Ruth Beecher
@ruthbeecher.bsky.social
Historian (mainly of medicine and child abuse), sea swimmer, greyhound guardian from the People’s Republic of Cork
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Thanks to a wonderful donation of original Bulletin journals I am digitising UKAHNs archive. Autumn 1985 no 5 is available. bulletin.ukahn.org/autumn-1984-... #histnursing
Autumn 1984, No 5 – The UKAHN Bulletin: ISSN 2049-9744
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July 1, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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Seen this one @georgesevers.bsky.social ?? Looks excellent!
My article is on the history of Positively Irish Action on AIDS (PIAA), a London-based community group which worked with Irish people affected by HIV/AIDS & their families. Thanks to PIAA members for speaking with me & for their important work. And Wellcome for funding. muse.jhu.edu/pub/15/artic...
Project MUSE - Positively Irish Action on AIDS (PIAA): HIV and AIDS Activism and the Irish Diaspora in London, ca. 1989–1996
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July 1, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Seen this one @georgesevers.bsky.social ?? Looks excellent!
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Two postdoc positions are available on the Wellcome-funded project "Between Deception and Dissent: regulating unproven, disproven and misleading health-related claims". www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/118725-...
Postdoctoral Research Associate
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July 1, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Two postdoc positions are available on the Wellcome-funded project "Between Deception and Dissent: regulating unproven, disproven and misleading health-related claims". www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/118725-...
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You can read more about Virginia Prince and her role developing the distinction between sex and gender in Emily's longer journal article 🗃️
Currently available Open Access in Issue 99 of History Workshop Journal.
Currently available Open Access in Issue 99 of History Workshop Journal.
July 1, 2025 at 4:16 PM
You can read more about Virginia Prince and her role developing the distinction between sex and gender in Emily's longer journal article 🗃️
Currently available Open Access in Issue 99 of History Workshop Journal.
Currently available Open Access in Issue 99 of History Workshop Journal.
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We would love to see you at the launch of Ruth Beecher’s new book, Community Health Practitioners and Child Sexual Abuse in the Family, 1970s-2010s, exploring the different ways doctors, health visitors, and mental health practitioners responded to child sexual abuse.
May 21, 2025 at 7:20 AM
We would love to see you at the launch of Ruth Beecher’s new book, Community Health Practitioners and Child Sexual Abuse in the Family, 1970s-2010s, exploring the different ways doctors, health visitors, and mental health practitioners responded to child sexual abuse.
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Tuesday 8th July; 18.30; the Keynes Library, 43 Gordon Square, Bloomsbury, London.
Book your free ticket here: www.bbk.ac.uk/events/event...
Book your free ticket here: www.bbk.ac.uk/events/event...
Book Launch Ruth Beecher
Join us to celebrate Ruth Beecher's new book, Community Health Practitioners and Child Sexual Abuse in the Family, 1970s-2010s.
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May 21, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Tuesday 8th July; 18.30; the Keynes Library, 43 Gordon Square, Bloomsbury, London.
Book your free ticket here: www.bbk.ac.uk/events/event...
Book your free ticket here: www.bbk.ac.uk/events/event...
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We started the week by attending a great talk by @jennycrane.bsky.social about her new book on gifted children. So child-centred, totally mesmerising and we can't wait to read it. It's at OUP and it's open access - hurray! #histchild #histeduc
May 19, 2025 at 2:56 PM
We started the week by attending a great talk by @jennycrane.bsky.social about her new book on gifted children. So child-centred, totally mesmerising and we can't wait to read it. It's at OUP and it's open access - hurray! #histchild #histeduc
You only have 32 hours and 16 mins to wait for Prof Sameena Mulla's public lecture. Tix are free but please book in advance.
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April 29, 2025 at 8:45 AM
You only have 32 hours and 16 mins to wait for Prof Sameena Mulla's public lecture. Tix are free but please book in advance.
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@bbkhistorical.bsky.social @rshc.bsky.social @birkbeckpsychology.bsky.social @sshmedicine.bsky.social @shcy.bsky.social
Only 54 hrs 59 mins before the wonderful Professor Sameena Mulla gives what will be an enlightening and empathetic public lecture in London about race, racism, mothers, the family, violence and the US court system. Book a free ticket here. www.bbk.ac.uk/events/event...
April 28, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Only 54 hrs 59 mins before the wonderful Professor Sameena Mulla gives what will be an enlightening and empathetic public lecture in London about race, racism, mothers, the family, violence and the US court system. Book a free ticket here. www.bbk.ac.uk/events/event...
April 28, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Only 54 hrs 59 mins before the wonderful Professor Sameena Mulla gives what will be an enlightening and empathetic public lecture in London about race, racism, mothers, the family, violence and the US court system. Book a free ticket here. www.bbk.ac.uk/events/event...
Can't wait for this public lecture by the wonderful Sameena Mulla, only 6 days to go. Don't forget to book your free place.
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April 24, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Can't wait for this public lecture by the wonderful Sameena Mulla, only 6 days to go. Don't forget to book your free place.
www.bbk.ac.uk/events/event...
www.bbk.ac.uk/events/event...
5.5 years job with a really interesting focus, now you’re talking.
🚨Job Klaxon🚨
Seeking a post-doc for 5.5 years (!) on our brand new @medicinewithoutdoctors.org project!
The candidate will be working with @cathm.bsky.social and the wider team to lead on playful, design-based methodological collaboration.
Deadline 31 March 2025
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMD146/p...
Seeking a post-doc for 5.5 years (!) on our brand new @medicinewithoutdoctors.org project!
The candidate will be working with @cathm.bsky.social and the wider team to lead on playful, design-based methodological collaboration.
Deadline 31 March 2025
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMD146/p...
Postdoctoral Research Fellow (Medicine without Doctors) at The University of Edinburgh
Explore an exciting academic career as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow (Medicine without Doctors). Don't miss out on other academic jobs. Click to apply and explore more opportunities.
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March 26, 2025 at 6:14 PM
5.5 years job with a really interesting focus, now you’re talking.
A 3-months-long job for y’all. Tough times.
🌟 Research Opportunity Alert! 🌟 The Bodleian Libraries are seeking a Research Consultant.
For more information (including how to apply) please refer to our Linked In post: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
For more information (including how to apply) please refer to our Linked In post: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
🌟 Research Opportunity Alert! 🌟 The Bodleian Libraries are seeking a… | The Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
🌟 Research Opportunity Alert! 🌟 The Bodleian Libraries are seeking a Research Consultant.
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March 26, 2025 at 6:12 PM
A 3-months-long job for y’all. Tough times.
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After last week’s Newcastle extravaganza we’re keen to think about *how* to write about internationalism(s) (& how not to), about the forgotten voices & sources & archives & readers. If you have been thinking about these questions do send us a short abstract by 5 May @bbkhistorical.bsky.social
Hot on the heels of the first AHRC Rethinking Internationalisms conference on ‘Counter-hegemonic Internationalisms’, here is the CfP (5 May deadline) for our next ONLINE workshop ‘New Methods for New Histories’, with @jessicareinisch.bsky.social , @drmargottudor.bsky.social , Daniel Laqua and me.
March 25, 2025 at 6:28 PM
After last week’s Newcastle extravaganza we’re keen to think about *how* to write about internationalism(s) (& how not to), about the forgotten voices & sources & archives & readers. If you have been thinking about these questions do send us a short abstract by 5 May @bbkhistorical.bsky.social
On my read as soon as you can list!!
New book! I explore how voluntary organisations, psychologists, and policymakers have sought to identify "gifted children", and to mobilise these perceivedly hyperintelligent individuals to benefit (various visions of) "the world". . .
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March 19, 2025 at 5:14 PM
On my read as soon as you can list!!
Don't forget to sign up to our mailing list - we will have our newsletter and our first project event coming up soon. Thanks to @joannabourke.bsky.social for the endorsement :)
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February 25, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Don't forget to sign up to our mailing list - we will have our newsletter and our first project event coming up soon. Thanks to @joannabourke.bsky.social for the endorsement :)
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Talking with Irish historians Jennifer Redmond & Mary McAuliffe about their views on Irish history-writing, their recent work and book and how they first became interested in gender studies #skystorians #irishhistory newbooksnetwork.com/jennifer-red...
September 16, 2024 at 7:50 PM
Talking with Irish historians Jennifer Redmond & Mary McAuliffe about their views on Irish history-writing, their recent work and book and how they first became interested in gender studies #skystorians #irishhistory newbooksnetwork.com/jennifer-red...
February 19, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Final call for NI #CSASurvivors mother and baby himes and Magdalen institutions
A final call has been made for survivors of former mother and baby home and Magdalen institutions in Northern Ireland to come forward and give testimony.
NI mother-and-baby home survivors urged to give testimony
A final call has been made for survivors of former mother and baby home and Magdalen institutions in Northern Ireland to come forward and give testimony.
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February 19, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Final call for NI #CSASurvivors mother and baby himes and Magdalen institutions
The very courageous Paula Doyle was on Morning Ireland just now, speaking out on the additional harms caused by the CJS after she was raped by someone she knew.
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www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
‘I couldn’t let this monster get away with it’: how I survived rape – and sent my attacker to prison
Paula Doyle was raped by a man she had known for years. It took five painful years for the case to come to trial, but she was determined to fight for justice
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February 18, 2025 at 7:57 AM
The very courageous Paula Doyle was on Morning Ireland just now, speaking out on the additional harms caused by the CJS after she was raped by someone she knew.
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
#histchild #historyofeducation #histmed Seeking articles/books on histories of ‘maladjusted’ children/ residential schools for children who had emotional/behavioural problems. Any refs/leads welcome and happy to reciprocate with refs I have
February 7, 2025 at 12:04 PM
#histchild #historyofeducation #histmed Seeking articles/books on histories of ‘maladjusted’ children/ residential schools for children who had emotional/behavioural problems. Any refs/leads welcome and happy to reciprocate with refs I have
Fantastic article by Michaela Kalcher on revolution, terror and trauma in the life of an ordinary man who lived through the French Revolution and the Terror. academic.oup.com/hwj/article/...
The Self in the Shadow of the Guillotine: Revolution, Terror and Trauma in a Parisian Diary
Céléstin Guittard de Floriban did not leave much of a mark on history. Born in 1724 in the Champenois village of Evergnicourt, he married but remained chil
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January 30, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Fantastic article by Michaela Kalcher on revolution, terror and trauma in the life of an ordinary man who lived through the French Revolution and the Terror. academic.oup.com/hwj/article/...
We are only just getting started but DO SIGN UP to our mailing list and we will keep you in touch with how we are progressing with our research on the histories of recovery from #CSA. #histchild #histmed
Our newsletter is hot off the press and is a great way of staying in the loop as our exciting new project unfolds. If you would like to sign up to our monthly newsletter, please send us an email with your contact info & we’ll add you to the mailing list! #survivors #csa #history #recovery #academic
January 30, 2025 at 9:48 AM
We are only just getting started but DO SIGN UP to our mailing list and we will keep you in touch with how we are progressing with our research on the histories of recovery from #CSA. #histchild #histmed
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I am excited about being 'in conversation' with the wonderful Mithu Sanyal, at Max Planck Institute in Freiburg, Wed 22nd. 5pm. Topic: 'Cultures of Harm: Sexual Violence Local & Global'. Would love to see you. Spread the news! csl.mpg.de/events/39623... @mithu.bsky.social @ruthbeecher.bsky.social
Cultures of Harm: Sexual Violence in Local and Global Contexts. A Dialogue with Mithu Sanyal and Joanna Bourke
This event will feature a short lecture by Professor Joanna Bourke, who will explore rape as a historical phenomenon, examining how its understanding has evolved over time and across different cultura...
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January 13, 2025 at 4:33 PM
I am excited about being 'in conversation' with the wonderful Mithu Sanyal, at Max Planck Institute in Freiburg, Wed 22nd. 5pm. Topic: 'Cultures of Harm: Sexual Violence Local & Global'. Would love to see you. Spread the news! csl.mpg.de/events/39623... @mithu.bsky.social @ruthbeecher.bsky.social
#CSASurvivors
WANTED: Lived Experience Advisory Group (LEAG) members for Recovery Histories Research Project
Learn more and ask questions at an informal online information session: Friday 10 January 2025 2-3pm on Zoom. Book at survivorsvoices.org/events/recov...
WANTED: Lived Experience Advisory Group (LEAG) members for Recovery Histories Research Project
Learn more and ask questions at an informal online information session: Friday 10 January 2025 2-3pm on Zoom. Book at survivorsvoices.org/events/recov...
Recovery Histories Research Project Information Session - Survivors Voices
An online information session for anyoine interested in joining the Lived Experience Advisory Group for the Recovery Histories Research Project led by researchers at Birkbeck College. We are partnerin...
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December 18, 2024 at 5:46 PM
#CSASurvivors
WANTED: Lived Experience Advisory Group (LEAG) members for Recovery Histories Research Project
Learn more and ask questions at an informal online information session: Friday 10 January 2025 2-3pm on Zoom. Book at survivorsvoices.org/events/recov...
WANTED: Lived Experience Advisory Group (LEAG) members for Recovery Histories Research Project
Learn more and ask questions at an informal online information session: Friday 10 January 2025 2-3pm on Zoom. Book at survivorsvoices.org/events/recov...