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If you are a historian with policy-facing interests who has recently submitted their PhD (or will do so imminently), this fantastic new London-based postdoc fellowship in Applied History could be for you. www.history.ac.uk/fellowships/...
Robert Mcintosh Applied History & Policy Fellowship
Robert Mcintosh Applied History & Policy Fellowship
www.history.ac.uk
December 4, 2025 at 7:44 AM
If you are a historian with policy-facing interests who has recently submitted their PhD (or will do so imminently), this fantastic new London-based postdoc fellowship in Applied History could be for you. www.history.ac.uk/fellowships/...
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We're hiring in history of science at UW Madison! TT Assistant Professorship with a focus on water. Joint appointment between the History and Integrated Liberal Studies depts, and part of a university-wide hiring cluster on earth/sustainability science. jobs.wisc.edu/jobs/profess... #STS #HSMT
Professor of History - Madison, Wisconsin, United States
Current Employees: If you are currently employed at any of the Universities of Wisconsin, log in to Workday to apply through the internal application process.Job Category:FacultyEmployment Type:Regula...
jobs.wisc.edu
November 6, 2025 at 7:37 PM
We're hiring in history of science at UW Madison! TT Assistant Professorship with a focus on water. Joint appointment between the History and Integrated Liberal Studies depts, and part of a university-wide hiring cluster on earth/sustainability science. jobs.wisc.edu/jobs/profess... #STS #HSMT
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My department is hiring an Assistant/Associate Professor in Epidemiology! #Episky listings.jobs.gmu.edu/jobs/global-...
Global and Community Health, Assistant/Associate Professor in Epidemiology - Fairfax, VA, Virginia, United States - Other, Virginia, United States
Department: College of Public Health
Classification: 9-month Instructional Faculty
Job Category: Instructional Faculty
Job Type: Full-Time
Work Schedule: Full-time (1.0 FTE, 40 hrs/wk)
Location: Fairf...
listings.jobs.gmu.edu
October 31, 2025 at 5:53 PM
My department is hiring an Assistant/Associate Professor in Epidemiology! #Episky listings.jobs.gmu.edu/jobs/global-...
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#foodhist friends: I have a student working on a capstone about food culture in Florence. Student has a great start on secondary sources and good collection of images to use as primary. Any other thoughts on other primary sources to explore?
October 6, 2025 at 3:05 PM
#foodhist friends: I have a student working on a capstone about food culture in Florence. Student has a great start on secondary sources and good collection of images to use as primary. Any other thoughts on other primary sources to explore?
So much is going on that I somehow missed that an American Secretary of War is having a public fit about fat generals and the unruly bodies of military men... say what you want about our current moment, you can't deny the big Elihu Root energy.
October 3, 2025 at 8:21 PM
So much is going on that I somehow missed that an American Secretary of War is having a public fit about fat generals and the unruly bodies of military men... say what you want about our current moment, you can't deny the big Elihu Root energy.
Spotted on the middle school classroom wall:
August 25, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Spotted on the middle school classroom wall:
Oh wow the intensity of the sigh that just escaped me reading this headline:
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/21/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/21/o...
Opinion | I’m Conservative. My Disabled Son Needs Medicaid to Survive.
www.nytimes.com
August 21, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Oh wow the intensity of the sigh that just escaped me reading this headline:
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/21/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/21/o...
Mmm feeling healed just thinking about this sweet, vanilla-y beef ice cream:
Seriously, hipsters, get on this I bet it would do great in right location:
Seriously, hipsters, get on this I bet it would do great in right location:
August 12, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Mmm feeling healed just thinking about this sweet, vanilla-y beef ice cream:
Seriously, hipsters, get on this I bet it would do great in right location:
Seriously, hipsters, get on this I bet it would do great in right location:
I’m seeing a lot of well-meaning commenters on here call out what they see as Nazi or Soviet tones in this speech. Glad to see the outrage, but:
Historians have documented that this rhetoric is about as American as it gets, with long and deep histories in US law, policy, literature, and medicine.
Historians have documented that this rhetoric is about as American as it gets, with long and deep histories in US law, policy, literature, and medicine.
RFK Jr: "This administration wants to encourage Americans to take control of their health -- to eat right, to have lifestyle changes that save us all. And that's the patriotic thing to do, not only for our country but for every individual American. It's a patriotic duty to keep ourselves healthy."
July 15, 2025 at 1:50 AM
I’m seeing a lot of well-meaning commenters on here call out what they see as Nazi or Soviet tones in this speech. Glad to see the outrage, but:
Historians have documented that this rhetoric is about as American as it gets, with long and deep histories in US law, policy, literature, and medicine.
Historians have documented that this rhetoric is about as American as it gets, with long and deep histories in US law, policy, literature, and medicine.
Absolutely. 63% of nursing home patients in the US are paid by Medicaid. If these services are eliminated or cut, it will not only be devastating for patients, caregivers, and their families but also for many local businesses and economies. www.kff.org/medicaid/iss...
June 29, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Absolutely. 63% of nursing home patients in the US are paid by Medicaid. If these services are eliminated or cut, it will not only be devastating for patients, caregivers, and their families but also for many local businesses and economies. www.kff.org/medicaid/iss...
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English People Encounter Pizza for the First Time
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June 21, 2025 at 6:43 PM
English People Encounter Pizza for the First Time
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This page from my mother in law’s 1940s American songbook is a good reminder of how very common these dangerous diseases were and how grateful I am not to have had to contend with them with my own children, because of vaccines.
May 24, 2025 at 2:51 PM
This page from my mother in law’s 1940s American songbook is a good reminder of how very common these dangerous diseases were and how grateful I am not to have had to contend with them with my own children, because of vaccines.
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Are you an ECR in the history of medicine? Interested in digital humanities? Apply for a AAHM-Gale DH fellowship. INFO SESSION: 9:30 AM ET, Wed. May 28. histmed.org/aahm-gale-di...
AAHM-Gale Digital Humanities Fellowships
The AAHM announces three non-residential Digital Humanities scholarships funded by Gale. The AAHM-Gale Non-Residential Fellowship will support research or teaching projects that rely on Gale Primary S...
histmed.org
May 22, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Are you an ECR in the history of medicine? Interested in digital humanities? Apply for a AAHM-Gale DH fellowship. INFO SESSION: 9:30 AM ET, Wed. May 28. histmed.org/aahm-gale-di...
Christine Wenc’ fantastic new book is featured on NPR Book of the Day! 👏 👏 👏
Listen, then buy the book:
www.npr.org/2025/03/31/1...
Listen, then buy the book:
www.npr.org/2025/03/31/1...
Christine Wenc's 'Funny Because It's True' calls 'The Onion' "the original fake news" : NPR's Book of the Day
The satirical news magazine The Onion has been putting out ironic and often absurd headlines for more than 40 years. Christine Wenc was part of the paper's original staff, dating back to its origins a...
www.npr.org
April 1, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Christine Wenc’ fantastic new book is featured on NPR Book of the Day! 👏 👏 👏
Listen, then buy the book:
www.npr.org/2025/03/31/1...
Listen, then buy the book:
www.npr.org/2025/03/31/1...
Attention! The amazing, brilliant, kind, funny Christine Wenc’s fabulous new book on the making and meaning of The Onion was just reviewed in the dang SUNDAY TIMES!
Read the review. Buy the book. Buy it for your friends!
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/16/b...
Read the review. Buy the book. Buy it for your friends!
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/16/b...
Book Review: ‘Funny Because It’s True,’ by Christine Wenc (Gift Article)
In “Funny Because It’s True,” Christine Wenc offers an idiosyncratic history of The Onion, the publication that made the media its chief satirical target.
www.nytimes.com
March 16, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Attention! The amazing, brilliant, kind, funny Christine Wenc’s fabulous new book on the making and meaning of The Onion was just reviewed in the dang SUNDAY TIMES!
Read the review. Buy the book. Buy it for your friends!
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/16/b...
Read the review. Buy the book. Buy it for your friends!
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/16/b...
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2-yr postdoctoral fellowship at Wisconsin in the History of Medicine and/or Public Health (19th century to the present) mhb.wisc.edu/2025/02/25/p... Review of applications to start 1 April 2025. #histSTM
Postdoctoral Fellow Accouncement: Join us July 2025-2027!
Postdoctoral Fellow: History of Modern (19th century-present) Medicine or Public Health Position Requirements: PhD in history of modern (19th century-present) medicine or public health or closely rela...
mhb.wisc.edu
February 26, 2025 at 2:00 AM
2-yr postdoctoral fellowship at Wisconsin in the History of Medicine and/or Public Health (19th century to the present) mhb.wisc.edu/2025/02/25/p... Review of applications to start 1 April 2025. #histSTM
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This is horrible for the future of American science and innovation and economic wellbeing and all the things
Pitt is not a small institution
It has nearly 10K grad students
It is where Salk discovered the polio vaccine
Pitt is not a small institution
It has nearly 10K grad students
It is where Salk discovered the polio vaccine
The University of Pittsburgh confirmed Friday that there would be no new Ph.D. offers of admission while Pitt works to understand how reduced federal aid could impact the institution.
The University of Pittsburgh pauses its Ph.D. admissions process amid research funding uncertainty
A spokesperson for the University told WESA Friday that the school has "temporarily paused additional Ph.D. offers of admission," while Pitt works to understand how proposed federal funding cuts could...
www.wesa.fm
February 22, 2025 at 7:55 PM
This is horrible for the future of American science and innovation and economic wellbeing and all the things
Pitt is not a small institution
It has nearly 10K grad students
It is where Salk discovered the polio vaccine
Pitt is not a small institution
It has nearly 10K grad students
It is where Salk discovered the polio vaccine
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THIS IS A MUST-READ PIECE. Please share, off Bluesky as well as on it.
Most people *do not understand* how harmful these short-sighted cuts are going to be - for our economic as well as our physical health. 🧪🛟🩺
Most people *do not understand* how harmful these short-sighted cuts are going to be - for our economic as well as our physical health. 🧪🛟🩺
For decades, the US government has painstakingly kept American science #1 globally—and every facet of American life has improved because of it. The internet? Flu shot? Ozempic? All grew out of federally-funded research. Now all that's being dismantled. 1/ www.technologyreview.com/2025/02/21/1...
The foundations of America’s prosperity are being dismantled
Federal scientists warn that Americans could feel the effects of the new administration's devastating cuts for decades to come
www.technologyreview.com
February 22, 2025 at 12:31 AM
THIS IS A MUST-READ PIECE. Please share, off Bluesky as well as on it.
Most people *do not understand* how harmful these short-sighted cuts are going to be - for our economic as well as our physical health. 🧪🛟🩺
Most people *do not understand* how harmful these short-sighted cuts are going to be - for our economic as well as our physical health. 🧪🛟🩺
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Doing the unthinkable: The deep cuts to the #CDC's workforce today are expected to decimate the Epidemic Intelligence Service, a program that has trained public health rapid responders for decades.
Envy of the world. Poof!
www.statnews.com/2025/02/14/t...
Envy of the world. Poof!
www.statnews.com/2025/02/14/t...
CDC cuts expected to devastate Epidemic Intelligence Service, a ‘crown jewel’ of public health
Members of the CDC's Epidemic Intelligence Service were warned Friday that many of them were about to be fired
www.statnews.com
February 14, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Doing the unthinkable: The deep cuts to the #CDC's workforce today are expected to decimate the Epidemic Intelligence Service, a program that has trained public health rapid responders for decades.
Envy of the world. Poof!
www.statnews.com/2025/02/14/t...
Envy of the world. Poof!
www.statnews.com/2025/02/14/t...
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From an idea in 2008 to a book in 2025, ECHOES OF CARE: DEAFNESS IN MODERN BRITAIN has been published by @mcgillqueensup.bsky.social ! It explores how changing perceptions of deafness intersected with healthcare, disability, and eugenics in 19th-century Britain.
www.mqup.ca/echoes-of-ca...
www.mqup.ca/echoes-of-ca...
February 11, 2025 at 2:56 PM
From an idea in 2008 to a book in 2025, ECHOES OF CARE: DEAFNESS IN MODERN BRITAIN has been published by @mcgillqueensup.bsky.social ! It explores how changing perceptions of deafness intersected with healthcare, disability, and eugenics in 19th-century Britain.
www.mqup.ca/echoes-of-ca...
www.mqup.ca/echoes-of-ca...
“At Pitt, the change will mean about $183 million less in NIH grants, a cut of more than 25% from the $661.2 million that the university received from the NIH overall in 2024.”
Pittsburgh universities reassure campus researchers in face of unexpected NIH funding cuts
University officials at Carnegie Mellon and Pitt sought to reassure staff late Sunday in emails about an unexpected change in government grant funding,...
www.post-gazette.com
February 11, 2025 at 12:37 PM
“At Pitt, the change will mean about $183 million less in NIH grants, a cut of more than 25% from the $661.2 million that the university received from the NIH overall in 2024.”