Darius Wainwright
dariuswainwright.bsky.social
Darius Wainwright
@dariuswainwright.bsky.social
Lecturer in Post-1945 U.S. History, University of Bristol (UK). Soft power; cultural diplomacy; transnational exchanges; international expos; Cold War; Middle East.
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Congratulations to Bristol PhD student, Jenny Hutton, on her recent NLM blog posting about her historical research. @uobartsmatter.bsky.social @uobrishistory.bsky.social

Medically Manufactured: The Story of Retrolental Fibroplasia
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Medically Manufactured: The Story of Retrolental Fibroplasia
By Jenny Hutton ~ When Lula Hardaway was told her 6-week-old baby Stevie was blind, doctors were unable give her an answer as to why. Born two months early in Saginaw, Michigan in May 1950, Stevie …
circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov
June 16, 2025 at 9:59 AM
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thinking again about how unwelcome and inappropriate it is to find our jobs
now also supposed to comprise counselor and border guard… as well as teacher, manager, researcher, editor, writer, fixer. these things are not compatible! the conflicts of interest are not resolvable!
May 23, 2025 at 10:49 AM
NEW PUBLICATION 🚨🚨 I'd been reflecting for a while on the ways the United States peddles historical narratives about itself to foreign audiences, so I'm thrilled to see this in print. Thanks to @USAbroad for agreeing to publish! usabroad.unibo.it/article/view...
May 21, 2025 at 8:23 AM
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UK university policy seems gripped by some sort of death wish or collective madness.
Tim Leunig here, with a warning to all those MPs who want to just allow universities to implode: in 100 constituencies the university is one of the top three exporters. Take Huddersfield: the uni there easily outstrips in turnover the biggest local company. timleunig.substack.com/p/internatio...
International university students
Let’s not shoot ourselves in the foot again.
timleunig.substack.com
May 6, 2025 at 7:07 PM