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Dr Claire Martin
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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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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
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📣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
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📣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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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