@historianalice.bsky.social
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#histnursing @histnurse.bsky.social the brilliant Sue Campbell giving a lightening talk "Addressing Historical Patriarchy on Wikipedia: Raising the Profile of Nursing Pioneers in Glasgow and Beyond". #nursesinred
📢 Women’s History Scotland Conference Registration open!
Join us for New Directions in Women’s and Gender History in Scotland and the Sue Innes Memorial Lecture given by @vawright10.bsky.social
🗓 Saturday 13 Sept 2025, Kinning Park Complex
Book here 🔗 www.tickettailor.com/events/women...
Join us for New Directions in Women’s and Gender History in Scotland and the Sue Innes Memorial Lecture given by @vawright10.bsky.social
🗓 Saturday 13 Sept 2025, Kinning Park Complex
Book here 🔗 www.tickettailor.com/events/women...
Buy tickets – Women’s History Scotland Conference: New Directions in Women’s and Gender History in Scotland – Kinning Park Complex, Glasgow
Women’s History Scotland are delighted to announce their one-day conference is taking place on Saturday 13 September 2025 at th...
www.tickettailor.com
August 14, 2025 at 3:48 PM
#histnursing @histnurse.bsky.social the brilliant Sue Campbell giving a lightening talk "Addressing Historical Patriarchy on Wikipedia: Raising the Profile of Nursing Pioneers in Glasgow and Beyond". #nursesinred
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Here's a blog post by the Museum Data Service, about the work I've been doing as their Wikimedian in Residence
Putting UK collections on the map - Museum Data Service
We've been working working hard to beef up our interactive guide to the UK's museum collections. Here's what's new.
museumdata.uk
April 16, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Here's a blog post by the Museum Data Service, about the work I've been doing as their Wikimedian in Residence
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WORLD-FIRST: Ground-breaking research published today in the Ornithologist Journal has, for the first time, translated common UK bird vocalisations into equivalent phrases in the human language.
The results tell us a lot!
Extracts below... 🧵
The results tell us a lot!
Extracts below... 🧵
April 1, 2025 at 9:40 AM
WORLD-FIRST: Ground-breaking research published today in the Ornithologist Journal has, for the first time, translated common UK bird vocalisations into equivalent phrases in the human language.
The results tell us a lot!
Extracts below... 🧵
The results tell us a lot!
Extracts below... 🧵
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☎️Calling #HistMed Students & New Graduates📢
The Roy Porter Essay Prize deadline's tomorrow (1 Feb), 5pmGMT)! There's still time! Prizes include cash, conference plenary slot, mentoring, & places at our publication masterclass! Eligibility & entry form 👇
#HistSTM #DisHist #HistPsych #HistNursing 🗃️
The Roy Porter Essay Prize deadline's tomorrow (1 Feb), 5pmGMT)! There's still time! Prizes include cash, conference plenary slot, mentoring, & places at our publication masterclass! Eligibility & entry form 👇
#HistSTM #DisHist #HistPsych #HistNursing 🗃️
Prizes
2024/5 ROY PORTER STUDENT ESSAY PRIZE COMPETITION 2024-roy-porter-prize-entry-formDownload Rules and Entry Form The Society for the Social History of Medicine invites submissions to its 2024/5 Roy …
sshm.org
January 31, 2025 at 12:38 PM
☎️Calling #HistMed Students & New Graduates📢
The Roy Porter Essay Prize deadline's tomorrow (1 Feb), 5pmGMT)! There's still time! Prizes include cash, conference plenary slot, mentoring, & places at our publication masterclass! Eligibility & entry form 👇
#HistSTM #DisHist #HistPsych #HistNursing 🗃️
The Roy Porter Essay Prize deadline's tomorrow (1 Feb), 5pmGMT)! There's still time! Prizes include cash, conference plenary slot, mentoring, & places at our publication masterclass! Eligibility & entry form 👇
#HistSTM #DisHist #HistPsych #HistNursing 🗃️
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A reminder of this event, 'Help Shape the Future of Archaeological Knowledge on Wikipedia!' coming up on Tue 11 Feb and organised by @ads-update.bsky.social and @wikimediauk.bsky.social 👇
Help Shape the Future of Archaeological Knowledge on Wikipedia!
Join @ads-update.bsky.social and @wikimediauk.bsky.social on Tue 11 Feb, 12:00-15:00 for this exciting online edit-a-thon
Join @ads-update.bsky.social and @wikimediauk.bsky.social on Tue 11 Feb, 12:00-15:00 for this exciting online edit-a-thon
Help Shape the Future of Archaeological Knowledge on Wikipedia!
Join the ADS and Wikimedia UK online to enhance references on Wikipedia using DOIs and making research more accessible to all!
www.eventbrite.co.uk
January 30, 2025 at 12:31 PM
A reminder of this event, 'Help Shape the Future of Archaeological Knowledge on Wikipedia!' coming up on Tue 11 Feb and organised by @ads-update.bsky.social and @wikimediauk.bsky.social 👇
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📢 Rediscover natural history!
The Linnean Society of London invites historians, archivists, curators, and artists to (re)visit natural history.
🗓️ Tuesday, February 11 · 9:30am - 7pm GMT - London
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/symposium-...
Supported by BSHS through a small events grant! 🌟
The Linnean Society of London invites historians, archivists, curators, and artists to (re)visit natural history.
🗓️ Tuesday, February 11 · 9:30am - 7pm GMT - London
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/symposium-...
Supported by BSHS through a small events grant! 🌟
Symposium | (Re)discovering Natural History
A symposium with historians, archivists, curators & artists to discuss ways of finding and telling the best stories in special collections.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
January 20, 2025 at 4:23 PM
📢 Rediscover natural history!
The Linnean Society of London invites historians, archivists, curators, and artists to (re)visit natural history.
🗓️ Tuesday, February 11 · 9:30am - 7pm GMT - London
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/symposium-...
Supported by BSHS through a small events grant! 🌟
The Linnean Society of London invites historians, archivists, curators, and artists to (re)visit natural history.
🗓️ Tuesday, February 11 · 9:30am - 7pm GMT - London
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/symposium-...
Supported by BSHS through a small events grant! 🌟
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⏰ Final Reminder!
The deadline for the BSHS Annual Conference 2025 CfP is TOMORROW! Submit your individual papers or sessions by Fri, 17 Jan 2025.
📍 When & Where:
8–10 July 2025, Cambridge
🌟 Open to researchers at all career stages & nationalities on any HSTM topic!
conference.bshs.org.uk
The deadline for the BSHS Annual Conference 2025 CfP is TOMORROW! Submit your individual papers or sessions by Fri, 17 Jan 2025.
📍 When & Where:
8–10 July 2025, Cambridge
🌟 Open to researchers at all career stages & nationalities on any HSTM topic!
conference.bshs.org.uk
January 16, 2025 at 12:06 PM
⏰ Final Reminder!
The deadline for the BSHS Annual Conference 2025 CfP is TOMORROW! Submit your individual papers or sessions by Fri, 17 Jan 2025.
📍 When & Where:
8–10 July 2025, Cambridge
🌟 Open to researchers at all career stages & nationalities on any HSTM topic!
conference.bshs.org.uk
The deadline for the BSHS Annual Conference 2025 CfP is TOMORROW! Submit your individual papers or sessions by Fri, 17 Jan 2025.
📍 When & Where:
8–10 July 2025, Cambridge
🌟 Open to researchers at all career stages & nationalities on any HSTM topic!
conference.bshs.org.uk
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'There is Victorian boxing.'
YES there is! 🤜🏻🤛🏾
From today's Guardian.
'The new Peaky Blinders'! ☺️
There's ALSO a whole team of young Black and Asian British writers behind #AThousandBlows too, though...
YES there is! 🤜🏻🤛🏾
From today's Guardian.
'The new Peaky Blinders'! ☺️
There's ALSO a whole team of young Black and Asian British writers behind #AThousandBlows too, though...
January 3, 2025 at 9:12 AM
'There is Victorian boxing.'
YES there is! 🤜🏻🤛🏾
From today's Guardian.
'The new Peaky Blinders'! ☺️
There's ALSO a whole team of young Black and Asian British writers behind #AThousandBlows too, though...
YES there is! 🤜🏻🤛🏾
From today's Guardian.
'The new Peaky Blinders'! ☺️
There's ALSO a whole team of young Black and Asian British writers behind #AThousandBlows too, though...
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Wikipedia has a new article, 'Effects of climate change on health in the United Kingdom', collaboratively created by over 20 researchers from UK universities and health institutes.
Facilitated by @adamharangozo.bsky.social and @tatjana-baleta.bsky.social
https://buff.ly/3C7KSN4
#climatechange
Facilitated by @adamharangozo.bsky.social and @tatjana-baleta.bsky.social
https://buff.ly/3C7KSN4
#climatechange
Effects of climate change on health in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia
buff.ly
January 14, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Wikipedia has a new article, 'Effects of climate change on health in the United Kingdom', collaboratively created by over 20 researchers from UK universities and health institutes.
Facilitated by @adamharangozo.bsky.social and @tatjana-baleta.bsky.social
https://buff.ly/3C7KSN4
#climatechange
Facilitated by @adamharangozo.bsky.social and @tatjana-baleta.bsky.social
https://buff.ly/3C7KSN4
#climatechange
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If you think your medical history monograph is worth a prize, why not enter it for the EAHMH book prize this year? Details in this link: eahmh.org/prizes/
Prizes – European Association for the History of Medicine and HealthToggle MenuScroll to topScroll to top
eahmh.org
January 15, 2025 at 9:17 AM
If you think your medical history monograph is worth a prize, why not enter it for the EAHMH book prize this year? Details in this link: eahmh.org/prizes/
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The @rcn.org.uk #NursesInRed #Wikipedia project continues
Meet Rachael Cox Davies CBE, RRC (1862-1944) born in #Wales, Matron of the Royal Free Hospital and co-founder of the Royal College of Nursing
#HistNursing #HistMed #WomensHistory #WomenInRed
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rachael...
Meet Rachael Cox Davies CBE, RRC (1862-1944) born in #Wales, Matron of the Royal Free Hospital and co-founder of the Royal College of Nursing
#HistNursing #HistMed #WomensHistory #WomenInRed
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rachael...
Rachael Cox-Davies - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
January 15, 2025 at 9:28 AM
The @rcn.org.uk #NursesInRed #Wikipedia project continues
Meet Rachael Cox Davies CBE, RRC (1862-1944) born in #Wales, Matron of the Royal Free Hospital and co-founder of the Royal College of Nursing
#HistNursing #HistMed #WomensHistory #WomenInRed
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rachael...
Meet Rachael Cox Davies CBE, RRC (1862-1944) born in #Wales, Matron of the Royal Free Hospital and co-founder of the Royal College of Nursing
#HistNursing #HistMed #WomensHistory #WomenInRed
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rachael...
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The RCN History of Nursing Forum have a blog about their #Wikipedia #NursesInRed #HistNursing activities.
Inc details of their next training session on 3rd February for RCN members who want to join in!
www.rcn.org.uk/news-and-eve...
Inc details of their next training session on 3rd February for RCN members who want to join in!
www.rcn.org.uk/news-and-eve...
Nurses in red | Blogs | Royal College of Nursing
Are you interested in the history of nursing and want to learn more? In this blog we describe our experiences in the History of Nursing Forum 'Nurses in Red' Project. We have a wiki learning event on ...
www.rcn.org.uk
January 6, 2025 at 1:23 PM
The RCN History of Nursing Forum have a blog about their #Wikipedia #NursesInRed #HistNursing activities.
Inc details of their next training session on 3rd February for RCN members who want to join in!
www.rcn.org.uk/news-and-eve...
Inc details of their next training session on 3rd February for RCN members who want to join in!
www.rcn.org.uk/news-and-eve...
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Ten years ago today @stephenfry.bsky.social kindly agreed to my request to record his voice for his Wikipedia article. Then Tweeted about it. It made the news later that month. It was over three weeks before there was a day without a new press story about it. #WikiVIP
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Stephen Fry - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
January 7, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Ten years ago today @stephenfry.bsky.social kindly agreed to my request to record his voice for his Wikipedia article. Then Tweeted about it. It made the news later that month. It was over three weeks before there was a day without a new press story about it. #WikiVIP
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A New Year's #NursesInRed entry as part of @thercn.bsky.social #Wikipedia project.
Meet Anna Baillie RRC, Matron of #Bristol Royal Infirmary for 25 years 1898-1923.
#HistNursing #HistMed #WomensHistory
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Ba...
Meet Anna Baillie RRC, Matron of #Bristol Royal Infirmary for 25 years 1898-1923.
#HistNursing #HistMed #WomensHistory
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Ba...
Anna Baillie - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
January 2, 2025 at 9:30 AM
A New Year's #NursesInRed entry as part of @thercn.bsky.social #Wikipedia project.
Meet Anna Baillie RRC, Matron of #Bristol Royal Infirmary for 25 years 1898-1923.
#HistNursing #HistMed #WomensHistory
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Ba...
Meet Anna Baillie RRC, Matron of #Bristol Royal Infirmary for 25 years 1898-1923.
#HistNursing #HistMed #WomensHistory
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Ba...
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🔔 2 weeks to go! Have an innovative science history exhibit? Apply for the BSHS Exhibiting Excellence Prize by 16 Dec and share your work with a broader audience. #HistSci #ExhibitingExcellence
CfA: Exhibiting Excellence Prize 2024
Visit the post for more.
buff.ly
December 2, 2024 at 10:30 AM
🔔 2 weeks to go! Have an innovative science history exhibit? Apply for the BSHS Exhibiting Excellence Prize by 16 Dec and share your work with a broader audience. #HistSci #ExhibitingExcellence
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📢 The new BSHS Postgraduate Newsletter is here! 🍂 Updates on our 2025 PG Conference, workshops, opportunities, and ways to get involved. Check it out and join the growing BSHS PG community! Details 👉 https://buff.ly/4i7utbz #BSHSPostgrads #HSTM #HistSTEM #PGLife #Postgrads
Postgraduate Hub
Visit the post for more.
buff.ly
November 26, 2024 at 10:15 AM
📢 The new BSHS Postgraduate Newsletter is here! 🍂 Updates on our 2025 PG Conference, workshops, opportunities, and ways to get involved. Check it out and join the growing BSHS PG community! Details 👉 https://buff.ly/4i7utbz #BSHSPostgrads #HSTM #HistSTEM #PGLife #Postgrads
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🚨 Announcing the 2024 Ayrton Prize! 🚨
Have a digital project in the history of science, tech, or medicine? Win £300 + a feature in Viewpoint! Submit by 16 Dec, 5 PM UK (UTC+1). Eligible formats: podcasts, apps, websites & more. Details https://buff.ly/3OblzMy #HistSTM
Have a digital project in the history of science, tech, or medicine? Win £300 + a feature in Viewpoint! Submit by 16 Dec, 5 PM UK (UTC+1). Eligible formats: podcasts, apps, websites & more. Details https://buff.ly/3OblzMy #HistSTM
CfA: Ayrton Prize 2024
Visit the post for more.
buff.ly
November 18, 2024 at 3:25 PM
🚨 Announcing the 2024 Ayrton Prize! 🚨
Have a digital project in the history of science, tech, or medicine? Win £300 + a feature in Viewpoint! Submit by 16 Dec, 5 PM UK (UTC+1). Eligible formats: podcasts, apps, websites & more. Details https://buff.ly/3OblzMy #HistSTM
Have a digital project in the history of science, tech, or medicine? Win £300 + a feature in Viewpoint! Submit by 16 Dec, 5 PM UK (UTC+1). Eligible formats: podcasts, apps, websites & more. Details https://buff.ly/3OblzMy #HistSTM
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My most recent book. Please read and let me know what you think. Order it for your library. Fits into stockings. Stops doors. Contains pictures. Discusses the social determinants of mental health. Recommends universal basic income. Don't read while cycling.
cup.columbia.edu/book/the-fir....
cup.columbia.edu/book/the-fir....
The First Resort | Columbia University Press
Social psychiatry was a mid-twentieth-century approach to mental health that stressed the prevention of mental illness rather than its treatment. Its propone... | CUP
cup.columbia.edu
November 13, 2024 at 8:42 AM
My most recent book. Please read and let me know what you think. Order it for your library. Fits into stockings. Stops doors. Contains pictures. Discusses the social determinants of mental health. Recommends universal basic income. Don't read while cycling.
cup.columbia.edu/book/the-fir....
cup.columbia.edu/book/the-fir....
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JOB KLAXON 📢
Would you (or someone excellent you know) like to come do a funded history #PhD with @rebwright.bsky.social and me on the 'Carbon Bodies' project? 🥵🥶🌡️
Info on the project: t.co/IlbeVLiQAm
Info on the PhD #JobAlert: t.co/v6zr8fR0RH
#HSTM #HistMed #HistSci
Would you (or someone excellent you know) like to come do a funded history #PhD with @rebwright.bsky.social and me on the 'Carbon Bodies' project? 🥵🥶🌡️
Info on the project: t.co/IlbeVLiQAm
Info on the PhD #JobAlert: t.co/v6zr8fR0RH
#HSTM #HistMed #HistSci
a red and white thermometer is showing a temperature of 68 degrees celsius
Alt: a red and white thermometer is shown with the temperature rising up and down
media.tenor.com
November 13, 2024 at 12:04 PM
JOB KLAXON 📢
Would you (or someone excellent you know) like to come do a funded history #PhD with @rebwright.bsky.social and me on the 'Carbon Bodies' project? 🥵🥶🌡️
Info on the project: t.co/IlbeVLiQAm
Info on the PhD #JobAlert: t.co/v6zr8fR0RH
#HSTM #HistMed #HistSci
Would you (or someone excellent you know) like to come do a funded history #PhD with @rebwright.bsky.social and me on the 'Carbon Bodies' project? 🥵🥶🌡️
Info on the project: t.co/IlbeVLiQAm
Info on the PhD #JobAlert: t.co/v6zr8fR0RH
#HSTM #HistMed #HistSci
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#OTD 12 November 1924 a meeting in a drawing room attended by leading figures in the UK's electrical world was inspired by Mrs Mabel Matthews' idea to form the Electrical Association for Women. The event was commemorated on EAW's 40th anniversary #teatowels in 1964 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electri...
November 12, 2024 at 10:00 PM
#OTD 12 November 1924 a meeting in a drawing room attended by leading figures in the UK's electrical world was inspired by Mrs Mabel Matthews' idea to form the Electrical Association for Women. The event was commemorated on EAW's 40th anniversary #teatowels in 1964 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electri...