This FEVER historian spent the last few days deep in the beautiful archives of the Royal College of Physicians in Edinburgh, in the footsteps of the many doctors who came here in the 1700s to learn about fevers.

Our FEVER Workshop wrapped up on Friday — what a pleasure and privilege it was! Huge thanks to all who joined us, and especially to our wonderful speakers, including Kevin Siena, @wraggem.bsky.social, Chris Hamlin, Margaret DeLacy, and Ricardo Cabral de Freitas.

Ahead of our FEVER-workshop on 10-11 July, we'll be hosting Kevin Siena's talk "The Foetus is made by Contagion: Pathology and the Enlightenment Debate on Human Variety", next Wednesday (July 9) at 16:15CET at the lecture hall of Heidelberg's History Faculty or online via zoom (e-mail us for link!).

Brought some FEVER to the table during the “Science, History and Globalization" Spring School in Maó, at the beautiful Institut Menorquí d'Estudis. Many thanks to the organisers - Oliver Hochadel, Agustí Nieto Galán, Beatrice Falcucci & Daniele Cozzoli - for bringing everyone together!

It was a real pleasure to explore the past and present of fever(s) together with my colleague Ulrich Schwarz from Biophysics yesterday! Thanks to the organisers from InterdisciPlenary Heidelberg for making this event happen!

Wir freuen uns sehr, Euch kommenden Mittwoch zum Kolloquium der Neueren Geschichte am Historischen Seminar in Heidelberg einladen zu dürfen! Unsere Doktorandin @jennysure.bsky.social wird mit einem Vortrag über Affekte als Ursache, Symptom und Heilmittel bei Fiebererkrankungen das Semester eröffnen:

Herzliche Einladung zum interdisziplinären Vortrag zum "Phänomen Fieber: Es braucht mehr als Medizin" von our very own Stefanie Gänger gemeinsam mit @ulrichschwarz.bsky.social (Physik) am Montag, den 28.April um 19:15 Uhr im Hörsaal 14 der NeuenUniversität @uniheidelberg.bsky.social. Wir freuen uns!

Spent the day in the beautifully located Archive of the Nobility in Toledo, reading eighteenth-century letters by noblemen and women suffering from fevers, exchanging recipes for febrifuges, laments, and well-wishes.

Join us for the book launch of Rethinking Global History (open access: doi.org/10.1017/9781...), with speakers such as Jeremy Adelman, Jürgen Osterhammel and John-Paul A. Ghobrial, on May 14, 2025, 4:15-5:45pm (CET). Email modern.history@zegk.uni-heidelberg.de to request link. And spread the word!

Here's Heidelberg enjoying Daniel Margocsy's brilliant talk on the authorship of the Hortus Malabaricus... And on fevers, of course!

Some impressions from yesterday's talk by @ctimmermann.bsky.social on the ancient but yet very modern concept of inflammation. This was great fun!

A couple of snapshots of last week's FEVER lecture with Johanna Johnen (Cologne), who gave a wonderful talk on illness(es) as carriers of meaning for gender identities. Thanks to everyone who joined us! We very much look forward to the next FEVER talk on Malaria in China with Elizabeth Hsu (Oxford).

Our very own @Yijie Huang, who has also recently joined BlueSky, has spotted fever-tombstones at the Hong Kong Cemetery in Happy Valley, which housed the graves of members of the British military force and their families.

Thanks to everyone who came to our panel on histories of disease in colonial Latin America at the 100th annual meeting of the History of Science Society, especially to Alexandria Herrera for bringing us together! It was a delight! Hasta la próxima!

A part of the #Fever team attended the 100th annual meeting of the History of Science Society in Mérida! We’ve engaged in very interesting discussions and gained new insights as well.

#CFP We are excited to announce the workshop “Fever: Histories of (a) Disease, c. 1750-1840”, which will take place on 10-11 July 2025 in Heidelberg 📍 and invite paper proposals related to the subject of fever(s)! Spread the word!

Feel free to join us for the next dates of our lecture series on the history of fever(s), either in person at Heidelberg's history faculty or virtually via Zoom! You can request the link via dm.

Some impressions of @teresagoeltl.bsky.social's talk yesterday on salvery & health policies in the French Caribbean colonies. Thanks to everyone that joined us! We look forward to seeing you in December 11 for the next talk of the FEVER lecture series on gender & illness.