary straight men's lifestyle advice.
Reposted by Dr Beatriz Pichel
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
January 28, 2026 at 9:33 AM
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
Reposted by Dr Beatriz Pichel
We’re looking for scholars who can write CLIO ER articles for the following topics: mutual aid, comparisons between MN and previous moments, and reduced vaccine uptake. We will also accept any other pitches you have! Pitch submission instructions below nursingclio.org/write-for-us...
Pitch Nursing Clio
Loading…
nursingclio.org
January 26, 2026 at 7:45 PM
We’re looking for scholars who can write CLIO ER articles for the following topics: mutual aid, comparisons between MN and previous moments, and reduced vaccine uptake. We will also accept any other pitches you have! Pitch submission instructions below nursingclio.org/write-for-us...
Reminder that this is happening on Thursday! Kat, Kate and Savannah are careful, insightful, brilliant speakers. Can't wait
Join us for the online seminar "Sensitivity and Ethics in Medical Photography" on 29 Jan, 2 pm GTM with Dr Katherine Rawling @katrawling.bsky.social Kate Jarman @ermerlindaj.bsky.social @bharchives.bsky.social and Dr Savannah Dodd #photohist #medhist #ethics empnetwork.our.dmu.ac.uk/2026/01/16/s...
SENSITIVITY AND ETHICS IN MEDICAL PHOTOGRAPHY Online Seminar – The Ethics of Medical Photography Network
empnetwork.our.dmu.ac.uk
January 26, 2026 at 4:39 PM
Reminder that this is happening on Thursday! Kat, Kate and Savannah are careful, insightful, brilliant speakers. Can't wait
Reposted by Dr Beatriz Pichel
One week left to enter @sshmedicine.bsky.social Roy Porter Essay Prize 2025/6
Deadline: Sunday 1 February
#histmed #histSTM #medhumanities
Deadline: Sunday 1 February
#histmed #histSTM #medhumanities
SSHM invites submissions to its 2025/6 Roy Porter Essay Prize for the best original and unpublished essay in #histmed
🏆£500 first prize
Open to all students (registered at the deadline for entries or were awarded their degree in 2025).
For the entry form and rules and eligibility see👇
#histmed
🏆£500 first prize
Open to all students (registered at the deadline for entries or were awarded their degree in 2025).
For the entry form and rules and eligibility see👇
#histmed
Roy Porter Prize 2025-2026
Deadline for entries is 1 February 2026. Rules and Entry Form The Society for the Social History of Medicine invites submissions to its 2025/6 Roy Porter Student Essay Prize Competition. Downl…
sshm.org
January 26, 2026 at 2:18 PM
One week left to enter @sshmedicine.bsky.social Roy Porter Essay Prize 2025/6
Deadline: Sunday 1 February
#histmed #histSTM #medhumanities
Deadline: Sunday 1 February
#histmed #histSTM #medhumanities
Reposted by Dr Beatriz Pichel
Des Fitzgerald @desfitzgerald.bsky.social & I are convening open panels at EASST (Sept) on 'STS & biology revisited: biosociality, interdisciplinarity & the biosociences, in an age of increasingly biological fascism'. Please consider submitting, &/or circulate to colleagues easst.net/conference/e...
Programme
Programme
easst.net
January 26, 2026 at 12:36 PM
Des Fitzgerald @desfitzgerald.bsky.social & I are convening open panels at EASST (Sept) on 'STS & biology revisited: biosociality, interdisciplinarity & the biosociences, in an age of increasingly biological fascism'. Please consider submitting, &/or circulate to colleagues easst.net/conference/e...
Reposted by Dr Beatriz Pichel
Graham Linehan proves the point that trans liberationists have been saying from the start:
If you'll permit dehumanising and stripping the rights of trans people, you will dehumanise and strip the rights of anyone on a long enough timeline.
If you'll permit dehumanising and stripping the rights of trans people, you will dehumanise and strip the rights of anyone on a long enough timeline.
This is exactly the same playbook Graham Linehan uses against trans people, where defending trans rights is cast as defending "rape" and "paedophilia." He uses "rape" and "paedophilia" as punchlines, and, therefore, all of his hate speech and advocation for violence against his enemies is justified.
January 26, 2026 at 10:44 AM
Graham Linehan proves the point that trans liberationists have been saying from the start:
If you'll permit dehumanising and stripping the rights of trans people, you will dehumanise and strip the rights of anyone on a long enough timeline.
If you'll permit dehumanising and stripping the rights of trans people, you will dehumanise and strip the rights of anyone on a long enough timeline.
Reposted by Dr Beatriz Pichel
part of this is like, conservatives projecting; part of this is conservatives unable to imagine politics without money; and part of this is dudes who are so out of touch with feminized labor that they think children's birthday parties exist as a spontaneous act of parthogenesis
I mostly just stay off Twitter altogether but after double checking that the Walter Hudson post was still up I ran across this and just had to share so the Romancelandians who bought hand warmers could hear about the PROFESSIONAL GRADE LOGISTICS.
January 26, 2026 at 12:14 AM
part of this is like, conservatives projecting; part of this is conservatives unable to imagine politics without money; and part of this is dudes who are so out of touch with feminized labor that they think children's birthday parties exist as a spontaneous act of parthogenesis
Reposted by Dr Beatriz Pichel
Things are shitty. Want to hear about my side quest?
I'm working on securing images for my book, which means tracking down rights holders & making sure each image is of a good enough quality to reprint. As you may or may not know, the book is on early women doctors and their political activism. 🧵
I'm working on securing images for my book, which means tracking down rights holders & making sure each image is of a good enough quality to reprint. As you may or may not know, the book is on early women doctors and their political activism. 🧵
January 25, 2026 at 7:17 PM
Things are shitty. Want to hear about my side quest?
I'm working on securing images for my book, which means tracking down rights holders & making sure each image is of a good enough quality to reprint. As you may or may not know, the book is on early women doctors and their political activism. 🧵
I'm working on securing images for my book, which means tracking down rights holders & making sure each image is of a good enough quality to reprint. As you may or may not know, the book is on early women doctors and their political activism. 🧵
Reposted by Dr Beatriz Pichel
I keep thinking “my god the people they’ve killed seem like exceptionally good folks” and I think the lesson there is that they’re not exceptional, but that wonderful people abound and that a baseline distrust in humanity is a shitty conservative trope that privileges power over collective strength
you don't become a martyr because you were a saint, you become a saint because you were martyred
I agree that we can’t make Alex Pretti a Benedictine monk because that’s a trap, but we can talk about the good things we did because people will see and hear them and think “I do those things too”
January 25, 2026 at 12:27 AM
I keep thinking “my god the people they’ve killed seem like exceptionally good folks” and I think the lesson there is that they’re not exceptional, but that wonderful people abound and that a baseline distrust in humanity is a shitty conservative trope that privileges power over collective strength
I hope everyone who defended "legitimate concerns" about immigration realises now that it was never about "legitimate concerns". It never is.
January 25, 2026 at 9:15 AM
I hope everyone who defended "legitimate concerns" about immigration realises now that it was never about "legitimate concerns". It never is.
One week! These seminars aim to incite discussion so Kat Rawling, Kate Jarman and Savannah Dodd will share short provocations, work in progress and questions, so many questions!
Join us for the online seminar "Sensitivity and Ethics in Medical Photography" on 29 Jan, 2 pm GTM with Dr Katherine Rawling @katrawling.bsky.social Kate Jarman @ermerlindaj.bsky.social @bharchives.bsky.social and Dr Savannah Dodd #photohist #medhist #ethics empnetwork.our.dmu.ac.uk/2026/01/16/s...
SENSITIVITY AND ETHICS IN MEDICAL PHOTOGRAPHY Online Seminar – The Ethics of Medical Photography Network
empnetwork.our.dmu.ac.uk
January 23, 2026 at 12:19 PM
One week! These seminars aim to incite discussion so Kat Rawling, Kate Jarman and Savannah Dodd will share short provocations, work in progress and questions, so many questions!
Great call for papers in #photohist and #histmed!
(Appel à contributions) Dedans/Dehors : photographier la vie en institution (1840-1980) histoiresante.blogspot.com/2026/01/phot... #histSTM
January 21, 2026 at 1:45 PM
Great call for papers in #photohist and #histmed!
Reposted by Dr Beatriz Pichel
Call for papers: special issue of @tandfresearch.bsky.social Black Histories Dialogues on 'Transnational histories: the global African presence', edited by Chris Zembe @dmuhistory.bsky.social and William Henry. Deadline 30 April 2026 #blackhistory think.taylorandfrancis.com/special_issu...
Transnational histories: the global African presence
This issue explores black transnational challenges to the dominant white ‘self’, across a range of historical, social, cultural, political and racial contexts.
think.taylorandfrancis.com
January 20, 2026 at 2:32 PM
Call for papers: special issue of @tandfresearch.bsky.social Black Histories Dialogues on 'Transnational histories: the global African presence', edited by Chris Zembe @dmuhistory.bsky.social and William Henry. Deadline 30 April 2026 #blackhistory think.taylorandfrancis.com/special_issu...
Reposted by Dr Beatriz Pichel
Join us for the online seminar "Sensitivity and Ethics in Medical Photography" on 29 Jan, 2 pm GTM with Dr Katherine Rawling @katrawling.bsky.social Kate Jarman @ermerlindaj.bsky.social @bharchives.bsky.social and Dr Savannah Dodd #photohist #medhist #ethics empnetwork.our.dmu.ac.uk/2026/01/16/s...
SENSITIVITY AND ETHICS IN MEDICAL PHOTOGRAPHY Online Seminar – The Ethics of Medical Photography Network
empnetwork.our.dmu.ac.uk
January 19, 2026 at 3:26 PM
Join us for the online seminar "Sensitivity and Ethics in Medical Photography" on 29 Jan, 2 pm GTM with Dr Katherine Rawling @katrawling.bsky.social Kate Jarman @ermerlindaj.bsky.social @bharchives.bsky.social and Dr Savannah Dodd #photohist #medhist #ethics empnetwork.our.dmu.ac.uk/2026/01/16/s...
Join us for the online seminar "Sensitivity and Ethics in Medical Photography" on 29 Jan, 2 pm GTM with Dr Katherine Rawling @katrawling.bsky.social Kate Jarman @ermerlindaj.bsky.social @bharchives.bsky.social and Dr Savannah Dodd #photohist #medhist #ethics empnetwork.our.dmu.ac.uk/2026/01/16/s...
SENSITIVITY AND ETHICS IN MEDICAL PHOTOGRAPHY Online Seminar – The Ethics of Medical Photography Network
empnetwork.our.dmu.ac.uk
January 19, 2026 at 3:26 PM
Join us for the online seminar "Sensitivity and Ethics in Medical Photography" on 29 Jan, 2 pm GTM with Dr Katherine Rawling @katrawling.bsky.social Kate Jarman @ermerlindaj.bsky.social @bharchives.bsky.social and Dr Savannah Dodd #photohist #medhist #ethics empnetwork.our.dmu.ac.uk/2026/01/16/s...
Reposted by Dr Beatriz Pichel
Two weeks left to apply for a postdoc position on my project!
I'm looking for historians, anthropologists, STS and Global Health researchers with a broad interest in #Brazil, #rural populations, #health, #medicine, and #zoonosis.
For more information👇
I'm looking for historians, anthropologists, STS and Global Health researchers with a broad interest in #Brazil, #rural populations, #health, #medicine, and #zoonosis.
For more information👇
I'm hiring 2 postdocs on my Wellcome project "How Did Infectious Diseases Become Wild?: Plague, Yellow Fever, and Disease Ecology in the Brazilian Hinterland (1920-1975)"
Department of Global Health and Social Medicine
King's College
3 years 01/10/26- 30/09/29
Deadline: 01/02/26
shorturl.at/KZ6Vh
Department of Global Health and Social Medicine
King's College
3 years 01/10/26- 30/09/29
Deadline: 01/02/26
shorturl.at/KZ6Vh
Postdoctoral Research Associate | King's College London
www.kcl.ac.uk
January 19, 2026 at 11:52 AM
I've got new headphones and I'm falling in love with Alex Turner for the 100th time
January 18, 2026 at 1:36 PM
I've got new headphones and I'm falling in love with Alex Turner for the 100th time
Reposted by Dr Beatriz Pichel
Also taking away time spent writing, doing research, applying for grants, supervising PhD students, preparing to teach, actually teaching, grading, supporting students, or doing all the mindless paperwork related to teaching that they keep asking us to do.
Wasting time providing the university information THEY ALREADY HAVE in order to ensure I have a research allocation for the next 2 years (or less! This cycle hasn't been 2 years!) The rage I feel
January 17, 2026 at 3:51 PM
Also taking away time spent writing, doing research, applying for grants, supervising PhD students, preparing to teach, actually teaching, grading, supporting students, or doing all the mindless paperwork related to teaching that they keep asking us to do.
Reposted by Dr Beatriz Pichel
Photo by Pierre Lavie. Yes this is me. And I threw my Leica. It landed on the bass plate with hardly a scratch. Another Photographer grabbed it along with my phone and I was able to track him later. I was held face down tear gas deployed right in front of me and pepper sprayed directly into the eye.
January 17, 2026 at 2:57 PM
Photo by Pierre Lavie. Yes this is me. And I threw my Leica. It landed on the bass plate with hardly a scratch. Another Photographer grabbed it along with my phone and I was able to track him later. I was held face down tear gas deployed right in front of me and pepper sprayed directly into the eye.
Wasting time providing the university information THEY ALREADY HAVE in order to ensure I have a research allocation for the next 2 years (or less! This cycle hasn't been 2 years!) The rage I feel
January 17, 2026 at 2:38 PM
Wasting time providing the university information THEY ALREADY HAVE in order to ensure I have a research allocation for the next 2 years (or less! This cycle hasn't been 2 years!) The rage I feel
Reposted by Dr Beatriz Pichel
Join us on 29 Jan at 2 pm GMT for our next Ethics of Medical Photography Network online seminar on the theme of SENSITIVITY! We'll have three incredible speakers: @ermerlindaj.bsky.social @katrawling.bsky.social and Savannah Dodd. Free but registration needed empnetwork.our.dmu.ac.uk/2026/01/16/s...
SENSITIVITY AND ETHICS IN MEDICAL PHOTOGRAPHY Online Seminar – The Ethics of Medical Photography Network
empnetwork.our.dmu.ac.uk
January 16, 2026 at 2:29 PM
Join us on 29 Jan at 2 pm GMT for our next Ethics of Medical Photography Network online seminar on the theme of SENSITIVITY! We'll have three incredible speakers: @ermerlindaj.bsky.social @katrawling.bsky.social and Savannah Dodd. Free but registration needed empnetwork.our.dmu.ac.uk/2026/01/16/s...
Join us on 29 Jan at 2 pm GMT for our next Ethics of Medical Photography Network online seminar on the theme of SENSITIVITY! We'll have three incredible speakers: @ermerlindaj.bsky.social @katrawling.bsky.social and Savannah Dodd. Free but registration needed empnetwork.our.dmu.ac.uk/2026/01/16/s...
SENSITIVITY AND ETHICS IN MEDICAL PHOTOGRAPHY Online Seminar – The Ethics of Medical Photography Network
empnetwork.our.dmu.ac.uk
January 16, 2026 at 2:29 PM
Join us on 29 Jan at 2 pm GMT for our next Ethics of Medical Photography Network online seminar on the theme of SENSITIVITY! We'll have three incredible speakers: @ermerlindaj.bsky.social @katrawling.bsky.social and Savannah Dodd. Free but registration needed empnetwork.our.dmu.ac.uk/2026/01/16/s...
Reposted by Dr Beatriz Pichel
Hello! I am sharing information about my @researchireland.ie project Locating Loss: histories of infertility in landscapes and spaces. I would love to connect with researchers/ practitioners from a wide range of backgrounds and disciplines, so please share widely! @nursingclio.bsky.social
January 14, 2026 at 7:16 PM
Hello! I am sharing information about my @researchireland.ie project Locating Loss: histories of infertility in landscapes and spaces. I would love to connect with researchers/ practitioners from a wide range of backgrounds and disciplines, so please share widely! @nursingclio.bsky.social
Congratulations Kylie 🥳🥳
Today is publication day! The Open Access version is now online so you can read for free on @manifoldscholar.bsky.social With huge thanks to @uncpress.bsky.social @ecds-emory.bsky.social and @foxcenteremory.bsky.social Go to jimcrowintheasylum.com
Jim Crow in the Asylum | Emory Center for Digital Scholarship - Manifold Scholarship
<h3>Untangling the relationship between race and psychiatry in the American South</h3>
There is a complicated history of racism and psychiatric healthcare in the Deep South states of Georgia, Alabama...
jimcrowintheasylum.com
January 13, 2026 at 1:22 PM
Congratulations Kylie 🥳🥳