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LSHTM Centre for History in Public Health
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CHiPH is part of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine @lshtm.bsky.social and at the forefront of historical research into public health and health services

https://www.lshtm.ac.uk/research/centres/centre-history-public-health

UPDATE: Due to ill health, we've unfortunately had to postpone the talk below until next semester. Rescheduled date for the talk to follow.
November 27, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Join us for our next seminar on Thursday 27 November, when @claireturner.bsky.social will be discussing the gendered construction of cancer amongst men during the long nineteenth century. Details below:

Location: Virtual (link in event listing).
Time: 12:45 - 14:00

www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/e...
Cancer and the male body, c.1759-1913 | LSHTM
This presentation examines the gendered construction of cancer amongst men  in the long nineteenth century. Its target audience are students and staff interested in the history of cancer, as well all
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November 21, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Join us for our next seminar on Thursday 20 November, when Hohee Cho will be talking about intercolonial medical institutions in the Pacific Islands during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Details below:

Location: Keppel St. (LG81), Hybrid
Time: 12:45 - 14:00

www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/e...
Intercolonial health institutions in the Pacific Islands | LSHTM
This presentation examines the formation and development of intercolonial medical institutions in the Pacific Islands during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Its target audience is student and
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November 13, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Join us for our next seminar on Thursday 13 November, when Martin Robert will be talking to us about Medical Education in the British and French Empires. Details below:

Location: Keppel St. (LG81), Hybrid
Time: 12:45 - 14:00

www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/e...
Empires of medicine: Medical education in the British and French Empires
This presentation examines the history of medical education in the British and French Empires during the long nineteenth century. Its target audience is students and staff interested in the history of
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November 9, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Join us for our next seminar on Tuesday 28 October, when @somakbiswas.bsky.social will be talking about how AIDS racialised late 20th century British border discourse. Details below:

Location: Keppel St. (LG81), Hybrid
Time: 12:45 - 14:00

www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/e...
AIDS and the screening debate: race, mobility and migration, 1985-1995 | LSHTM
This presentation explores how efforts to manage the spread of AIDS intersected with broader efforts to restrict African migration in late twentieth century Britain. Its target audience is students
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October 22, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Join us for our next seminar on Wednesday 15 October, when @rebwright.bsky.social and @sexhistorian.bsky.social will be examining the historical framing of accidental deaths from hypothermia in post-war Britain. Details below:
Location: Online.
Time: 12:45 - 14:00

www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/e...
Health or energy crisis? The politics of framing hypothermia | LSHTM
This presentation explores the historical framing of accidental deaths from hypothermia in post-war Britain, examining how these were increasingly framed as an ‘energy-management’ issue. Its target
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October 9, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Join us for the first seminar of the semester on Wednesday 8 October, when Luke Whittle will be talking about patient experiences of using injecting devices to manage diabetes in Scotland. Details (inc. Zoom link) are below:
Location: Online.
Time: 12:45 - 14:00

www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/e...
‘Living in the Dark Ages’ – the patient experience of using insulin injecting
This presentation explores patient’s experiences with using injecting devices to manages diabetes in Scotland since the 1950s. Its target audiences is students and staff interested in the history of
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September 30, 2025 at 12:56 PM
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CfP: Excited to announce our first workshop, exploring histories of Commercial Determinants of Health. Workshop to be held at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine on 15 April 2026. Please circulate widely/consider submitting an abstract by 13 October 2025.
July 25, 2025 at 10:21 AM
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Working on the histories of products/businesses/advertising and their impact on health? A workshop exploring these themes is happening at @lshtmhistory.bsky.social on 15 April 2026. Get involved!
CfP: Excited to announce our first workshop, exploring histories of Commercial Determinants of Health. Workshop to be held at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine on 15 April 2026. Please circulate widely/consider submitting an abstract by 13 October 2025.
July 28, 2025 at 11:35 AM
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🚨Historians of drink, drugs, sex, crime, law, #police🚨

CfP 'Policing and #PublicHealth, c.1800-2000' workshop www.lshtm.ac.uk/research/cen...

[typo in description: we *may* be able to make a small travel contribution]

#HistSTM #LegalHist #HistSex #HistGender #HistMed
June 17, 2025 at 8:11 AM
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📢 Next in the London Universities Population Seminar Series (co-hosted with
@lshtmhistory.bsky.social)

🗓️ Thurs 15 May | 🕐 12:45–14:00
📍 LSHTM G24, Keppel St.

Dr. Rachell Sánchez-Rivera will talk about state-sponsored population control in 20th century Mexico

www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/e...
State-sponsored population control programmes: A new ph(f)ace of eugenics in
In this seminar, Dr. Sánchez-Rivera discusses the changeover from eugenics to population control programs and capitalist ventures during the second half of the 20th Century in Mexico. Special
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May 7, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Join us for the next CHIPH seminar (in collab. with @psglshtm.bsky.social) on Thursday 15 May, when Dr. Rachell Sánchez-Rivera will be discussing state-sponsored population control in 20th century Mexico. Details below:
Location: G24, Keppel St.
Time: 12:45 - 14:00

www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/e...
State-sponsored population control programmes: A new ph(f)ace of eugenics in
In this seminar, Dr. Sánchez-Rivera discusses the changeover from eugenics to population control programs and capitalist ventures during the second half of the 20th Century in Mexico. Special
www.lshtm.ac.uk
April 30, 2025 at 8:44 AM
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Here's the first blog for our new project: 'Kicking the Habit: ‘Addictive’ Sport Sponsorship in Britain, 1965-2025'.

It explores the tobacco, alcohol and gambling industries' sponsorship of sport in Britain.

Like @fabiolacreed.bsky.social, I'm so happy to be working with such an amazing team!
Thanks to @the-polyphony.bsky.social for posting a blog introducing our project, 'Kicking the Habit: ‘Addictive’ Sport Sponsorship in Britain, 1965-2025', on the tobacco, alcohol and gambling industries’ sponsorship of football, rugby, cricket, F1 & tennis.

Funded by @wellcometrust.bsky.social
The researchers (@kthabitproject.bsky.social) leading the Wellcome-funded ‘Kicking the Habit’ project introduce us to its key themes, socio-historical contexts, and guiding ambitions.

@kthabitproject.bsky.social

thepolyphony.org/2025/04/04/k...
April 14, 2025 at 1:17 PM
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April 2, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Join us for our next CHIPH seminar on Tuesday 8th April, when Dr Manikarnika Dutta will be talking about British seamen and tropical medicine in the 1800s. Details and event listings (inc. Zoom link) are below:
Location: G40, Keppel St.
Time: 12:45 - 14:00

www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/e...
British naval surgeons and tropical hygiene in the long nineteenth century |
This presentation explores how the treatment of British seamen aided the development of tropical hygiene in the long nineteenth century. The paper will be of interest to staff and students who want to
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April 2, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Join us for the next CHIPH seminar on Tuesday 18th March, when Dr Apurba Chatterjee will be speaking about the visualisation of malaria in British Colonial India. Details and event listings (inc. Zoom link) are below:
Location: G40, Keppel St.
Time: 12:45 - 14:00
www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/e...
Visualising spaces of pestilence: Malaria and the natural environment in late
This paper explores the visualisation of Malaria in late colonial India and its reshaping of the natural environment. It will be of interest to staff and students interested in the history of Malaria,
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March 11, 2025 at 12:26 PM
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The LSHTM Centre for History in Public Health is now on Bluesky! Follow for info about events and research #histmed #histpsych #medhums #publichealth
The Centre for History in Public Health (CHIPH) at @lshtm.bsky.social is now on BlueSky!

Please follow us for details about our forthcoming seminars and other centre member-led events.

Details of forthcoming events can be found below: www.lshtm.ac.uk/research/cen...
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March 5, 2025 at 3:06 PM
The Centre for History in Public Health (CHIPH) at @lshtm.bsky.social is now on BlueSky!

Please follow us for details about our forthcoming seminars and other centre member-led events.

Details of forthcoming events can be found below: www.lshtm.ac.uk/research/cen...
Events | LSHTM
Events | LSHTM
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March 3, 2025 at 12:01 PM