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Society for the Social History of Medicine (SSHM)
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The Society for the Social History of Medicine (SSHM) has pioneered interdisciplinary approaches to the history of health, welfare, medical science and practice https://sshm.org/
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A selection of great papers by Robert Dale, Eri Nakamura and Owen Rees on day 1 of this symposium. The second event in the @wellcometrust.bsky.social -funded (via @sshmedicine.bsky.social) 'Military Communities’ Medical Welfare and Care History Conference Series‘. More tomorrow #milwelfhist
November 6, 2025 at 11:14 PM
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Co-convenor Michael Robinson has just kicked off our @milwelfhist.bsky.social @sshmedicine.bsky.social symposium at Birmingham on war, trauma and emotional injury. Some excellent papers and discussion to come this afternoon and into tomorrow #milwelfhist
November 6, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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Day 1 of @milwelfhist.bsky.social event 'War, Trauma and Emotional Injury', supported by a SSHM/Wellcome Network Grant Award.
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milwelfhist.bsky.social Military Welfare History Network @milwelfhist.bsky.social · 5d
Today is day 1 of the second of our @wellcometrust.bsky.social -funded events series, hosted both at @unibirmingham.bsky.social in 2025 and online in 2026. With 'trauma' and its associated medical impacts as our theme, we expect interesting papers and stimulating discussions #milwelfhist
November 6, 2025 at 1:03 PM
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Black Cultural Archives have created a timeline, “Medicine, Race, and Activism,” in partnership with Royal Holloway, celebrating Black contributions to British healthcare, spotlighting the health workers, patients, & campaigners who challenged medical racism.
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Medicine, Race and Activism - Black Cultural Archives.
This timeline focuses on the contribution of Black people to the British healthcare ecosystem over centuries. It underscores the experiences of these workers and Black service users and recognises the...
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November 6, 2025 at 8:20 AM
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Looking to spice up your #histmed classes? Consider two new books coming out just in time for Fall 2025! Full of pithy and provocative essays, Do Less Harm (ed. me & @drkyliesmith.bsky.social) and The Nursing Clio Reader (@nursingclio.bsky.social) offer new perspectives to meet the moment. 1/2
The cover of Do Less Harm. The cover of The Nursing Clio Reader.
February 20, 2025 at 5:53 PM
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CFPs History of Health in the Maghreb
The organizers invite submissions for a workshop on the history of public health in the Maghreb region, to be hosted by the University of Maryland.
#histmed #medhumanities
Workshop: History of Health in the Maghreb. Colonial Biopolitics, Postcolonial Challenges and International Healthcare (1830-1980) | H-Net
CALL FOR PAPERS - Workshop: History of Health in the Maghreb. Colonial Biopolitics, Postcolonial Challenges and International Healthcare (1830-1980) Workshop dates: May 5-6, 2026Deadline for submissio...
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October 30, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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The Royal Society of Medicine (London, UK) is hosting the Sarah Hughes Memorial Lecture: The power of 8: Understanding our senses for safety, regulation, and learning
📅Fri 5 Dec 2025
🕰️6:00pm – 8:00pm GMT
Location: Royal Society of Medicine and online (charge applies)
www.rsm.ac.uk/events/histo...
Flyer with text and a picture of a woman advertising the Sarah Hughes Memorial Lecture; The power of 8: Understanding our senses for safety, regulation and learning. Friday 5 December 2025 6-8.00pm In person and online.
October 30, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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Our updated website is now live!

Here you can find information on our events, research streams, and opportunities for researchers

🔗 www.torch.ox.ac.uk/medical-huma...
Medical Humanities
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October 7, 2025 at 7:56 AM
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csmbr-pisa.bsky.social
Forthcoming with the
CSMBR ONLINE LECTURE SERIES

𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭: csmbr.fondazionecomel.org/events/onlin...

#CSMBR #medicalhistory #pharmacology #al-Majūsī #Arabic #Latin #CostantinetheAphrican
October 25, 2025 at 8:07 AM
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IT IS OUT! 🚀
The full programme + abstracts are now online!

Explore how knowledge was imagined, represented & re-created — from ancient anatomy to 3D digital reconstructions.

Free online slots for CSMBR Members:
csmbr.fondazionecomel.org/events/confe...

#CSMBR #ATLOMY #HistoryOfScience
October 28, 2025 at 10:04 AM
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Join HealthAI2026 –
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October 30, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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Registration for our 'New Approaches to Writing Women's Histories' event is now LIVE! Please do join us next Wednesday, 5 November 2025 at 4pm GMT for a fascinating discussion with Kaia Alderson and Gráinne Lyons. More details here: womenshistorynetwork.org/sign-up-now-...
Sign up now for our ‘New Approaches to Writing Women’s Histories’ Roundtable Event!
Our Autumn Seminar Series continues next Wednesday, 5 November 2025, at 4pm GMT, with a special roundtable event, New Approaches to Writing Women’s Histories. We are thrilled to welcome Kaia …
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October 29, 2025 at 11:05 AM
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voicesofmotherhood.bsky.social
📢 final update from us 📢

1 November is a soft deadline and we will happily accept any abstracts that arrive a few days later!

If you would like to put something together but don’t have anything ‘formal’ yet, just let us know and we’ll bear this in mind.

Our email is: voicesofmotherhood@worc.ac.uk
voicesofmotherhood.bsky.social Voices of Motherhood @voicesofmotherhood.bsky.social · Sep 24
We're pleased to share this call for papers for our upcoming conference!

📍Online via Zoom
🗓️Thursday 5 - Friday 6 February 2026
⏱️Abstract deadline Saturday 1 November 2025

See our website for full details 👇

voicesofmotherhood.wp.worc.ac.uk/index.php/news-and-resources/updates-from-the-project
The Politics of Motherhood: Maternalism, Maternity and Mothering. Thursday 5 and Friday 6 February 2026, Online Conference. Ruth Davidson, Anna Muggeridge, Eve Pennington and Beckie Rutherford. Keynote address by Dr Sarah Crook, Swansea University: ‘Cradles of Discontent: Motherhood as a pathway to activism in modern Britain’. This conference is supported by a UKRI Future Leaders’ Fellowship ‘Voices of Motherhood’ Project reference MR/Y018184/1 and the University of Worcester.
October 29, 2025 at 10:05 AM
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www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/assista...
Assistant Professor Social Studies of Medicine
This is a joint post 65% Sociology, 35% HPS. The Departments of Sociology and History and Philosophy of Science are looking to recruit an Assistant Professor in the Social Studies of Medicine in a
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October 27, 2025 at 5:16 AM
sshmedicine.bsky.social
20 years! Happy anniversary to the Centre for the Social History of Health and Healthcare
Join them on Weds 29 October for two public lectures
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sexhistorian.bsky.social Dr Hannah J. Elizabeth @sexhistorian.bsky.social · 21d
Join us on Wednesday afternoon next week for the @cshhh.bsky.social 20th anniversary! We have two fantastic public lectures from Tracey Loughran & @joannabourke.bsky.social! Tell your friends, tell your students and come along! #HistSex #HistMed
October 25, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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On LinkedIn as well as Bluesky?
Why not follow SSHM's new LinkedIn page too!
#histmed #histSTM
Society for the Social History of Medicine | LinkedIn
Society for the Social History of Medicine | 8 followers on LinkedIn. SSHM promotes interdisciplinary approaches to the history of health and medicine. Publishes a journal and book series. | A members...
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October 25, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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#AcademicJob Assistant Professor in the Social Studies of Medicine joint between Departments of Sociology and History & Philosophy of Science at University of Cambridge. Apply by 17 November
#HPS #STS #Sociology #SocMed #HistMed #MedHum #MedAnth #MedEthics #PhilJobs
October 20, 2025 at 9:14 AM
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eurohealthhist.bsky.social
WG2 Autumn series starts with A comparative perspective on European Cross-associations as regional healthcare providers in the long 1950s” by Gijs Hoekstra, Ilmari Railo & Yuliya Hilevych (University of Groningen)

Tues 21 Oct 2025 at 12pm CET - zoom link in bulletin

#CA22159 #Skystorians #HistMed
October 20, 2025 at 11:13 AM
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Join us on Wednesday afternoon next week for the @cshhh.bsky.social 20th anniversary! We have two fantastic public lectures from Tracey Loughran & @joannabourke.bsky.social! Tell your friends, tell your students and come along! #HistSex #HistMed
October 20, 2025 at 11:16 AM
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October 18, 2025 at 11:41 AM
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Notes and Records reports on current research and archival activities across the #histSTM
Their 9th Essay Award is open to researchers from STM fields who have completed a postgrad degree within the last five years.
A chance to win £500 and publication in the journal
Deadline: 28 Feb 2026
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royalsocietypublishing.org Royal Society Publishing @royalsocietypublishing.org · Sep 18
Are you a researcher in the field of history of science, technology and medicine? The #NotesAndRecord essay award is now open for entries until 28 February 2026. Visit our website find out more: buff.ly/dedMm93 #HistSci #HistSTM
October 18, 2025 at 12:15 PM
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👋 We're bringing back #FollowFriday! 😀

Want to learn more about LSHTM's work in #PublicHealth?

Follow our centres & projects for the inside track on the latest research, events, and publications:

👉 go.bsky.app/4FczAGW
October 17, 2025 at 8:57 AM
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Alongside Simon, Dr Bill Bynum of the Wellcome Institute will detail his collaborative work with Roy and cast light on Roy’s major contributions to medical history research and teaching.
October 15, 2025 at 9:46 AM
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Hosted by the Christ's College Medical Alumni Association, join Professor Sir Simon Schama (m. 1963) as he reflects on his undergraduate and early academic training alongside Roy Porter at Christ’s College, Cambridge.
October 15, 2025 at 9:45 AM
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Upcoming Public Webinar:
“Roy Porter Remembered”

Hosted by the Christ's College Medical Alumni Association

6-7 pm, Tuesday, 21 October 2025

Register for free at royporterccmaa.eventbrite.co.uk
"The Greatest Medical Historian of his Generation" – Roy Porter Remembered
An online event reflecting on the life and legacy of medical historian Roy Porter, hosted by CCMAA and featuring Simon Schama and Bill Bynum
royporterccmaa.eventbrite.co.uk
October 15, 2025 at 9:44 AM