Adam Biggs
adambiggsphd.bsky.social
Adam Biggs
@adambiggsphd.bsky.social
Historian of race, civil rights, and medicine. Assistant Professor in the Dept of Science and Technology Studies at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. #RacialJusticeLab
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A bit late announcing it, but delighted to say the project I worked on @leopoldina.org funded by @maxplanck.de is now available online! The database of the victims of biomedical research under National Socialism is open access, including biographies ns-medical-victims.org/mpg-project
Victims of Biomedical Research under National Socialism
ns-medical-victims.org
June 15, 2025 at 9:50 PM
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I wrote this recently as part of the new Emergency Response series at @nursingclio.bsky.social being edited by my friend and colleague @cethompson.bsky.social Read more here: nursingclio.org/2025/05/21/i...
May 25, 2025 at 10:46 AM
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Graduate students: looking to hone your writing skills? Apply by April 21 to be an #AHAPerspectives summer columnist! Columnists will write about a theme of their choosing in two related columns. Columnists will receive a 1-year AHA membership and honorarium. 🗃️
Want to Write for the AHA?: Apply to Become a Perspectives Summer Columnist
Submit your application by Sunday, April 21!
www.historians.org
April 19, 2024 at 2:35 PM
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🚨 POSTDOC in #histmed 3+ years!🚨

📍 in beautiful Zürich
🌾 open field
✉️ only cover letter and CV to apply
💰 generous Swiss salary
👥 with wonderful colleagues @fcondrau.bsky.social Yvan Prkachin

(don't be put off by the "60-80%", that's just the Swiss way of calculating salary)
Postdoc in #histmed at @UZH_en - 3 years initially, open search, any topic. Check us out and talk to me or
#YvanPrkachin via mail if interested. Details:
jobs.uzh.ch/offene-stell...
April 20, 2024 at 5:25 AM
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Postdoc in #histmed at @UZH_en - 3 years initially, open search, any topic. Check us out and talk to me or
#YvanPrkachin via mail if interested. Details:
jobs.uzh.ch/offene-stell...
April 19, 2024 at 10:30 AM
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Grateful for the opportunity to contribute this short reflection on the place of emotions in the history of science and medicine classroom to this special section of Historical Studies in the Natural Sciences on pedagogy.
What Place for Emotions in the History of Science and Medicine Classroom?
In The Cultural Politics of Emotion, Sara Ahmed argues that Enlightenment and modernity are not just about reason’s triumph over emotion but also about the ability to have the “appropriate” emotions (...
online.ucpress.edu
March 12, 2024 at 10:53 PM
December 13, 2023 at 12:51 AM
50 hires in African American studies… 🤯
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December 13, 2023 at 12:49 AM
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My book is available at a 30% discount from UNC Press! @uncpress.bsky.social Discount code 01UNCP30
October 12, 2023 at 3:00 PM
It’s a great time to donate to the AAHM. Check out Barron’s presidential message… histmed.org/newsletters/...
September 24, 2023 at 8:24 PM
Katherine Carroll will be sharing her work at RPI tomorrow connecting the architectural design of medical schools with the racial politics of “modernizing” medicine!
September 19, 2023 at 10:19 PM