Islay Shelbourne
@islayshelbourne.bsky.social
Historian. Currently researching Californian understandings of the 1918-19 Flu. Strolling in St Andrews and finding my future in the past.
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Hey Bluesky! My name is Islay and I am a final year Environmental History PhD Candidate @standrewshist.bsky.social where my research explores understandings of contagion in Southern California during the 1918-19 Influenza Pandemic.
Come along next Tuesday to hear all about Californian health myths and their impact on perceptions of TB and the 1918-19 Flu. I'm excited to share my findings and delve into all the details that didn't fit into my recently submitted PhD thesis, reincarnating zephrys and mammoth oranges included!
We're looking forward to @islayshelbourne.bsky.social's paper in a few weeks' time, on histories of contagion in modern California. To sign up, use the eventbrite link here: (Just look at the size of those oranges!) www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/california...
November 12, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Come along next Tuesday to hear all about Californian health myths and their impact on perceptions of TB and the 1918-19 Flu. I'm excited to share my findings and delve into all the details that didn't fit into my recently submitted PhD thesis, reincarnating zephrys and mammoth oranges included!
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Our research into historical #pandemics and literature has just been published on the medical humanities platform @the-polyphony.bsky.social - find it here ⬇️ #medhums #hstm #histsci #litsi
Members of the Media and Epidemics Research Network provide three vignettes illustrating the different ways 'Russian Flu' was reflected in media and literary culture.
thepolyphony.org/2025/09/01/m...
thepolyphony.org/2025/09/01/m...
Media and Epidemics: the 1890s ‘Russian Flu’ Epidemic
Members of the Media and Epidemics Research Network provide three vignettes illustrating the different ways ‘Russian Flu’ was reflected in media and literary culture.
thepolyphony.org
September 1, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Our research into historical #pandemics and literature has just been published on the medical humanities platform @the-polyphony.bsky.social - find it here ⬇️ #medhums #hstm #histsci #litsi
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I'm delighted that @royalhistsoc.org has published our roundtable article on 'The Future of (Environmental) History'.
This came out of a workshop in April 2023 with @northernenvhistory.bsky.social
I've summarised our paper (link to OA article) in a blog 👇
blog.royalhistsoc.org/2025/07/27/f...
This came out of a workshop in April 2023 with @northernenvhistory.bsky.social
I've summarised our paper (link to OA article) in a blog 👇
blog.royalhistsoc.org/2025/07/27/f...
Four Suggestions for the Future of (Environmental) History | Historical Transactions
blog.royalhistsoc.org
July 28, 2025 at 10:22 AM
I'm delighted that @royalhistsoc.org has published our roundtable article on 'The Future of (Environmental) History'.
This came out of a workshop in April 2023 with @northernenvhistory.bsky.social
I've summarised our paper (link to OA article) in a blog 👇
blog.royalhistsoc.org/2025/07/27/f...
This came out of a workshop in April 2023 with @northernenvhistory.bsky.social
I've summarised our paper (link to OA article) in a blog 👇
blog.royalhistsoc.org/2025/07/27/f...
Reposted by Islay Shelbourne
"THE WESTERNERS" COVER REVEAL, including the spine!
Both show how my new history of the 19th-c American West puts readers on the ground in this vast region with several fascinating individuals (four of them pictured here), all of whom put the lie to the frontier myth.
Pub date: April 21, 2026!
Both show how my new history of the 19th-c American West puts readers on the ground in this vast region with several fascinating individuals (four of them pictured here), all of whom put the lie to the frontier myth.
Pub date: April 21, 2026!
July 17, 2025 at 3:08 PM
"THE WESTERNERS" COVER REVEAL, including the spine!
Both show how my new history of the 19th-c American West puts readers on the ground in this vast region with several fascinating individuals (four of them pictured here), all of whom put the lie to the frontier myth.
Pub date: April 21, 2026!
Both show how my new history of the 19th-c American West puts readers on the ground in this vast region with several fascinating individuals (four of them pictured here), all of whom put the lie to the frontier myth.
Pub date: April 21, 2026!
The Inaugural St Andrews Medical Humanities Network Symposium was a fascinating event to attend and was just as interesting to write about for this review!
@islayshelbourne.bsky.social reports from the inaugural symposium of the newly formed Medical Humanities Network at the University of St Andrews, drawing out shared themes and methods across disciplines. Organised by @richardtbellis.bsky.social & Morven Shearer.
thepolyphony.org/2025/04/16/s...
thepolyphony.org/2025/04/16/s...
St Andrews Medical Humanities Network Inaugural Symposium: Conference Review
Islay Shelbourne reports from the inaugural symposium of the newly established Medical Humanities Network at the University of St Andrews.
thepolyphony.org
April 16, 2025 at 3:26 PM
The Inaugural St Andrews Medical Humanities Network Symposium was a fascinating event to attend and was just as interesting to write about for this review!
Hey Bluesky! My name is Islay and I am a final year Environmental History PhD Candidate @standrewshist.bsky.social where my research explores understandings of contagion in Southern California during the 1918-19 Influenza Pandemic.
April 16, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Hey Bluesky! My name is Islay and I am a final year Environmental History PhD Candidate @standrewshist.bsky.social where my research explores understandings of contagion in Southern California during the 1918-19 Influenza Pandemic.