Elsa Richardson
@ecrichardson.bsky.social
Health historian at the University of Strathclyde, author of 'Rumbles: A Curious History of the Gut (Wellcome/Profile/Pegasus, 2024) and Co-Director of the Centre for the Social History of Health and Healthcare (CSHHH).
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Please join the friends and members of the Military Welfare History Network @milwelfhist.bsky.social
#online
Monday 2 February 11:00 to 17:30 (Dublin time)
The 3rd event supported by Wellcome-SSHM Network Grants
For programme see 👇 & for Zoom link contact militarywelfarehistory@gmail.com
#histmed
#online
Monday 2 February 11:00 to 17:30 (Dublin time)
The 3rd event supported by Wellcome-SSHM Network Grants
For programme see 👇 & for Zoom link contact militarywelfarehistory@gmail.com
#histmed
Wellcome-funded Conference Series
Thanks to the generous funding of the Wellcome Trust, through the Society for the Social History of Medicine, in 2025-26 the MWHN will run a three-part series of events. Two fo these will be in-per…
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January 27, 2026 at 4:33 PM
Please join the friends and members of the Military Welfare History Network @milwelfhist.bsky.social
#online
Monday 2 February 11:00 to 17:30 (Dublin time)
The 3rd event supported by Wellcome-SSHM Network Grants
For programme see 👇 & for Zoom link contact militarywelfarehistory@gmail.com
#histmed
#online
Monday 2 February 11:00 to 17:30 (Dublin time)
The 3rd event supported by Wellcome-SSHM Network Grants
For programme see 👇 & for Zoom link contact militarywelfarehistory@gmail.com
#histmed
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Next CSHHH seminar on February 3rd in Strathclyde Business School CW408 4-5.30pm with Dr Francesca Lewis speaking on the fascinating history of Borderline Personality Disorder. All welcome!
January 26, 2026 at 11:47 AM
Next CSHHH seminar on February 3rd in Strathclyde Business School CW408 4-5.30pm with Dr Francesca Lewis speaking on the fascinating history of Borderline Personality Disorder. All welcome!
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Our first seminar of 2026 will take placeThursday 22nd of Jan 4-5.30 pm @unistrathclyde.bsky.social in the CW406a where we will be joined by Dr Ann-Katrine Schmidt Nielsen on 'Living with risk assessments. How direct-to-consumer genetic testing changes narratives of illness and health'. Come!
January 13, 2026 at 5:05 PM
Our first seminar of 2026 will take placeThursday 22nd of Jan 4-5.30 pm @unistrathclyde.bsky.social in the CW406a where we will be joined by Dr Ann-Katrine Schmidt Nielsen on 'Living with risk assessments. How direct-to-consumer genetic testing changes narratives of illness and health'. Come!
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Join us in Leeds!
As we welcome in the New Year 🎉 and things to look forward to in 2026……
A reminder of the deadline for proposals for #SSHM2026 (University of Leeds, 30 June- 3 July 2026)
Deadline for abstracts: 11 January
A reminder of the deadline for proposals for #SSHM2026 (University of Leeds, 30 June- 3 July 2026)
Deadline for abstracts: 11 January
SSHM 2026: In/Out
Location: University of Leeds Dates: 30 June to 3 July 2026 Submission Deadline: 5.00pm (GMT) 11th January 2026 Conference Co-Convenors: Dr Alexia Moncrieff & Dr Katherine Rawlin…
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December 31, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Join us in Leeds!
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Come along to the last @cshhh.bsky.social seminar of 2025!
Saved the best to last, come hear @jdnott.bsky.social of @biomedselfsoc.bsky.social on the East African Medical Survey, mathematics, and modernism. 26th November, 4pm-5.30pm, Teaching & Learning Building 325, Strathclyde. Wine /crips
Saved the best to last, come hear @jdnott.bsky.social of @biomedselfsoc.bsky.social on the East African Medical Survey, mathematics, and modernism. 26th November, 4pm-5.30pm, Teaching & Learning Building 325, Strathclyde. Wine /crips
November 20, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Come along to the last @cshhh.bsky.social seminar of 2025!
Saved the best to last, come hear @jdnott.bsky.social of @biomedselfsoc.bsky.social on the East African Medical Survey, mathematics, and modernism. 26th November, 4pm-5.30pm, Teaching & Learning Building 325, Strathclyde. Wine /crips
Saved the best to last, come hear @jdnott.bsky.social of @biomedselfsoc.bsky.social on the East African Medical Survey, mathematics, and modernism. 26th November, 4pm-5.30pm, Teaching & Learning Building 325, Strathclyde. Wine /crips
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One last reminder and then I promise I will stop but if you are anywhere near Glasgow on Wednesday do please come celebrate 20 years of the @cshhh.bsky.social with us! Talks from the fantastic Tracey Loughran and @joannabourke.bsky.social, drinks and @unistrathclyde.bsky.social's best snacks!
October 27, 2025 at 11:53 AM
One last reminder and then I promise I will stop but if you are anywhere near Glasgow on Wednesday do please come celebrate 20 years of the @cshhh.bsky.social with us! Talks from the fantastic Tracey Loughran and @joannabourke.bsky.social, drinks and @unistrathclyde.bsky.social's best snacks!
Please join us @unistrathclyde.bsky.social on 29th of October for the @cshhh.bsky.social 20th anniversary lectures. We will be joined by two giants in the history of health and medicine: @joannabourke.bsky.social and Professor Tracey Loughran. The event is free register here tinyurl.com/4k98rn7w
October 6, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Please join us @unistrathclyde.bsky.social on 29th of October for the @cshhh.bsky.social 20th anniversary lectures. We will be joined by two giants in the history of health and medicine: @joannabourke.bsky.social and Professor Tracey Loughran. The event is free register here tinyurl.com/4k98rn7w
Historians! Anyone have any must reads on the history vaccination and/or anti-vaccination movements? Thanks for wisdom in advance
July 14, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Historians! Anyone have any must reads on the history vaccination and/or anti-vaccination movements? Thanks for wisdom in advance
Excited to be joining @ruairirobertson.bsky.social, @jenniepedley.bsky.social, Merrilees Roberts, Joanna Penso and Rhodri Hayward for an evening of gut based malarky. Thursday 12 June, free to attend, likely be refreshments of some kind, do come! @c19qmul.bsky.social @qmul-microbiome.bsky.social
May 19, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Excited to be joining @ruairirobertson.bsky.social, @jenniepedley.bsky.social, Merrilees Roberts, Joanna Penso and Rhodri Hayward for an evening of gut based malarky. Thursday 12 June, free to attend, likely be refreshments of some kind, do come! @c19qmul.bsky.social @qmul-microbiome.bsky.social
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Read the latest blog by @katemcal993.bsky.social co-organiser with @claireljones.bsky.social of a workshop held in January, where participants critiqued the concept of ‘the leaky body’.
Supported by AHRC Research, Development and Engagement Fellowship and SSHM conference funding.
#histmed
Supported by AHRC Research, Development and Engagement Fellowship and SSHM conference funding.
#histmed
The Leaky Body: A New Turn in the Humanities and Social Sciences?
by Dr Kate McAllister, University of Kent On 9-10 January 2025, twenty-eight participants gathered at the University of Kent in Canterbury to attend a workshop titled ‘The Leaky Body: A New Turn in…
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March 18, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Read the latest blog by @katemcal993.bsky.social co-organiser with @claireljones.bsky.social of a workshop held in January, where participants critiqued the concept of ‘the leaky body’.
Supported by AHRC Research, Development and Engagement Fellowship and SSHM conference funding.
#histmed
Supported by AHRC Research, Development and Engagement Fellowship and SSHM conference funding.
#histmed
Next seminar, thanks @pederclark.bsky.social for organising!
Next Tuesday (4th of March) we welcome Merrilees Roberts (QMUL) to @unistrathclyde.bsky.social for the next @cshhh.bsky.social seminar! 4-5.30 pm in TL565 to hear about 'Keats’s Blushing Bodies: Inflammation, Arousal and Critique'. All welcome, there will be wine and crisps obviously.
February 25, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Next seminar, thanks @pederclark.bsky.social for organising!
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Thank you very much, @ecrichardson.bsky.social @cshhh.bsky.social ! I look forward to discussing with you tomorrow!
February 3, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Thank you very much, @ecrichardson.bsky.social @cshhh.bsky.social ! I look forward to discussing with you tomorrow!
First post on bsky and first @cshhh.bsky.social seminar @unistrathclyde.bsky.social. Next Tuesday we will be joined by Nikolaos Papadogiannis who will present on 'Translating interviews with Greek transgender HIV/AIDS activists', 4-5.30pm in the Teaching and Learning Building 565. All welcome!
January 30, 2025 at 10:02 AM
First post on bsky and first @cshhh.bsky.social seminar @unistrathclyde.bsky.social. Next Tuesday we will be joined by Nikolaos Papadogiannis who will present on 'Translating interviews with Greek transgender HIV/AIDS activists', 4-5.30pm in the Teaching and Learning Building 565. All welcome!