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Claire D. Clark
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Health humanist, pragmatist, slow historian (of drugs, medicine) / PhD, MPH / Med school professor / https://www.press.jhu.edu/books/title/53993/do-less-harm?srsltid=AfmBOoqODq-J8jgjniKuRAMajStQIJ6qOko
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Claire D. Clark @clairedclark.bsky.social · Nov 25
Join the Alcohol and Drugs History Society:
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Join the Health Humanities Consortium:
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It’s #openaccess week and I’m very proud that my new book will be published OA on @manifoldscholar.bsky.social thanks to a Mellon grant and the wonderful people at @foxcenteremory.bsky.social and @ecds-emory.bsky.social

You can preview here: jimcrowintheasylum.com
Jim Crow in the Asylum | Emory Center for Digital Scholarship - Manifold Scholarship
The Civil Rights movement of the 1950's and 60's sought to end racial segregation in all U.S. public institutions, including hospitals. Psychiatric hospitals became political battlegrounds over segreg...
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October 20, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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Came home to the best gift ever - a copy of my new book, edited with @drkyliesmith.bsky.social. This book is the culmination of years of fantastic conversations with some brilliant scholars, and I'm so thrilled to finally hold it in my hands. I might be prouder of this than my actual monograph. 1/
A hand holding a thick paperback book, which has a blue cover with the word "HARM" written in black letters crossed out with a red line repeated as a motif. The title is DO LESS HARM: ETHICAL QUESTIONS FOR HEALTH HISTORIANS edited by Courtney Thompson and Kylie Smith.
July 10, 2025 at 10:36 PM
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The AHA and the OAH have released a joint statement condemning recent efforts to censor historical content on federal government websites, at many public museums, and across a wide swath of government resources that include essential data. 🗃️
AHA–OAH Joint Statement on Federal Censorship of American History
The American Historical Association (AHA) and the Organization of American Historians (OAH) have released a joint statement condemning federal censorship of American history.
www.historians.org
March 13, 2025 at 6:24 PM
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The forthcoming collection, Do Less Harm: Ethics for Health Historians (edited by Courtney Thompson and Kylie Smith and out August 5 from Johns Hopkins University Press) is a bright spot in these bleak academic times.

Pre-order below!

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Do Less Harm
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February 28, 2025 at 9:54 PM
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Social History of Alcohol and Drugs (SHAD) Journal- call for new journal editors:

The current editors of SHAD will complete their term of office in spring 2026. Call for proposals from potential candidates - or teams thereof - by January 15th 2025: www.pointshistory.org/post/call-fo....
Call for Proposals: Editors of the Social History of Alcohol and Drugs
ADHS invites applications for the position of Editor-in-Chief of its peer-reviewed journal, The Social History of Alcohol and Drugs.
www.pointshistory.org
November 29, 2024 at 11:40 AM
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Join the Alcohol and Drugs History Society:
press.uchicago.edu/ucp/journals...

Join the Health Humanities Consortium:
healthhumanitiesconsortium.wildapricot.org/Join-us/
November 25, 2024 at 5:54 PM
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#Histmed, are you out there?! AAHM is now on Bluesky 💙 We will no longer use our Twitter account, so follow along here for announcements, updates on our centennial meeting, and an ✨occasional✨ plea for donations.
November 24, 2024 at 6:39 PM