Christos Lynteris
@visualplague.bsky.social
Professor of Medical Anthropology (St Andrews) researching and writing on zoonoses, plague, epidemics, history of colonial medicine, animal studies, and visual culture
https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/social-anthropology/people/cl12
https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/social-anthropology/people/cl12
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So great to see my new book How Plague Got Rats:
Mastering a Zoonotic Pandemic, published OA @hopkinspress.bsky.social next May, has got a cover! www.press.jhu.edu/books/title/...
Mastering a Zoonotic Pandemic, published OA @hopkinspress.bsky.social next May, has got a cover! www.press.jhu.edu/books/title/...
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The differences between the article and book versions of Jacques Derrida’s “Cogito and the History of Madness”
progressivegeographies.com/2026/02/09/t...
progressivegeographies.com/2026/02/09/t...
The differences between the article and book versions of Jacques Derrida’s “Cogito and the History of Madness”
Derrida, “Cogito et histoire de la folie” Derrida, “A propos de «Cogito et histoire de la folie»” Derrida, L’écriture et la différence The cover pages of the 1963 article, the 1964 addendum, and th…
progressivegeographies.com
February 9, 2026 at 8:50 AM
The differences between the article and book versions of Jacques Derrida’s “Cogito and the History of Madness”
progressivegeographies.com/2026/02/09/t...
progressivegeographies.com/2026/02/09/t...
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Very excited to announce this workshop on environmental approaches to modern British History taking place this September at @lincoln.ox.ac.uk. Please share!
CALL FOR PAPERS - Modern British History and the 'Environmental Turn'.
A two-day workshop organised by @maxlong.bsky.social and myself at Lincoln College, Oxford, 16-17 September. Deadline for abstracts is 15 May.
Details in poster below, please share.
A two-day workshop organised by @maxlong.bsky.social and myself at Lincoln College, Oxford, 16-17 September. Deadline for abstracts is 15 May.
Details in poster below, please share.
February 5, 2026 at 2:12 PM
Very excited to announce this workshop on environmental approaches to modern British History taking place this September at @lincoln.ox.ac.uk. Please share!
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My short article on ‘ontological friction’ is out now! Super grateful to @evasurawy.bsky.social for the incredible support
Annie James introduces the concept of ‘ontological friction’ to explore the medical and lived complexity of a form of menstrual pain.
thepolyphony.org/2026/02/02/o...
thepolyphony.org/2026/02/02/o...
Ontological Friction: Understanding Dysmenorrhea through Multiplicity
Annie James introduces the concept of ‘ontological friction’ to explore the medical and lived complexity of a form of menstrual pain.
thepolyphony.org
February 8, 2026 at 5:23 AM
My short article on ‘ontological friction’ is out now! Super grateful to @evasurawy.bsky.social for the incredible support
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Patrick Boucheron écrit une grande saga de la peste et parvient à en faire une ode à la vie
www.nouvelobs.com/idees/202602...
www.nouvelobs.com/idees/202602...
Patrick Boucheron écrit une grande saga de la peste et parvient à en faire une ode à la vie
Dix ans après son élection au Collège de France, Patrick Boucheron publie ce qui pourrait bien devenir son « grand œuvre » : un récit inédit de la grande épidémie du Moyen Age, où le biologique et le ...
www.nouvelobs.com
February 1, 2026 at 6:59 PM
Patrick Boucheron écrit une grande saga de la peste et parvient à en faire une ode à la vie
www.nouvelobs.com/idees/202602...
www.nouvelobs.com/idees/202602...
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Current calls for RHS funding (closing 6 March) bit.ly/4tdarCb:
> David Berry Fellowship in History of Scotland, for all career stages
> Early Career Fellowships Grants
> Open Research Support Grants, for mid-career historians
Applications from current RHS Fellows / Members now invited 1/2
> David Berry Fellowship in History of Scotland, for all career stages
> Early Career Fellowships Grants
> Open Research Support Grants, for mid-career historians
Applications from current RHS Fellows / Members now invited 1/2
Calls for research funding from the Royal Historical Society: current programmes to March 2026 - RHS
The Society currently invites applications for the following three schemes — open to historians across a range of career stages and backgrounds — with closing dates of 6 March 2026. For further inform...
bit.ly
February 2, 2026 at 11:21 AM
Current calls for RHS funding (closing 6 March) bit.ly/4tdarCb:
> David Berry Fellowship in History of Scotland, for all career stages
> Early Career Fellowships Grants
> Open Research Support Grants, for mid-career historians
Applications from current RHS Fellows / Members now invited 1/2
> David Berry Fellowship in History of Scotland, for all career stages
> Early Career Fellowships Grants
> Open Research Support Grants, for mid-career historians
Applications from current RHS Fellows / Members now invited 1/2
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"Doctors nationally are describing harrowing consequences for patients who delayed seeking care or skipped it altogether..." @danielpayne.bsky.social reports on the ICE crackdown's chilling effect on immigrants seeking necessary health care. www.statnews.com/2026/02/03/i...
Fearing ICE crackdown, immigrants nationally are avoiding treatment, sometimes with dire consequences
Doctors nationally are describing harrowing consequences for patients who put off medical care because of fears of ICE.
www.statnews.com
February 3, 2026 at 3:18 PM
"Doctors nationally are describing harrowing consequences for patients who delayed seeking care or skipped it altogether..." @danielpayne.bsky.social reports on the ICE crackdown's chilling effect on immigrants seeking necessary health care. www.statnews.com/2026/02/03/i...
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Our conference #cfp is now live! This year's conference, "Embodied Histories: Body, Mind and Experience" will take place on 17th July 2026 at University of Birmingham!
Keep on reading to find out more...(1/9)
Keep on reading to find out more...(1/9)
February 6, 2026 at 9:36 AM
Our conference #cfp is now live! This year's conference, "Embodied Histories: Body, Mind and Experience" will take place on 17th July 2026 at University of Birmingham!
Keep on reading to find out more...(1/9)
Keep on reading to find out more...(1/9)
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The second talk in the Urban Multiplicities Seminar Series will be delivered by @ayonadatta.bsky.social (@uclgeography.bsky.social)
Tuesday 10th February, 16:30–18:00, Small Lecture Theatre. All welcome!
Tuesday 10th February, 16:30–18:00, Small Lecture Theatre. All welcome!
February 4, 2026 at 9:57 PM
The second talk in the Urban Multiplicities Seminar Series will be delivered by @ayonadatta.bsky.social (@uclgeography.bsky.social)
Tuesday 10th February, 16:30–18:00, Small Lecture Theatre. All welcome!
Tuesday 10th February, 16:30–18:00, Small Lecture Theatre. All welcome!
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Daniel Allen and I are organising an @rgsibg.bsky.social conference (hybrid) session on legal animal geographies.
We invite papers that not only highlight current multispecies injustice, but seek to challenge, resist, and contest these systems to create more just multispecies worlds and futures.
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We invite papers that not only highlight current multispecies injustice, but seek to challenge, resist, and contest these systems to create more just multispecies worlds and futures.
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February 4, 2026 at 7:19 PM
Daniel Allen and I are organising an @rgsibg.bsky.social conference (hybrid) session on legal animal geographies.
We invite papers that not only highlight current multispecies injustice, but seek to challenge, resist, and contest these systems to create more just multispecies worlds and futures.
1
We invite papers that not only highlight current multispecies injustice, but seek to challenge, resist, and contest these systems to create more just multispecies worlds and futures.
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📙🐘 Humanimalia special issue “Elephant (Research) Routes” edited by Marianna Szczygielska and Violette Pouillard.
It contributes to a rereading of scientific narratives about elephants, seeking to strengthen multidisciplinary dialogue and promote co-existence.
🔗 bit.ly/4Io8V
#SocSci #OpenAccess
It contributes to a rereading of scientific narratives about elephants, seeking to strengthen multidisciplinary dialogue and promote co-existence.
🔗 bit.ly/4Io8V
#SocSci #OpenAccess
February 5, 2026 at 10:55 PM
📙🐘 Humanimalia special issue “Elephant (Research) Routes” edited by Marianna Szczygielska and Violette Pouillard.
It contributes to a rereading of scientific narratives about elephants, seeking to strengthen multidisciplinary dialogue and promote co-existence.
🔗 bit.ly/4Io8V
#SocSci #OpenAccess
It contributes to a rereading of scientific narratives about elephants, seeking to strengthen multidisciplinary dialogue and promote co-existence.
🔗 bit.ly/4Io8V
#SocSci #OpenAccess
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Kennedy Makes Unfounded Claim That Keto Diet Can ‘Cure’ Schizophrenia
www.nytimes.com
February 6, 2026 at 1:47 AM
A brilliant new Granta issue including works by Louise Bourgeois, Guadalupe Nettel and many others
We are pleased to reveal the cover and contributors to Granta 174: Therapy.
We live in a therapeutic age. In this issue, writers explore the talking cure and alternative forms of therapy.
The issue publishes 12 February 2026.
We live in a therapeutic age. In this issue, writers explore the talking cure and alternative forms of therapy.
The issue publishes 12 February 2026.
February 5, 2026 at 8:48 PM
A brilliant new Granta issue including works by Louise Bourgeois, Guadalupe Nettel and many others
Very happy to see the Visual Representations of the Third Plague Pandemic project @crasshlive.bsky.social @standrewsanthro.bsky.social featured @erc.europa.eu Frontier Research for One Health erc.europa.eu/sites/defaul...
February 5, 2026 at 8:42 PM
Very happy to see the Visual Representations of the Third Plague Pandemic project @crasshlive.bsky.social @standrewsanthro.bsky.social featured @erc.europa.eu Frontier Research for One Health erc.europa.eu/sites/defaul...
Looking forward to reading Patrick Boucheron's book on the Black Death published @editionsduseuil.bsky.social www.seuil.com/ouvrage/pest...
February 5, 2026 at 7:47 PM
Looking forward to reading Patrick Boucheron's book on the Black Death published @editionsduseuil.bsky.social www.seuil.com/ouvrage/pest...
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Annie James introduces the concept of ‘ontological friction’ to explore the medical and lived complexity of a form of menstrual pain.
thepolyphony.org/2026/02/02/o...
thepolyphony.org/2026/02/02/o...
Ontological Friction: Understanding Dysmenorrhea through Multiplicity
Annie James introduces the concept of ‘ontological friction’ to explore the medical and lived complexity of a form of menstrual pain.
thepolyphony.org
February 2, 2026 at 12:13 PM
Annie James introduces the concept of ‘ontological friction’ to explore the medical and lived complexity of a form of menstrual pain.
thepolyphony.org/2026/02/02/o...
thepolyphony.org/2026/02/02/o...
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New book by @globalhealing.bsky.social, a fabulous young mental health scholar!
In "Empire of Madness," Kham "re-evaluates the Western approach to mental health, which medicates symptoms instead of changing the structures that harm the human psyche
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/725148...
In "Empire of Madness," Kham "re-evaluates the Western approach to mental health, which medicates symptoms instead of changing the structures that harm the human psyche
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/725148...
February 5, 2026 at 1:47 PM
New book by @globalhealing.bsky.social, a fabulous young mental health scholar!
In "Empire of Madness," Kham "re-evaluates the Western approach to mental health, which medicates symptoms instead of changing the structures that harm the human psyche
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/725148...
In "Empire of Madness," Kham "re-evaluates the Western approach to mental health, which medicates symptoms instead of changing the structures that harm the human psyche
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/725148...
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We're thrilled to have joined Bluesky 🎉
Follow us for updates on library resources, research support, open access, including LSHTM Press and highlights from our archives.
We're looking forward to connecting and sharing with you here soon! 🙌
Follow us for updates on library resources, research support, open access, including LSHTM Press and highlights from our archives.
We're looking forward to connecting and sharing with you here soon! 🙌
February 2, 2026 at 4:32 PM
We're thrilled to have joined Bluesky 🎉
Follow us for updates on library resources, research support, open access, including LSHTM Press and highlights from our archives.
We're looking forward to connecting and sharing with you here soon! 🙌
Follow us for updates on library resources, research support, open access, including LSHTM Press and highlights from our archives.
We're looking forward to connecting and sharing with you here soon! 🙌
This semester's @standrewsanthro.bsky.social seminar programme opens tomorrow with Ben Jones and Ben Eyre (University of East Anglia) presenting on: Local Assistant to What? ... Thinking through Ethical Ethnographic Research Relationships
February 5, 2026 at 6:00 PM
This semester's @standrewsanthro.bsky.social seminar programme opens tomorrow with Ben Jones and Ben Eyre (University of East Anglia) presenting on: Local Assistant to What? ... Thinking through Ethical Ethnographic Research Relationships
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Texte médiéval fascinant, le "Roman de Renart" offre une plongée dans la société européenne du XIIe siècle et une réflexion très actuelle sur la mutation brutale des écosystèmes.
Pour en parler, Mathieu Arnoux est l'invité de "L'Histoire, le podcast"
👉 www.lhistoire.fr/podcast/reli...
Pour en parler, Mathieu Arnoux est l'invité de "L'Histoire, le podcast"
👉 www.lhistoire.fr/podcast/reli...
February 5, 2026 at 11:03 AM
Texte médiéval fascinant, le "Roman de Renart" offre une plongée dans la société européenne du XIIe siècle et une réflexion très actuelle sur la mutation brutale des écosystèmes.
Pour en parler, Mathieu Arnoux est l'invité de "L'Histoire, le podcast"
👉 www.lhistoire.fr/podcast/reli...
Pour en parler, Mathieu Arnoux est l'invité de "L'Histoire, le podcast"
👉 www.lhistoire.fr/podcast/reli...
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"Comprendre le choc du Covid-19"
Ariane Ferrand, @lemonde.fr
Ariane Ferrand, @lemonde.fr
February 5, 2026 at 9:25 AM
"Comprendre le choc du Covid-19"
Ariane Ferrand, @lemonde.fr
Ariane Ferrand, @lemonde.fr
A very interesting exhibition at the Institut du monde arabe (Paris): Tenter l’art pour soigner - À l’hôpital psychiatrique de Blida-Joinville dans les années 1960 www.imarabe.org/fr/agenda/ex...
Tenter l’art pour soigner - À l’hôpital psychiatrique de Blida-Joinville dans les années 1960
En 2021, le musée de l’Institut du monde arabe reçoit une généreuse donation : un ensemble d’archives, de céramiques peintes et de nombreuses planches dessinées à la gouache, exécutées à la fin des an...
www.imarabe.org
February 4, 2026 at 9:26 AM
A very interesting exhibition at the Institut du monde arabe (Paris): Tenter l’art pour soigner - À l’hôpital psychiatrique de Blida-Joinville dans les années 1960 www.imarabe.org/fr/agenda/ex...
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A lire aussi dans ce nouveau numéro, l’article événement :
"Relire le Roman de Renart", par Mathieu Arnoux
👉 www.lhistoire.fr/relire-le-%C...
"Relire le Roman de Renart", par Mathieu Arnoux
👉 www.lhistoire.fr/relire-le-%C...
January 29, 2026 at 7:04 AM
A lire aussi dans ce nouveau numéro, l’article événement :
"Relire le Roman de Renart", par Mathieu Arnoux
👉 www.lhistoire.fr/relire-le-%C...
"Relire le Roman de Renart", par Mathieu Arnoux
👉 www.lhistoire.fr/relire-le-%C...
Next week (11/02) @crasshlive.bsky.social the second Decolonising Plant Knowledge Research Network symposium this term will focus on "Ethnobotany shaped by entheogens" with speakers including Raphael Uchôa, Roy Ellen, and William Millike www.crassh.cam.ac.uk/events/47844/
Ethnobotany shaped by entheogens - CRASSH
Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities
www.crassh.cam.ac.uk
February 4, 2026 at 9:20 AM
Next week (11/02) @crasshlive.bsky.social the second Decolonising Plant Knowledge Research Network symposium this term will focus on "Ethnobotany shaped by entheogens" with speakers including Raphael Uchôa, Roy Ellen, and William Millike www.crassh.cam.ac.uk/events/47844/
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How did the Covid-19 pandemic lay bare and exacerbate changes in work and labor? Our latest Hot Spots series is a global look at how labor has changed as a social form and object of study.
February 1, 2026 at 4:09 PM
How did the Covid-19 pandemic lay bare and exacerbate changes in work and labor? Our latest Hot Spots series is a global look at how labor has changed as a social form and object of study.
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Claire Jeantils, Rong Huang, and Benjamin Dalton unravel the stories behind the International Narrative Neurology Network (INNN), a cross-sectoral network that investigates Narrative Neurology from a practical and theoretical perspective.
thepolyphony.org/2026/01/29/i...
thepolyphony.org/2026/01/29/i...
Hearing the Neuro-Voice in the International Narrative Neurology Network (INNN)
Claire Jeantils, Rong Huang, and Benjamin Dalton unravel the stories behind the International Narrative Neurology Network (INNN), a cross-sectoral network that investigates Narrative Neurology from…
thepolyphony.org
January 29, 2026 at 12:12 PM
Claire Jeantils, Rong Huang, and Benjamin Dalton unravel the stories behind the International Narrative Neurology Network (INNN), a cross-sectoral network that investigates Narrative Neurology from a practical and theoretical perspective.
thepolyphony.org/2026/01/29/i...
thepolyphony.org/2026/01/29/i...