Rebecca Wynter
@rebeccawynter.bsky.social
Historian of Medicine & Mental Health. Golestan Fellow NIAS-KNAW https://nias.knaw.nl/fellow/rebecca-wynter/ Co-convenor Mental Health Humanities Researcher Network https://mhhrn.bham.ac.uk/. Policy Officer @sshmedicine.bsky.social. She/her 🌈🏳️⚧️ #Skystorian
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Rebecca Wynter
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fannie lou hamer singing into a microphone with the words if i fall i 'll fall freedom
Alt: fannie lou hamer with microphone, with the words if i fall i'll fall - five feet four inches forward in the fight for freedom
media.tenor.com
Taps the sign 👉 Nobody's free till everybody's free.
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Jobs!
Senate House Library is embarking on an ambitious project to transform access to one of the UK’s largest and richest collections of queer literature —the remarkable Haud Nominandum Collection, donated by activist, bookseller and co-founder of Gay’s the Word bookshop, Jonathan Cutbill.
Senate House Library is embarking on an ambitious project to transform access to one of the UK’s largest and richest collections of queer literature —the remarkable Haud Nominandum Collection, donated by activist, bookseller and co-founder of Gay’s the Word bookshop, Jonathan Cutbill.
February 19, 2026 at 12:48 PM
Jobs!
Senate House Library is embarking on an ambitious project to transform access to one of the UK’s largest and richest collections of queer literature —the remarkable Haud Nominandum Collection, donated by activist, bookseller and co-founder of Gay’s the Word bookshop, Jonathan Cutbill.
Senate House Library is embarking on an ambitious project to transform access to one of the UK’s largest and richest collections of queer literature —the remarkable Haud Nominandum Collection, donated by activist, bookseller and co-founder of Gay’s the Word bookshop, Jonathan Cutbill.
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As part of the new special issue on "The Intersection of Humanities and Ethics in Dentistry," you can now read open access my article "The Dental Phantom as a Tool for Exploring Fear, the Face, and Dental Education." 🦷
Hoping to turn this into a much bigger project!
commons.ada.org/cgi/viewcont...
Hoping to turn this into a much bigger project!
commons.ada.org/cgi/viewcont...
February 19, 2026 at 4:22 PM
As part of the new special issue on "The Intersection of Humanities and Ethics in Dentistry," you can now read open access my article "The Dental Phantom as a Tool for Exploring Fear, the Face, and Dental Education." 🦷
Hoping to turn this into a much bigger project!
commons.ada.org/cgi/viewcont...
Hoping to turn this into a much bigger project!
commons.ada.org/cgi/viewcont...
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Following up on my post the arbitrary boundaries between policing and mental health. More evidence that street-level bureaucrats are being asked to arbitrate between a case being mental illness or crime (with mental health teams "gaming the system"). More on this in our forthcoming book.
Blurred responsibilities between police, ambulance, and mental health services are hindering responses to mental health crises.
Our study calls for better coordination.
🔗 vulnerabilitypolicing.org.uk/news/police-...
@york.ac.uk @martinwebber.bsky.social @lizhughesdd.bsky.social
Our study calls for better coordination.
🔗 vulnerabilitypolicing.org.uk/news/police-...
@york.ac.uk @martinwebber.bsky.social @lizhughesdd.bsky.social
Police need better coordination on mental health emergencies, study shows - Vulnerability & Policing Futures Research Centre
A new study finds that a lack of coordination between agencies is hampering efforts to provide effective care.
vulnerabilitypolicing.org.uk
February 19, 2026 at 11:59 AM
Following up on my post the arbitrary boundaries between policing and mental health. More evidence that street-level bureaucrats are being asked to arbitrate between a case being mental illness or crime (with mental health teams "gaming the system"). More on this in our forthcoming book.
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Just fyi, if you want to tune in online or know someone in California I will be on KPFK 90.7 fm radio talking to Gerald Horne about my book at 6pm US EST today. Link to #OpenAccess version of said book below :) jimcrowintheasylum.com
Jim Crow in the Asylum | Emory Center for Digital Scholarship - Manifold Scholarship
<h3>Untangling the relationship between race and psychiatry in the American South</h3>
There is a complicated history of racism and psychiatric healthcare in the Deep South states of Georgia, Alabama...
jimcrowintheasylum.com
February 19, 2026 at 10:26 AM
Just fyi, if you want to tune in online or know someone in California I will be on KPFK 90.7 fm radio talking to Gerald Horne about my book at 6pm US EST today. Link to #OpenAccess version of said book below :) jimcrowintheasylum.com
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Good news from Orford Ness 📣 This year, more than 430 grey seals pups have been born, an 88% increase on last year and the highest number since the colony arrived in 5 years ago. It's the surest sign yet that the colony has established and is growing on the Suffolk coast.
📷️ Hanne Siebers
📷️ Hanne Siebers
February 19, 2026 at 8:15 AM
Good news from Orford Ness 📣 This year, more than 430 grey seals pups have been born, an 88% increase on last year and the highest number since the colony arrived in 5 years ago. It's the surest sign yet that the colony has established and is growing on the Suffolk coast.
📷️ Hanne Siebers
📷️ Hanne Siebers
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Delighted to say that The Long, Long Trail will soon be hosting a database of men passing through No. 1 Canadian Casualty Clearing Station, on behalf of the British Isles Family History Society of Greater Ottawa. Watch this space! #ww1 #genealogy #cef #canada #BIFHSGO
February 19, 2026 at 7:41 AM
Delighted to say that The Long, Long Trail will soon be hosting a database of men passing through No. 1 Canadian Casualty Clearing Station, on behalf of the British Isles Family History Society of Greater Ottawa. Watch this space! #ww1 #genealogy #cef #canada #BIFHSGO
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Publication day! My book Keeping Hold: A Cultural and Social History of Possession in Eighteenth-Century Britain is out now. 20% discount code KEHO2026. www.cambridge.org/core/books/k...
February 19, 2026 at 7:33 AM
Publication day! My book Keeping Hold: A Cultural and Social History of Possession in Eighteenth-Century Britain is out now. 20% discount code KEHO2026. www.cambridge.org/core/books/k...
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📆 A week from today 📆 - @andrewlea.bsky.social will be speaking at Corner Society! Register to attend in person or on Zoom here: www.raom.org/event-6469091
February 18, 2026 at 7:17 PM
📆 A week from today 📆 - @andrewlea.bsky.social will be speaking at Corner Society! Register to attend in person or on Zoom here: www.raom.org/event-6469091
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UCL students win £21mn over Covid disruption in watershed settlement ft.trib.al/Qy6eVgx
UCL students win £21mn over Covid disruption in watershed settlement
Move involving 6,500 claimants is set to put pressure on other universities to compensate graduates
ft.trib.al
February 18, 2026 at 2:24 PM
UCL students win £21mn over Covid disruption in watershed settlement ft.trib.al/Qy6eVgx
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The two things can't be separated.
What can be separated is you with £30 for the hardback, or absolutely no money at all for the open access version of a book on the subject.
What can be separated is you with £30 for the hardback, or absolutely no money at all for the open access version of a book on the subject.
February 18, 2026 at 12:20 PM
The two things can't be separated.
What can be separated is you with £30 for the hardback, or absolutely no money at all for the open access version of a book on the subject.
What can be separated is you with £30 for the hardback, or absolutely no money at all for the open access version of a book on the subject.
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📜 Will probably be of interest to the GLAM feed…
A petition re the BM’s removal of ‘Palestine’ from some of its interpretation c.org/S5kmKbSBSd
Can you spare a minute to help this campaign?
Erasing a Word Erases a People: Reinstate Palestine in the British Museum
c.org
February 18, 2026 at 12:33 PM
📜 Will probably be of interest to the GLAM feed…
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This (about the 'new' Grammarly AI toolset) is absolutely terrifying, not because the tool is good, but because it is an easy, all-in-one, way to avoid thinking any thoughts or doing any work at all *and 3000 universities say its OK to use*.
www.carleton.edu/ai/blog/gram...
www.carleton.edu/ai/blog/gram...
Grammarly Revisited - Carleton College
A close look at Grammarly's new AI tools
www.carleton.edu
February 18, 2026 at 9:08 AM
This (about the 'new' Grammarly AI toolset) is absolutely terrifying, not because the tool is good, but because it is an easy, all-in-one, way to avoid thinking any thoughts or doing any work at all *and 3000 universities say its OK to use*.
www.carleton.edu/ai/blog/gram...
www.carleton.edu/ai/blog/gram...
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NEW BLOG - "The Core Business of Policing".
How could mental health ever not be a "core" part of policing? It always will be.
mentalhealthcop.com/2026/02/18/t...
How could mental health ever not be a "core" part of policing? It always will be.
mentalhealthcop.com/2026/02/18/t...
The Core Business of Policing
I wrote this post at the end of last year but it became more relevant recently when the Home Secretary published a White Paper on police reform and decided to use the phrase “core” an a…
mentalhealthcop.com
February 18, 2026 at 9:25 AM
NEW BLOG - "The Core Business of Policing".
How could mental health ever not be a "core" part of policing? It always will be.
mentalhealthcop.com/2026/02/18/t...
How could mental health ever not be a "core" part of policing? It always will be.
mentalhealthcop.com/2026/02/18/t...
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Fré Dommisse (1900-1975) verwierf bekendheid met haar roman 'Krankzinnigen', gebaseerd op haar eigen ervaringen in psychiatrische inrichtingen. In een nieuwe biografie wordt haar rol belicht als pionier in de ontwikkeling van de geestelijke gezondheidszorg. historiek.net/fre-dommisse...
Fré Dommisse wilde de kloof tussen ‘normaal’ en ‘abnormaal’ slechten
Biografie van Fré Dommisse, schrijfster van Krankzinnigen en pionier in de geestelijke gezondheidszorg. Over haar leven, missie en maatschappelijke impact in het interbellum.
historiek.net
February 18, 2026 at 9:14 AM
Fré Dommisse (1900-1975) verwierf bekendheid met haar roman 'Krankzinnigen', gebaseerd op haar eigen ervaringen in psychiatrische inrichtingen. In een nieuwe biografie wordt haar rol belicht als pionier in de ontwikkeling van de geestelijke gezondheidszorg. historiek.net/fre-dommisse...
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We've added a bunch of new entries about the 1926 general strike in Birmingham for #generalstrike100, written by Charlotte Powell of the Birmingham TUC. Check them out at generalstrike100.com/ and follow @generalstrike100
February 18, 2026 at 9:15 AM
We've added a bunch of new entries about the 1926 general strike in Birmingham for #generalstrike100, written by Charlotte Powell of the Birmingham TUC. Check them out at generalstrike100.com/ and follow @generalstrike100
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We're hosting a hybrid conference!
"Health and the Environment in the Preindustrial World: Multidisciplinary Approaches" will explore traditional and recent themes in public health history.
To be notified when registration opens, fill out this form: forms.gle/CSEQLpo75n56...
#histmed #histstm
"Health and the Environment in the Preindustrial World: Multidisciplinary Approaches" will explore traditional and recent themes in public health history.
To be notified when registration opens, fill out this form: forms.gle/CSEQLpo75n56...
#histmed #histstm
February 18, 2026 at 3:43 AM
We're hosting a hybrid conference!
"Health and the Environment in the Preindustrial World: Multidisciplinary Approaches" will explore traditional and recent themes in public health history.
To be notified when registration opens, fill out this form: forms.gle/CSEQLpo75n56...
#histmed #histstm
"Health and the Environment in the Preindustrial World: Multidisciplinary Approaches" will explore traditional and recent themes in public health history.
To be notified when registration opens, fill out this form: forms.gle/CSEQLpo75n56...
#histmed #histstm
'“Women are more than our appearance,” a spokesperson said during the conference. “We are workers, carers, organisers, fighters. We are complex, messy and brilliant human beings and none of us should be reduced to whether we look like somebody else’s idea of a woman.”'
UK’s largest trade union calls out EHRC over trans guidance
https://www.thepinknews.com/2026/02/17/unison-interim-guidance-ehrc/?utm_content=1771341602&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky
https://www.thepinknews.com/2026/02/17/unison-interim-guidance-ehrc/?utm_content=1771341602&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky
February 17, 2026 at 3:24 PM
'“Women are more than our appearance,” a spokesperson said during the conference. “We are workers, carers, organisers, fighters. We are complex, messy and brilliant human beings and none of us should be reduced to whether we look like somebody else’s idea of a woman.”'
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Yes, I know my upcoming book "The Baltic States in the Second World War" has been delayed several times. (Apologies). But....
Waterstones is having a pre-order sale this week. Use the order code FEB26 at checkout for 25% off.
www.waterstones.com/book/the-bal...
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Waterstones is having a pre-order sale this week. Use the order code FEB26 at checkout for 25% off.
www.waterstones.com/book/the-bal...
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February 17, 2026 at 12:06 PM
Yes, I know my upcoming book "The Baltic States in the Second World War" has been delayed several times. (Apologies). But....
Waterstones is having a pre-order sale this week. Use the order code FEB26 at checkout for 25% off.
www.waterstones.com/book/the-bal...
🇪🇪🇱🇻🇱🇹
Waterstones is having a pre-order sale this week. Use the order code FEB26 at checkout for 25% off.
www.waterstones.com/book/the-bal...
🇪🇪🇱🇻🇱🇹
'Perhaps some readers will remember that [1935] novel by Sinclair Lewis in which he describes the conquest of America by fascism....Because who would have believed that the madness of Hitlerism could ever break out there...and drag the world into general slaughter'
Dutch paper, De Telegraaf, 1959.
Dutch paper, De Telegraaf, 1959.
February 16, 2026 at 3:23 PM
'Perhaps some readers will remember that [1935] novel by Sinclair Lewis in which he describes the conquest of America by fascism....Because who would have believed that the madness of Hitlerism could ever break out there...and drag the world into general slaughter'
Dutch paper, De Telegraaf, 1959.
Dutch paper, De Telegraaf, 1959.
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📣 Call for submissions: Singer Prize 2026
Submit your unpublished essay (< 10 000 words), based
on original research into any aspect of #HistSTM!
🎓 Eligibility: current postgraduates or awarded a PG degree within the past 5 years
📅 Deadline: 30 April
ℹ️ Learn more:
Submit your unpublished essay (< 10 000 words), based
on original research into any aspect of #HistSTM!
🎓 Eligibility: current postgraduates or awarded a PG degree within the past 5 years
📅 Deadline: 30 April
ℹ️ Learn more:
Grants – BSHS – The British Society for the History of Science
BSHS – The British Society for the History of Science
bshs.org.uk
February 16, 2026 at 10:07 AM
📣 Call for submissions: Singer Prize 2026
Submit your unpublished essay (< 10 000 words), based
on original research into any aspect of #HistSTM!
🎓 Eligibility: current postgraduates or awarded a PG degree within the past 5 years
📅 Deadline: 30 April
ℹ️ Learn more:
Submit your unpublished essay (< 10 000 words), based
on original research into any aspect of #HistSTM!
🎓 Eligibility: current postgraduates or awarded a PG degree within the past 5 years
📅 Deadline: 30 April
ℹ️ Learn more:
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I don't normally dunkquote but three posts down he's saying "universities are doing OK, really" and I'm trying to decide if he actually is absolutely isolated from most people's lived experiences, or knows and doesn't care b/c the only thing that matters is pretending this Labour Government is good.
Wonder how many people notice that "broken Britain with a public sector that doesn't deliver" just helped us get three winter Olympic medals?
Once more for the slow crowd, a bit more delivery means nothing if everybody "knows" everything is broken. www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/f...
Once more for the slow crowd, a bit more delivery means nothing if everybody "knows" everything is broken. www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/f...
GB chiefs hail greatest Winter Olympics day after super Sunday delivers two golds
Team GB chiefs have hailed Britain’s greatest day at a Winter Olympics after celebrating two gold medals in the mixed snowboard cross and mixed skeleton
www.theguardian.com
February 16, 2026 at 8:28 AM
I don't normally dunkquote but three posts down he's saying "universities are doing OK, really" and I'm trying to decide if he actually is absolutely isolated from most people's lived experiences, or knows and doesn't care b/c the only thing that matters is pretending this Labour Government is good.
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And it's not just FCO and the World Service.
The BBC more generally is having to make vast cuts as are the National Gallery, British Library, National Theatre, Royal Shakespeare Company...
The list goes on.
The UK is destroying its own cultural identity as well as its soft power.
The BBC more generally is having to make vast cuts as are the National Gallery, British Library, National Theatre, Royal Shakespeare Company...
The list goes on.
The UK is destroying its own cultural identity as well as its soft power.
Exactly. This is not a lot of money. And once destroyed you don’t get to rebuild it.
The entire UK diplomatic budget is about £1.4 billion a year. That’s pretty much precisely 0.1% of government spending.
BBC World Service is about £0.25 billion (it should be higher), or 0.02%.
These are rounding errors on rounding errors. Double each and public expenditure wouldn’t twitch.
Mad.
BBC World Service is about £0.25 billion (it should be higher), or 0.02%.
These are rounding errors on rounding errors. Double each and public expenditure wouldn’t twitch.
Mad.
February 16, 2026 at 7:47 AM
And it's not just FCO and the World Service.
The BBC more generally is having to make vast cuts as are the National Gallery, British Library, National Theatre, Royal Shakespeare Company...
The list goes on.
The UK is destroying its own cultural identity as well as its soft power.
The BBC more generally is having to make vast cuts as are the National Gallery, British Library, National Theatre, Royal Shakespeare Company...
The list goes on.
The UK is destroying its own cultural identity as well as its soft power.
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This is the Gov looking for your input on the BBC. It takes a while to complete (15/20 mins) but it’s pretty comprehensive and covers most aspects.
Please share. I’m surprised many people haven’t seen it yet.
www.gov.uk/government/c...
Please share. I’m surprised many people haven’t seen it yet.
www.gov.uk/government/c...
Britain’s Story: The Next Chapter - BBC Royal Charter Review, Green Paper and public consultation
www.gov.uk
February 15, 2026 at 6:19 PM
This is the Gov looking for your input on the BBC. It takes a while to complete (15/20 mins) but it’s pretty comprehensive and covers most aspects.
Please share. I’m surprised many people haven’t seen it yet.
www.gov.uk/government/c...
Please share. I’m surprised many people haven’t seen it yet.
www.gov.uk/government/c...
Still trying not to get too optimistic (obviously only in terms of NL HE)...
Netherlands reverses English-degree curbs with $1.7B push to attract international students
Netherlands reverses English-degree curbs with $1.7B push to attract international students
Netherlands reverses English-degree curbs with $1.7B push to attract international students - VnExpress International
The Netherlands is reversing plans to curb English-taught university programs and launching a €1.5 billion (US$1.7 billion) funding push as Europe competes for international students and skilled worke...
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February 15, 2026 at 9:48 AM
Still trying not to get too optimistic (obviously only in terms of NL HE)...
Netherlands reverses English-degree curbs with $1.7B push to attract international students
Netherlands reverses English-degree curbs with $1.7B push to attract international students