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Dr Claire Martin
@claireplmartin.bsky.social
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#Historian of gender, sexuality, health & the life cycle in modern Britain.
Research Fellow, Histories of #SexualHealth in Britain, 1918-1980, University of Birmingham.
Queer | Feminist | French | Vegan | She/her
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drkyliesmith.bsky.social
Today is official publication day of @cethompson.bsky.social and my little collection “Do Less Harm: Ethical Questions for Health Historians”. It has 28 essays on names, images, museum and archival practices, teaching, reparations, positionality, citation and more. www.press.jhu.edu/books/title/...
Do Less Harm
Ethical Questions for Health Historians
www.press.jhu.edu
August 5, 2025 at 6:46 PM
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drsarahlkenny.bsky.social
It was a real pleasure to speak to @drdaveobrien.bsky.social about my new book Growing Up and Going Out, which was published with @manchesterup.bsky.social recently! if you're so inclined, you can listen to us talk about youth culture, cities, and identity below.
July 18, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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tomhulme.bsky.social
A few tickets left for this talk next week for Belfast Pride 2025!

Come hear about a ‘female husband’ dockworker (1880s), a scandalous Victorian male brothel, Jazz Age gay novels, a trans woman in mid 20th c. Ballycastle, & NI’s (sadly forgotten) 1st lesbian activist!

linenhall.com/event/sex-lo...
Sex, Love, and Everyday Life: A History of Northern Ireland before Gay Liberation - The Linen Hall, Belfast
Ask the average person on the street what they know about Northern Ireland’s LGBTQ+ or ‘queer’ history, and they will likely mention the Reverend Ian Paisley’s notorious campaign to ‘Save […]
linenhall.com
July 16, 2025 at 6:17 PM
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sarahcrook.bsky.social
🎉 Delighted to see the publication of Penny Tinkler’s latest article in @mbhjournal.bsky.social:
‘What if?’ Early marriage and the ‘shadow selves’ of young women from the late 1950s to early 1970s.' Thank you for submitting it to us, Penny!

Read it here: doi.org/10.1093/tcbh...
‘What if?’ Early marriage and the ‘shadow selves’ of young women from the late 1950s to early 1970s
Abstract. The value of producing counterfactual history has been hotly debated, but principally in relation to major public events. Drawing on oral history
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July 14, 2025 at 11:15 AM
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sineadcarter.bsky.social
I'm looking for participants for my oral history on space and feminism! Please share with anybody you feel may have contacts and email me if you have any questions or would like to get involved: sinead.carter@pgr.reading.ac.uk
As part of my PhD research on space (i.e the built environment/social space) and feminism during the British Women’s Liberation Movement, I’m looking for oral history participants to interview about their experiences. You don’t need to have thought about space and your activism- I’m just interested in your experiences! If you were involved in Reclaim the Night, squatting/housing activism, or feminist architecture from c.1968-1990 (ish), you can contact me on this platform or email me: sinead.carter@pgr.reading.ac.uk. Please share with anyone you think may have contacts!
July 4, 2025 at 12:18 PM
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drkyliesmith.bsky.social
My one and only author/editor copy of #dolessharm has arrived! 368 pages of goodness put together by me and @cethompson.bsky.social and 27 other fantastic authors. Thank you @hopkinspress.bsky.social ! Buy yours here: www.press.jhu.edu/books/title/...
June 29, 2025 at 12:08 AM
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charlielynch.bsky.social
Historian here, holder of multiple degrees, previous holder of RA posts, co-author of book, journal articles, numerous essays and book reviews - attributes and skills seemingly unwanted by most employers. Seeks freelance work, writing, editing, researching, etc, in pursuit of paying bills.
May 24, 2025 at 11:35 AM
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pwhitewood.bsky.social
And two Research Fellow posts at the University of Leeds on the 4-year project ‘The Soviet Union, the WHO and Global Health, 1957-91’, which looks superb.

www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNE369/r...
Research Fellow in Global Health History x2 at University of Leeds
Looking for a new job opportunity in academia? Check out this job opening for a Research Fellow in Global Health History x2 on jobs.ac.uk!
www.jobs.ac.uk
May 22, 2025 at 9:27 AM
claireplmartin.bsky.social
Call for artists: We are looking to collaborate with a graphic novelist to create a graphic novel about people's experiences of sexual health in 20th century Britain. Please share widely!
May 20, 2025 at 11:44 AM
claireplmartin.bsky.social
📣Registration is still open for ‘Sexual Health: Past, Present and Future’. Check out our exciting programme below! Join us in person or online. Registration is FREE but essential.
⏰2-3 July 2025
🏛️University of Birmingham / online
👉Register here by Monday 2nd June: forms.office.com/e/mQHq8NgSmQ
April 30, 2025 at 11:47 AM
claireplmartin.bsky.social
📣Registration is open for our workshop, 'Sexual Health: Past, Present and Future'! Join us in person or online. Registration is FREE but essential.
⏰ 2-3 July 2025
🏛️ University of Birmingham / online
👉 Register here: forms.office.com/e/mQHq8NgSmQ
#histmed #histsex #medhums #sexualhealth #SRH #HIV
Sexual Health: Past, Present and Future A multidisciplinary workshop Join us in person or online Room WG17, Centre for Lifelong Learning, University of Birmingham, 2-3 July 2025 The prevention, treatment and control of sexually transmissible infections, including HIV, has a complex history. It has been the catalyst for significant developments in medicine and public health. But it has also been stigmatised, occupying a grey area between quackery and reputable medicine. Sexual health embodied fears about social disorder, at times seen as a ‘racial poison’ and a threat to colonial, state and military authority. And it was used as an excuse for human experimentation, draconian legislation and the persecution of minoritised and marginalised communities. Yet event with such a turbulent history, sexual health currently faces one of its greatest crises. Rates of syphilis are at their highest since 1948 and there are more cases of gonorrhoea than at any other point since records began. Barriers to PrEP uptake persist. While RSE has improved, significant shortcomings remain. The impact of mental health, poverty and domestic violence on sexual-health outcomes are not adequately addressed. Services decimated by underfunding are no longer accessible to many who need them. And a lack of culturally competent, inclusive provisions means that many service users feel alienated by the services that are available. All of this is exacerbating deep inequalities in health outcomes and wellbeing. This multidisciplinary workshop is an opportunity for researchers and health professionals to explore the historical legacies and challenges facing sexual health today and in the future. It is supported by the UKRI project ‘Histories of Sexual Health in Britain’ and is CPD accredited by the Federation of the Royal Colleges of Physicians. Scan the QR code to register. Registration is free but essential.
March 28, 2025 at 1:05 PM
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hannahcharnock.bsky.social
‘Teenage Intimacies’ is now officially out in the world! It’s a history of teenage sexuality in postwar England that speaks to ideas of growing up, adolescence, friendship, family, identity, culture and education. It’s been a long time coming but I’m really proud of the end result! 🗃️ #histsex
Picture of my book Teenage Intimacies: Young women, sex and social life in England 1950-80
March 27, 2025 at 11:23 AM
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socialhistsoc.bsky.social
📢Bookings for our 2025 conference are now open!

⏰7-9th July 2025
🏢Black Country Living Museum, Dudley
🗣️Biggest gathering of social & cultural historians in the UK

👉Book online here: socialhistory.org.uk/membership/a...

🗃️ History Humanities
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socialhistory.org.uk
March 17, 2025 at 10:06 AM
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kevinmatthewjones.bsky.social
Confirmed publication date for my book - first week of April!

Read for a long durée history of psychological classification, and how the development of concepts of diagnosis was fuelled by their application in asylum health statistics

www.waterstones.com/book/psychol...
Psychological Classification and Diagnosis in Asylum Statistics, 1800 - 1948 by Kevin Matthew Jones | Waterstones
Buy Psychological Classification and Diagnosis in Asylum Statistics, 1800 - 1948 by Kevin Matthew Jones from Waterstones today! Click and Collect from your local Waterstones or get FREE UK delivery on...
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March 12, 2025 at 9:56 AM
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nursingclio.bsky.social
📢📢📢 Pitch call! Are you interested in writing about medicine, gender, or public health? Consider submitting an article to our editorial team. Details on submission guidelines below 👇
March 11, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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jbhist.bsky.social
Our edited collection is published Open Access by @bloomsburyhist.bsky.social on 6 February! We have wonderful chapters exploring inherited objects and stories! We loved putting it together @katieebarclay.bsky.social @tanyaevans.bsky.social @ashleybarnwell.bsky.social @lauracking.bsky.social
Cover of the edited collection Inheriting the Family.
February 5, 2025 at 9:54 AM
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drsarahlkenny.bsky.social
Arrived home to the most wonderful surprise. Growing Up and Going Out is here!
Front cover of Growing Up and Going Out.
February 4, 2025 at 9:16 PM
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ncecire.bsky.social
Funded PhD studentship with our lovely colleagues over at Brighton Uni: Supporting trans and non-binary inclusion: wellbeing and dignity in health and social care www.brighton.ac.uk/research/pos...
Funded PhD project in trans and non-binary inclusion
An opportunity to develop a PhD project around trans and non-binary inclusion within health and social care.
www.brighton.ac.uk
January 21, 2025 at 8:17 PM
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lucycann.bsky.social
My article on AIDS voluntary organisations' responses to Black gay men (1980s-2000) is out in @mbhjournal.bsky.social. It traces the contrasting ways in which Terrence Higgins Trust, Blackliners and Naz Project engaged with communities with particular needs. academic.oup.com/tcbh/advance...
Issues | Modern British History | Oxford Academic
Publishes research that covers the variety of British history in the twentieth century in all its aspects. It links the many different and specialized branches of historical scholarship with work in p...
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January 20, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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rebeccajennings.bsky.social
Only a month to go until the CfP deadline for the 'Legacies of Section 28' conference, which will bring together historians, educators and activists to explore the context and impact of the legislation. Send in your abstracts and please share with your networks! royalhistsoc.org/calendar/leg...
Legacies of Section 28 – CALL FOR PAPERS | RHS
royalhistsoc.org
December 19, 2024 at 9:57 AM
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slagstadk.bsky.social
Call for Papers for the biannual conference organized by the European Association for the History of Medicine and Health in Berlin August 26-29, 2025. Submission is now open! #histmed hi.converia.de/frontend/ind...
Home – EAHMH 2025 Health Beyond Medicine
hi.converia.de
December 17, 2024 at 9:34 AM
claireplmartin.bsky.social
Excited to share the call for papers for our multidisciplinary workshop ‘Sexual Health: Past, Present and Future’ (also on our website: tinyurl.com/34vbucud). Please share widely!
⏰ Deadline for abstracts: 14 February 2025
#histsex #histmed #sexualhealth #SRH #GUM
December 17, 2024 at 12:39 PM
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justinepick.bsky.social
Are you an historian (ECR, PGR) and interested in working with television? Then these online workshops in 2025 may be for you! 👇
ianmillerhistor.bsky.social Ian Miller @ianmillerhistor.bsky.social · Dec 16
Please circulate:

These @UlsterUni online workshops will train historians in working with television. Learn how to use historical research to develop and pitch screen-based ideas. Talks by industry experts and experienced historians. Suitable for ECRs, PhDs and MA researchers

tinyurl.com/4r5bhxcp
Historians on Screen - Turning Research into Broadcast Ideas
A training workshop organised by Ian Miller, Mark Benson, Rebecca Watterson, Hannah Brown(Schools of History, Communication/Media and Psychology, Ulster University).
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December 16, 2024 at 2:42 PM
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hpsvanessa.bsky.social
🗃️fully funded UK-based PhD project on "Translating Monstrosity: Constructions of Difference in Early Modern England and France" joint UCL & Wellcome collection, inc UK Home fees, AHRC stipend & additional Wellcome research expense funds for 3.5 years. d-line 31 Jan. more info via:
Opportunities
Find opportunities to join UCL History in academic, research, teaching and learning, admin and other capacities below.
www.ucl.ac.uk
December 16, 2024 at 9:17 AM