Media and Epidemics
@mediaandepidemics.bsky.social
Media and Epidemics (MEDEP): Technologies of Science Communication and Public Health in the 20th and 21st Centuries. Project funded by EU CHANSE. https://mediaepidemics.com
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Interested in research on #media #epidemics #histsci #litsci or #medhums? Then welcome to Media and Epidemics! Our international, interdisciplinary project seeks to understand the role of media and technologies of communication in the making and management of epidemic outbreaks⬇️
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Our Media and Epidemics team is clearly on the same (archival) page with an unplanned encounter in the @wellcomecollection.bsky.social archives! ⬇️
When the @euchanse.bsky.social UK and Polish team bumped into each other in the @wellcomecollection.bsky.social archives! @dremilyvincent.bsky.social was reviewing the Medical Officers of Health records & adverts about the 1890s flu #epidemic and Zuza was researching deaf studies & zine culture 🦠 📖
November 12, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Our Media and Epidemics team is clearly on the same (archival) page with an unplanned encounter in the @wellcomecollection.bsky.social archives! ⬇️
When the @euchanse.bsky.social UK and Polish team bumped into each other in the @wellcomecollection.bsky.social archives! @dremilyvincent.bsky.social was reviewing the Medical Officers of Health records & adverts about the 1890s flu #epidemic and Zuza was researching deaf studies & zine culture 🦠 📖
November 12, 2025 at 10:08 AM
When the @euchanse.bsky.social UK and Polish team bumped into each other in the @wellcomecollection.bsky.social archives! @dremilyvincent.bsky.social was reviewing the Medical Officers of Health records & adverts about the 1890s flu #epidemic and Zuza was researching deaf studies & zine culture 🦠 📖
A grand premiere! The theatre performance Filokteja, created in collaboration with MEDEP and co-directed by Justyna Lipko-Konieczna from the Polish team, will be performed at Centrum Sztuki Włączającej / Teatr 21 on 27 November. Find your tickets here:
trwarszawa.pl/program/filo...
trwarszawa.pl/program/filo...
October 23, 2025 at 11:56 AM
A grand premiere! The theatre performance Filokteja, created in collaboration with MEDEP and co-directed by Justyna Lipko-Konieczna from the Polish team, will be performed at Centrum Sztuki Włączającej / Teatr 21 on 27 November. Find your tickets here:
trwarszawa.pl/program/filo...
trwarszawa.pl/program/filo...
Visit our blog page for a range of posts on #medhums #histmed #hstm #litsci topics around technologies of communication and epidemic disease over time: mediaepidemics.com/blog/
Media and Epidemics (MEDEP)
Technologies of Science Communication and Public Health in the 20th and 21st Centuries
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October 13, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Visit our blog page for a range of posts on #medhums #histmed #hstm #litsci topics around technologies of communication and epidemic disease over time: mediaepidemics.com/blog/
You can read our Media and Epidemics @euchanse.bsky.social @ukri.org ‘Story of Change’ which reflects our project’s work on narrative vulnerability during #Covid19 as a result of a collaboration with non-profit organisation Fragile Society. See this and more here: chanse.org/medep/ #hstm #medhums
September 23, 2025 at 2:10 PM
You can read our Media and Epidemics @euchanse.bsky.social @ukri.org ‘Story of Change’ which reflects our project’s work on narrative vulnerability during #Covid19 as a result of a collaboration with non-profit organisation Fragile Society. See this and more here: chanse.org/medep/ #hstm #medhums
We have an insightful new blog post from Dmytro Yesypenko about the role of folklore and epidemics in nineteenth-century #Ukranian literature #hstm #histmed #litsci #medhums: mediaepidemics.com/2025/08/29/e...
Epidemics in Word and Imagination: Ukrainian Literature Between Folklore, the Press, and Science
“…epidemics are never only about pathogens. They are also filtered through the words of newspapers, proclamations, and popular accounts — words that, like folk tales, provided framework…
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September 18, 2025 at 1:38 PM
The PI of our Polish team Sławomir Łotysz has just published an open-access article, "The Fear of AIDS in Late Socialist Poland," in Balkanistic Worlds #hstm #histmed: balkanistica.com/current-issu...
September 17, 2025 at 7:46 AM
The PI of our Polish team Sławomir Łotysz has just published an open-access article, "The Fear of AIDS in Late Socialist Poland," in Balkanistic Worlds #hstm #histmed: balkanistica.com/current-issu...
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Fascinating hearing about the highly gendered visual and textual marketing and media representations of the Polidin vaccine in Romania (first marketed as an influenza cure, then a panacea) where female scientists were depicted as industrious yet unnamed #hstm #histsci #histmed #medhums
Gendered media representations depicted women scientists in photographs as industrious innovators yet their names remained invisible in texts, whereas male scientists were named and celebrated in texts marketing the vaccine. We look forward to reading the published research soon!
September 16, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Today’s research seminar was presented by Irina Nastasa-Matei (our Romanian team PI) about the portrayal of the Polidin vaccine in Romanian media. Polidin was first marketed as a specialist cure for influenza and later as a panacea for a range of illnesses #hstm #histsci #histmed #medhums
September 16, 2025 at 9:33 AM
If you’re interested in epidemics and healthcare during the communist era, don’t miss this seminar tomorrow at 10am (Central European Time)/ 9am (UK) - all are welcome & scan QR code below for Zoom link ⬇️ #hstm #medhums
Scan QR below for our seminar on Tues Sept 16 on Zoom! Irina Nastasa-Matei will discuss the public management of flu epidemics & the reorganization of Romania's healthcare system, medical infrastructure, & pharmaceutical industry during the communist era, citing the Polidin vaccine ⬇️
September 15, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Scan QR below for our seminar on Tues Sept 16 on Zoom! Irina Nastasa-Matei will discuss the public management of flu epidemics & the reorganization of Romania's healthcare system, medical infrastructure, & pharmaceutical industry during the communist era, citing the Polidin vaccine ⬇️
September 13, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Scan QR below for our seminar on Tues Sept 16 on Zoom! Irina Nastasa-Matei will discuss the public management of flu epidemics & the reorganization of Romania's healthcare system, medical infrastructure, & pharmaceutical industry during the communist era, citing the Polidin vaccine ⬇️
The Media and Epidemics team and @dremilyvincent.bsky.social really enjoyed presenting at the @euchanse.bsky.social #WeAreCHANSE conference, meeting humanities & social sciences researchers from across Europe to see how digital culture has (& continues to) transform over time @horizoneu.bsky.social
September 11, 2025 at 11:44 AM
The Media and Epidemics team and @dremilyvincent.bsky.social really enjoyed presenting at the @euchanse.bsky.social #WeAreCHANSE conference, meeting humanities & social sciences researchers from across Europe to see how digital culture has (& continues to) transform over time @horizoneu.bsky.social
Our project was represented by @dremilyvincent.bsky.social who focused on the necessary diversity of our sources (from historic newspapers, to postage stamps) for examining the range of lived #pandemic experiences and how our research of the past can prepare us for pandemic futures #hstm #medhums
September 8, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Our project was represented by @dremilyvincent.bsky.social who focused on the necessary diversity of our sources (from historic newspapers, to postage stamps) for examining the range of lived #pandemic experiences and how our research of the past can prepare us for pandemic futures #hstm #medhums
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I’ll be presenting our team’s findings later this afternoon 🎉 🇵🇱
The Media and Epidemics (MEDEP) team have arrived in Kraków for the @euchanse.bsky.social #WeAreCHANSE conference. We’re looking forward to sharing our findings and meeting the rest of the CHANSE projects!
September 8, 2025 at 8:36 AM
I’ll be presenting our team’s findings later this afternoon 🎉 🇵🇱
The Media and Epidemics (MEDEP) team have heard a great keynote about the necessity of the humanities and social sciences in the digital age for combating disinformation and ethical concerns across Europe and on a global scale @euchanse.bsky.social #WeAreCHANSE
September 8, 2025 at 10:00 AM
The Media and Epidemics (MEDEP) team have heard a great keynote about the necessity of the humanities and social sciences in the digital age for combating disinformation and ethical concerns across Europe and on a global scale @euchanse.bsky.social #WeAreCHANSE
The Media and Epidemics (MEDEP) team have arrived in Kraków for the @euchanse.bsky.social #WeAreCHANSE conference. We’re looking forward to sharing our findings and meeting the rest of the CHANSE projects!
September 8, 2025 at 8:01 AM
The Media and Epidemics (MEDEP) team have arrived in Kraków for the @euchanse.bsky.social #WeAreCHANSE conference. We’re looking forward to sharing our findings and meeting the rest of the CHANSE projects!
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I’m looking forward to presenting our findings on historic epidemics and technologies of communication on behalf of @mediaandepidemics.bsky.social at the @euchanse.bsky.social conference in Kraków on Monday! 🇵🇱 #hstm #histsci #litsci #epidemics #pandemic #medhums
The Media and Epidemics team are excited to present an overview of our research activities (from archival research to creative writing workshops) & key outputs (books, journal articles, an international conference & more) @euchanse.bsky.social Final Conference in Kraków on Monday! 🇵🇱
September 5, 2025 at 8:16 AM
I’m looking forward to presenting our findings on historic epidemics and technologies of communication on behalf of @mediaandepidemics.bsky.social at the @euchanse.bsky.social conference in Kraków on Monday! 🇵🇱 #hstm #histsci #litsci #epidemics #pandemic #medhums
The Media and Epidemics team are excited to present an overview of our research activities (from archival research to creative writing workshops) & key outputs (books, journal articles, an international conference & more) @euchanse.bsky.social Final Conference in Kraków on Monday! 🇵🇱
September 5, 2025 at 8:14 AM
The Media and Epidemics team are excited to present an overview of our research activities (from archival research to creative writing workshops) & key outputs (books, journal articles, an international conference & more) @euchanse.bsky.social Final Conference in Kraków on Monday! 🇵🇱
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.
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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.
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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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Me and Melissa Dickson will be co-presenting research from our forthcoming @mediaandepidemics.bsky.social book to the Sydney Uni Interdisciplinary 19C Study Group on Thursday 21st on Zoom. I’ll be looking at how influenza epidemics were represented in spiritualist fiction and periodicals 📰 📖 👻
August 19, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Me and Melissa Dickson will be co-presenting research from our forthcoming @mediaandepidemics.bsky.social book to the Sydney Uni Interdisciplinary 19C Study Group on Thursday 21st on Zoom. I’ll be looking at how influenza epidemics were represented in spiritualist fiction and periodicals 📰 📖 👻
An edited collection from MEDEP team members Amelia Bonea and Irina Nastasă-Matei on women, science, engineering and medicine in the twentieth century is out today: www.manchesterhive.com/display/9781...
August 5, 2025 at 8:40 AM
An edited collection from MEDEP team members Amelia Bonea and Irina Nastasă-Matei on women, science, engineering and medicine in the twentieth century is out today: www.manchesterhive.com/display/9781...
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On Thursday at the @bavs-uk.bsky.social conference I’ll be on the Wilde panel discussing ‘moral pestilence’, miasma, contagion, the 1890s influenza epidemic, and immorality as an ‘Aesthetic condition’ for Wilde, Thomas Mann, and Arthur Symons! Part of the @mediaandepidemics.bsky.social project 🦠😷📖📰
July 21, 2025 at 3:00 PM
On Thursday at the @bavs-uk.bsky.social conference I’ll be on the Wilde panel discussing ‘moral pestilence’, miasma, contagion, the 1890s influenza epidemic, and immorality as an ‘Aesthetic condition’ for Wilde, Thomas Mann, and Arthur Symons! Part of the @mediaandepidemics.bsky.social project 🦠😷📖📰
Find a range of #medhums blog posts below from the @euchanse.bsky.social Media and Epidemics project below ⬇️
You can visit our blog page below for many #openaccess posts about #medhums #histmed #litsci all focused around epidemic disease and media from the nineteenth century to now ⬇️
You can read the latest Media and Epidemics blog post from Dr Tom White here. White discusses linguistics and conceptual #metaphortheory in the context of the #COVID19 pandemic: mediaepidemics.com/2025/04/28/w...
July 15, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Find a range of #medhums blog posts below from the @euchanse.bsky.social Media and Epidemics project below ⬇️
The Media and Epidemics team are presenting all week (in person and virtually) at the International Congress of History of Science and Technology in Dunedin, NZ. Looking forward to discussing epidemics, technologies of communication, and media from the 19th century to today! #ichst #hstm #litsci
July 1, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Our interdisciplinary workshop on Wednesday @unibirmingham.bsky.social will explore how, from the nineteenth century onwards, dubious tales of #disease have been distorted and sensationalised through print and digital media and literature #litsci #hstm #histsci
June 16, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Our interdisciplinary workshop on Wednesday @unibirmingham.bsky.social will explore how, from the nineteenth century onwards, dubious tales of #disease have been distorted and sensationalised through print and digital media and literature #litsci #hstm #histsci