Flurin Condrau
@fcondrau.bsky.social
Professor of the history of medicine @uzh_en in Switzerland; interested in #HistSTM, #histmed. Co-editor of Social History of Medicine; using BlueSky in personal capacity.
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Hi @urbanhistorygroup.bsky.social
CFP for @eurohealthhist.bsky.social session at European Association for Urban History conf in Barcelona (2-5 Sept 2026). Urban Healthcare Architecture: Networks and Exchanges in 20th Century www.eauhbarcelona2026.eu/sessions/#session83 deadline: 22 Oct 2025).
CFP for @eurohealthhist.bsky.social session at European Association for Urban History conf in Barcelona (2-5 Sept 2026). Urban Healthcare Architecture: Networks and Exchanges in 20th Century www.eauhbarcelona2026.eu/sessions/#session83 deadline: 22 Oct 2025).
Sessions - EAUH2026
Sessions go to quick Sessions’ overview Session 1 Main Session The Cities that made the Empire: Connectivity and Urban Networks from Late Republican to Imperial Times Organizers Noelia Cases MoraUnive...
www.eauhbarcelona2026.eu
October 7, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Hi @urbanhistorygroup.bsky.social
CFP for @eurohealthhist.bsky.social session at European Association for Urban History conf in Barcelona (2-5 Sept 2026). Urban Healthcare Architecture: Networks and Exchanges in 20th Century www.eauhbarcelona2026.eu/sessions/#session83 deadline: 22 Oct 2025).
CFP for @eurohealthhist.bsky.social session at European Association for Urban History conf in Barcelona (2-5 Sept 2026). Urban Healthcare Architecture: Networks and Exchanges in 20th Century www.eauhbarcelona2026.eu/sessions/#session83 deadline: 22 Oct 2025).
A weird German word in academic circles is Selbstzahler. When conferences organise dinners (or drinks) but expect you to pay your own way. But then again, I remember a wedding do in the UK with a cash bar. The same idea, different context.
October 7, 2025 at 5:27 PM
A weird German word in academic circles is Selbstzahler. When conferences organise dinners (or drinks) but expect you to pay your own way. But then again, I remember a wedding do in the UK with a cash bar. The same idea, different context.
#Gesundheitswesen #Gesundheitskosten #Schweiz Tolles Interview mit Andreas Kistler zu Gesundheitskosten. Marktwirtschaftliche Organisation ohne Regulierung (und Koordination) versagt. www.tagesanzeiger.ch/krankenkasse...
Chefarzt fordert radikalen Umbau: «Ich sehe keinen vernünftigen Grund, eine Vielzahl von Krankenkassen zu betreiben»
Andreas Kistler sieht in den Marktmechanismen im Gesundheitswesen einen Grund für die Kostenexplosion. Die Spitäler würde er in eine nationale Gesundheitsorganisation integrieren.
www.tagesanzeiger.ch
September 24, 2025 at 6:53 AM
#Gesundheitswesen #Gesundheitskosten #Schweiz Tolles Interview mit Andreas Kistler zu Gesundheitskosten. Marktwirtschaftliche Organisation ohne Regulierung (und Koordination) versagt. www.tagesanzeiger.ch/krankenkasse...
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We Ran the C.D.C.: Kennedy Is Endangering Every American’s Health
William Foege and 8 other former CDC directors
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/o...
William Foege and 8 other former CDC directors
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/o...
Opinion | We Ran the C.D.C.: Kennedy Is Endangering Every American’s Health
www.nytimes.com
September 1, 2025 at 10:14 AM
We Ran the C.D.C.: Kennedy Is Endangering Every American’s Health
William Foege and 8 other former CDC directors
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/o...
William Foege and 8 other former CDC directors
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/o...
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Massive opportunity to work with us in Edinburgh on Medicine without Doctors. 5 full-time postdocs each for 5 years starting in April 2026. Please share widely!
🚨JOB KLAXON🚨
We are recruiting five 5-year postdoctoral fellows to work with us. Each post will be attached to a specific case study on the project (Abortion Care, AI, Physician Associates and/or LGBTQ+ Health Activism).
At:University of Edinburgh
Starting: April 2026
Deadline: 2 October 2025
We are recruiting five 5-year postdoctoral fellows to work with us. Each post will be attached to a specific case study on the project (Abortion Care, AI, Physician Associates and/or LGBTQ+ Health Activism).
At:University of Edinburgh
Starting: April 2026
Deadline: 2 October 2025
August 26, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Massive opportunity to work with us in Edinburgh on Medicine without Doctors. 5 full-time postdocs each for 5 years starting in April 2026. Please share widely!
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Your health has more to do with where you live than “what you individually do”, says Devi Sridhar on “Babbage”
Devi Sridhar: living a long life isn’t a solo endeavour
Our podcast on science and technology. Why government policy is key to increasing life expectancy
econ.st
August 20, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Your health has more to do with where you live than “what you individually do”, says Devi Sridhar on “Babbage”
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Interesting new book by old friend and #histmed colleague Christoph Gradmann: Another Magic Mountain: Kibong’oto Hospital and African Tuberculosis, 1920-2000 (Ohio University Press, 2025).
doi.org/10.2307/jj.2...
www.ohioswallow.com/978082142633...
doi.org/10.2307/jj.2...
www.ohioswallow.com/978082142633...
Another Magic Mountain
Kibong’oto Hospital, opened in 1926, is an East African tuberculosis treatment center located on the slopes of Mount Kilimanjaro. Its history is crucial to...
www.ohioswallow.com
August 15, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Interesting new book by old friend and #histmed colleague Christoph Gradmann: Another Magic Mountain: Kibong’oto Hospital and African Tuberculosis, 1920-2000 (Ohio University Press, 2025).
doi.org/10.2307/jj.2...
www.ohioswallow.com/978082142633...
doi.org/10.2307/jj.2...
www.ohioswallow.com/978082142633...
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Das "Zeitalter der Extreme" durch die Linse der Ernährung: Das ist das Thema meines vierten und letzten Podcasts zur ORF-Serie "Österreich - die ganze Geschichte".
sound.orf.at/podcast/tv/o...
sound.orf.at/podcast/tv/o...
Österreich - die ganze Geschichte - Hunger, Überfluss, Identität – Österreichs Ernährungsgeschichte
Diese Episode zeichnet die Geschichte der Ernährung in Österreich nach: von der höfischen Überfülle bis zur Mangelwirtschaft der Weltkriege, von bäuerlichen Essgewohnheiten bis zur heutigen Überflussg...
sound.orf.at
August 8, 2025 at 4:54 AM
Das "Zeitalter der Extreme" durch die Linse der Ernährung: Das ist das Thema meines vierten und letzten Podcasts zur ORF-Serie "Österreich - die ganze Geschichte".
sound.orf.at/podcast/tv/o...
sound.orf.at/podcast/tv/o...
Switzerland raises, on average, 25% import duties on agricultural products. For cheese, meat & vegetables often in excess of 100%. Consumers pay this, and popular votes regularly confirm the pillars of protectionist policies. Info from here (in German): www.avenir-suisse.ch/blog-zollfes...
Zollfestung Schweiz: Sieben Fragen zum Agrarprotektionismus - Avenir Suisse
Kennen Sie Donald Trumps Lieblingswort? Es heisst «tariffs», also Zölle. Trumps Ankündigung, gegen fast jedes Land im Minimum 10% Zölle zu erheben, treibt
www.avenir-suisse.ch
August 7, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Switzerland raises, on average, 25% import duties on agricultural products. For cheese, meat & vegetables often in excess of 100%. Consumers pay this, and popular votes regularly confirm the pillars of protectionist policies. Info from here (in German): www.avenir-suisse.ch/blog-zollfes...
Great opinion piece in the @mtlgazette.bsky.social on recent court decisions regarding Canadian pro hockey players. www.montrealgazette.com/opinion/colu...
Hanes: Sexual assault trials involving hockey players raise questions about locker-room bro culture
The Hockey Canada trial and two other recent cases had different outcomes, but troubling similarities.
www.montrealgazette.com
July 31, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Great opinion piece in the @mtlgazette.bsky.social on recent court decisions regarding Canadian pro hockey players. www.montrealgazette.com/opinion/colu...
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Open position⚠️
Come join us in Zurich as a pre-doc/research assistant in a diverse team working on a number of research projects on public finance, political economy and social wellbeing in Tanzania, DRC, Ecuador and Chile.
Applications here: www.povertyactionlab.org/careers/pre-...
Come join us in Zurich as a pre-doc/research assistant in a diverse team working on a number of research projects on public finance, political economy and social wellbeing in Tanzania, DRC, Ecuador and Chile.
Applications here: www.povertyactionlab.org/careers/pre-...
July 29, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Open position⚠️
Come join us in Zurich as a pre-doc/research assistant in a diverse team working on a number of research projects on public finance, political economy and social wellbeing in Tanzania, DRC, Ecuador and Chile.
Applications here: www.povertyactionlab.org/careers/pre-...
Come join us in Zurich as a pre-doc/research assistant in a diverse team working on a number of research projects on public finance, political economy and social wellbeing in Tanzania, DRC, Ecuador and Chile.
Applications here: www.povertyactionlab.org/careers/pre-...
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Read this, bookmark it, download it (& print it, too, if you want to go all out). But make sure you & yours know that medical history ( #histmed) has a solid response to the nonsense our HHS secretary is spouting. nursingclio.org/2025/06/30/m... 🧪🗃️ And follow @nursingclio.bsky.social. #MiasmaTheory
Miasma Theory: A Primer
I recently received an unusual request—could I explain miasma theory to an NPR reporter? Miasma theory is suddenly newsworthy, roughly 150 years after germ theory displaced this explanation for the…
nursingclio.org
June 30, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Read this, bookmark it, download it (& print it, too, if you want to go all out). But make sure you & yours know that medical history ( #histmed) has a solid response to the nonsense our HHS secretary is spouting. nursingclio.org/2025/06/30/m... 🧪🗃️ And follow @nursingclio.bsky.social. #MiasmaTheory
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At a time of crisis for the History departments across the UK @ihr.bsky.social has made available a unique archive of interviews with leading post-war British historians. They point to the importance of history & the urgent need to defend the profession. historyandpolicy.org/opinion-arti...
At a time of crisis for the profession, a unique collection of interviews demonstrates the importance of history. - History & Policy
At a time of crisis for the History departments across the UK, the Institute of Historical Research has made available a unique archive of interviews with some of the profession's leading post-war Bri...
historyandpolicy.org
June 30, 2025 at 8:31 AM
At a time of crisis for the History departments across the UK @ihr.bsky.social has made available a unique archive of interviews with leading post-war British historians. They point to the importance of history & the urgent need to defend the profession. historyandpolicy.org/opinion-arti...
Letzter Aufruf: Ich suche zur Verstärkung unseres Teams in Zürich Doktorand:in in Medizingeschichte - I look for one doctoral student for medical history to join us in Zurich. Deadline 30.6.2025. Details: jobs.uzh.ch/job-vacancie...
UZH: Assistant History of Medicine
The History of Medicine Group within the Institute of Biomedical Ethics and History of Medicine and the Center for Medical Humanities at the University of Zurich, led by Professor Flurin Condrau, seek...
jobs.uzh.ch
June 27, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Letzter Aufruf: Ich suche zur Verstärkung unseres Teams in Zürich Doktorand:in in Medizingeschichte - I look for one doctoral student for medical history to join us in Zurich. Deadline 30.6.2025. Details: jobs.uzh.ch/job-vacancie...
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June 26, 2025 at 8:06 AM
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📢 "ANIMAL-BASED: Historische Perspektiven auf Tiere in Medizin, Wissenschaft und Technik"
Das Programm der Jahrestagung 2025 an der @tudresden.bsky.social ist jetzt online.
Programm und Anmeldungen auf www.gwmt.de
#gwmt2025 #histsci #histmed #histtech
Das Programm der Jahrestagung 2025 an der @tudresden.bsky.social ist jetzt online.
Programm und Anmeldungen auf www.gwmt.de
#gwmt2025 #histsci #histmed #histtech
June 24, 2025 at 12:45 PM
📢 "ANIMAL-BASED: Historische Perspektiven auf Tiere in Medizin, Wissenschaft und Technik"
Das Programm der Jahrestagung 2025 an der @tudresden.bsky.social ist jetzt online.
Programm und Anmeldungen auf www.gwmt.de
#gwmt2025 #histsci #histmed #histtech
Das Programm der Jahrestagung 2025 an der @tudresden.bsky.social ist jetzt online.
Programm und Anmeldungen auf www.gwmt.de
#gwmt2025 #histsci #histmed #histtech
"The Mask" by @brunostrasser.bsky.social and #thomasschlich is out today. I have listened to talks and seen some papers and cannot wait to read this.
June 24, 2025 at 11:52 AM
"The Mask" by @brunostrasser.bsky.social and #thomasschlich is out today. I have listened to talks and seen some papers and cannot wait to read this.
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✨Join the team ✨ The Society's peer reviewed journal Social History of Medicine published by @oxfordacademic.bsky.social has a vacancy for a co-editor.
Deadline for applications 27 June 2025
Further details available at sshm.org/notices/
#histmed #skystorians
Deadline for applications 27 June 2025
Further details available at sshm.org/notices/
#histmed #skystorians
May 30, 2025 at 3:36 PM
✨Join the team ✨ The Society's peer reviewed journal Social History of Medicine published by @oxfordacademic.bsky.social has a vacancy for a co-editor.
Deadline for applications 27 June 2025
Further details available at sshm.org/notices/
#histmed #skystorians
Deadline for applications 27 June 2025
Further details available at sshm.org/notices/
#histmed #skystorians
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Excited to share a new commentary with @gcagatgcaatg.bsky.social in NPJ #Antimicrobials & Resistance on the need to expand narrow clinical approaches & reconceptualise #AMR within a #planetaryboundaries framework:
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
@cermes3.bsky.social @willhgaze.bsky.social #histmed
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
@cermes3.bsky.social @willhgaze.bsky.social #histmed
Beyond breakpoint – reconceptualising AMR as a symptom of planetary stress
npj Antimicrobials and Resistance - Planetary boundaries range from climate change to biosphere integrity. They define the safe space for humanity. Ecosystem impacts on microbes are missing from a...
www.nature.com
June 19, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Excited to share a new commentary with @gcagatgcaatg.bsky.social in NPJ #Antimicrobials & Resistance on the need to expand narrow clinical approaches & reconceptualise #AMR within a #planetaryboundaries framework:
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
@cermes3.bsky.social @willhgaze.bsky.social #histmed
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
@cermes3.bsky.social @willhgaze.bsky.social #histmed
What a fabulous gem if an essay on AI and education. big question remains: what is there to do apart frm more face-to-face interaction?
After the latest round of grading papers, I wrote about AI, ChatGPT, the death of the student essay, and what it means for the future of human cognition.
The Death of the Student Essay—and the Future of Cognition
One professor's reflections on the end of an era, as AI tools such as ChatGPT have murdered the student essay (RIP). Here's why that threatens the future of human cognition—and how to save ourselves.
www.forkingpaths.co
June 20, 2025 at 8:35 AM
What a fabulous gem if an essay on AI and education. big question remains: what is there to do apart frm more face-to-face interaction?
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🚨Salaried PhD position in history of medicine at the University of Zurich with the wonderful @fcondrau.bsky.social 🚨 (ignore the 60%, this is just the Swiss system, and amounts to a very respectable pay)
#histmed #histstm
jobs.uzh.ch/job-vacancie...
#histmed #histstm
jobs.uzh.ch/job-vacancie...
UZH: Assistant History of Medicine
The History of Medicine Group within the Institute of Biomedical Ethics and History of Medicine and the Center for Medical Humanities at the University of Zurich, led by Professor Flurin Condrau, seek...
jobs.uzh.ch
June 17, 2025 at 4:11 PM
🚨Salaried PhD position in history of medicine at the University of Zurich with the wonderful @fcondrau.bsky.social 🚨 (ignore the 60%, this is just the Swiss system, and amounts to a very respectable pay)
#histmed #histstm
jobs.uzh.ch/job-vacancie...
#histmed #histstm
jobs.uzh.ch/job-vacancie...