Kate Errington
@kateerrington.bsky.social
Research Assistant at UCL on the BAM50 Project / Research Fellow at Birkbeck UoL. Researching social history of pregnancy & maternity care in the 20th C.
I am delighted that my artwork was selected in the Postgraduate Pedagogies cover art competition! Volume 5, Issue 1 is now available to download postgradpedagogies.lse.ac.uk/6/volume/5/i...
July 2, 2025 at 4:20 PM
I am delighted that my artwork was selected in the Postgraduate Pedagogies cover art competition! Volume 5, Issue 1 is now available to download postgradpedagogies.lse.ac.uk/6/volume/5/i...
Travelled up to @teessideuni.bsky.social to showcase some of the public engagement work I've been doing with IMPRINT. We discussed historical public health materials and created a community collage with festival goers
April 29, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Travelled up to @teessideuni.bsky.social to showcase some of the public engagement work I've been doing with IMPRINT. We discussed historical public health materials and created a community collage with festival goers
And the second event, on 5 June a half-day symposium at U. of Greenwich, organised by @cparkmorton.bsky.social, Victoria Adkins & Natalie Richardson. Read more: tinyurl.com/38jwtdad
March 17, 2025 at 6:39 PM
And the second event, on 5 June a half-day symposium at U. of Greenwich, organised by @cparkmorton.bsky.social, Victoria Adkins & Natalie Richardson. Read more: tinyurl.com/38jwtdad
Don't mind me - just some more @bconceived.bsky.social updates! There's still time to sign up to tomorrow's event with @drbeldavis.bsky.social. If you're UK-based, then you'll also have a chance to win a copy Conceiving Histories 📖 register here: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/3192db...
March 17, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Don't mind me - just some more @bconceived.bsky.social updates! There's still time to sign up to tomorrow's event with @drbeldavis.bsky.social. If you're UK-based, then you'll also have a chance to win a copy Conceiving Histories 📖 register here: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/3192db...
No photos from the conference, but just look at this sunset ❤️
March 12, 2025 at 7:25 PM
No photos from the conference, but just look at this sunset ❤️
Final day today at The Baby Show, talking with the public about the past, present (and future!) of maternal vaccination and infection health communication, thanks to the IMPRINT public engagement fund.
March 9, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Final day today at The Baby Show, talking with the public about the past, present (and future!) of maternal vaccination and infection health communication, thanks to the IMPRINT public engagement fund.
TAKE PART IN RESEARCH
I'm looking to speak with pregnant people from the North-East of England. Together, we'll be looking at historical messages about risk during pregnancy.
📅Mid-February
🧭Gosforth, Newcastle upon Tyne
Learn more:
divinworrymams.wordpress.com
I'm looking to speak with pregnant people from the North-East of England. Together, we'll be looking at historical messages about risk during pregnancy.
📅Mid-February
🧭Gosforth, Newcastle upon Tyne
Learn more:
divinworrymams.wordpress.com
January 30, 2025 at 9:38 AM
TAKE PART IN RESEARCH
I'm looking to speak with pregnant people from the North-East of England. Together, we'll be looking at historical messages about risk during pregnancy.
📅Mid-February
🧭Gosforth, Newcastle upon Tyne
Learn more:
divinworrymams.wordpress.com
I'm looking to speak with pregnant people from the North-East of England. Together, we'll be looking at historical messages about risk during pregnancy.
📅Mid-February
🧭Gosforth, Newcastle upon Tyne
Learn more:
divinworrymams.wordpress.com
Yesterday I received a prize in the Gwynne-Vaughan Medal Competition, hosted by the Birkbeck Graduate Research School. Highly commended in the current student category. Thanks to my supervisors @drbel and Robin Basu Roy for your ongoing support 🌟
January 30, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Yesterday I received a prize in the Gwynne-Vaughan Medal Competition, hosted by the Birkbeck Graduate Research School. Highly commended in the current student category. Thanks to my supervisors @drbel and Robin Basu Roy for your ongoing support 🌟
Spent yesterday pouring through the papers of childbirth activist Sheila Kitzinger at @ExploreWellcome - I wonder if there's anything I can do with this lovely marginalia 🐢
January 30, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Spent yesterday pouring through the papers of childbirth activist Sheila Kitzinger at @ExploreWellcome - I wonder if there's anything I can do with this lovely marginalia 🐢
Enjoying my secondhand copy of The Making of the Unborn Patient by Monica J. Casper. Particularly the annotations 🤯
January 30, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Enjoying my secondhand copy of The Making of the Unborn Patient by Monica J. Casper. Particularly the annotations 🤯
As part of the project I'm looking to collaborate with a midwife. Info below - please RT and share. Happy to answer any Qs about the collaboration opportunity - DM me or email kerrin01@student.bbk.ac.uk
January 30, 2025 at 9:36 AM
As part of the project I'm looking to collaborate with a midwife. Info below - please RT and share. Happy to answer any Qs about the collaboration opportunity - DM me or email kerrin01@student.bbk.ac.uk
Spent the last week in Florence and fascinated (delighted and perplexed) by the images of the breastfeeding Virgin Mary. Does anyone know anything about breastfeeding at this time / these images? Would love to learn more
January 30, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Spent the last week in Florence and fascinated (delighted and perplexed) by the images of the breastfeeding Virgin Mary. Does anyone know anything about breastfeeding at this time / these images? Would love to learn more
I'm looking to collaborate with a #midwife on a #PublicEngagement project based in Newcastle upon Tyne. Could this be you? Or do you know anyone who might be interested? 👇
Get in touch: kerrin01@student.bbk.ac.uk
Please RT
Get in touch: kerrin01@student.bbk.ac.uk
Please RT
January 30, 2025 at 9:36 AM
I'm looking to collaborate with a #midwife on a #PublicEngagement project based in Newcastle upon Tyne. Could this be you? Or do you know anyone who might be interested? 👇
Get in touch: kerrin01@student.bbk.ac.uk
Please RT
Get in touch: kerrin01@student.bbk.ac.uk
Please RT
Putting my finishing touches on the PPT for the 'Pregnancy Advice from the Archives' workshop with @CHASEMedHums - there's still time to sign up!
- Thursday 14 July, 5-6.30pm (UK time)
- Free to attend
chase.ac.uk/events-1/medic…
- Thursday 14 July, 5-6.30pm (UK time)
- Free to attend
chase.ac.uk/events-1/medic…
January 30, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Putting my finishing touches on the PPT for the 'Pregnancy Advice from the Archives' workshop with @CHASEMedHums - there's still time to sign up!
- Thursday 14 July, 5-6.30pm (UK time)
- Free to attend
chase.ac.uk/events-1/medic…
- Thursday 14 July, 5-6.30pm (UK time)
- Free to attend
chase.ac.uk/events-1/medic…
Reading Spare Rib (issues between 1977-79) in the @britishlibrary - articles on abortion rights and access, and being able to walk at night without fear of rape and/or assault. Hugely depressing that we're still demanding these basic rights 45 years later...
January 30, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Reading Spare Rib (issues between 1977-79) in the @britishlibrary - articles on abortion rights and access, and being able to walk at night without fear of rape and/or assault. Hugely depressing that we're still demanding these basic rights 45 years later...
A highlight from my archival research has been reading 1970s recipes for pregnant women. Here are some highlights from today - Brandy Egg Nog for "when you can't face solid foods". And we really did enjoy a mould...
January 30, 2025 at 9:35 AM
A highlight from my archival research has been reading 1970s recipes for pregnant women. Here are some highlights from today - Brandy Egg Nog for "when you can't face solid foods". And we really did enjoy a mould...
Great first session at the SHAPE conference with @danieljayregan discussing the importance of the arts. Zine making and collaborative poetry
January 30, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Great first session at the SHAPE conference with @danieljayregan discussing the importance of the arts. Zine making and collaborative poetry
We're setting up in the Keynes now - can't wait to hear from our amazing set of speakers!
January 30, 2025 at 9:35 AM
We're setting up in the Keynes now - can't wait to hear from our amazing set of speakers!
I had a medical procedure where 2 male drs talked about me, not to me. Discussing my results with each other, in a medical language I did not understand. They did not explain the "twinkling artefacts
January 30, 2025 at 9:35 AM
I had a medical procedure where 2 male drs talked about me, not to me. Discussing my results with each other, in a medical language I did not understand. They did not explain the "twinkling artefacts
Great workshop with @goodfriendsfalt for @birkbeck_arts week, on the use of feminist collage. Here is my group's masterpiece on the theme of 'domesticating death
January 30, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Great workshop with @goodfriendsfalt for @birkbeck_arts week, on the use of feminist collage. Here is my group's masterpiece on the theme of 'domesticating death
Another brilliant event from #BeingHuman2021 today with @ActivismLearn and Sarah Edwards on "Tote Bag Feminism" - here is my contribution and a link to the (brilliant) talk:
youtu.be/WfJ0l5CYncc
youtu.be/WfJ0l5CYncc
January 30, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Another brilliant event from #BeingHuman2021 today with @ActivismLearn and Sarah Edwards on "Tote Bag Feminism" - here is my contribution and a link to the (brilliant) talk:
youtu.be/WfJ0l5CYncc
youtu.be/WfJ0l5CYncc