Manon C Williams
@manoncwilliams.bsky.social
Historian of health and medicine in the 18th and 19th c. maritime world || Caird Fellow @ Royal Museums Greenwich and Pearsall Early Career Fellow in Naval and Maritime History @ the Institute of Historical Research, London
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Who else is watching the fantastic #Empire series by @davidolusoga.bsky.social? It was a pleasure to be involved in this - dangerous and disease-ridden #prisonhulks were used in England for 80 years from 1776, propping up the rotten system of convict transportation. Check out episode 2 for more!
November 20, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Who else is watching the fantastic #Empire series by @davidolusoga.bsky.social? It was a pleasure to be involved in this - dangerous and disease-ridden #prisonhulks were used in England for 80 years from 1776, propping up the rotten system of convict transportation. Check out episode 2 for more!
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A new installation on ‘Medical alumni in history’ has been unveiled at the School of Medicine. It was designed and installed by our recent PhD graduate – and historian of medicine – @manoncwilliams.bsky.social, and features notable alumni from 19th and 20th century St Andrews. (1/3)
November 18, 2025 at 3:55 PM
A new installation on ‘Medical alumni in history’ has been unveiled at the School of Medicine. It was designed and installed by our recent PhD graduate – and historian of medicine – @manoncwilliams.bsky.social, and features notable alumni from 19th and 20th century St Andrews. (1/3)
I was thrilled to travel to Scotland this week to open an installation I’ve been working on for the School of Medicine @uniofstandrews.bsky.social. The installation showcases diverse alumni from St Andrews’ past to inspire incoming students to the #MBChB. #histmed #medsky #medhums #skystorians
November 14, 2025 at 11:52 AM
I was thrilled to travel to Scotland this week to open an installation I’ve been working on for the School of Medicine @uniofstandrews.bsky.social. The installation showcases diverse alumni from St Andrews’ past to inspire incoming students to the #MBChB. #histmed #medsky #medhums #skystorians
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Think about the way that the current scientific publishing system is draining resources out of the research ecosystem... That drain is most obvious in terms of money (and this is so despite #openaccess), but there's also an erosion of time, trust and control [1/n]
November 14, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Think about the way that the current scientific publishing system is draining resources out of the research ecosystem... That drain is most obvious in terms of money (and this is so despite #openaccess), but there's also an erosion of time, trust and control [1/n]
If you’re in London and want to learn more about how aged and disabled sailors were declared ‘unfit for service’ and invalided from the Navy, join me on 26 November. I’ll be giving a public talk in Greenwich based on my Caird Research Fellowship.
More info here: www.rmg.co.uk/whats-on/que...
More info here: www.rmg.co.uk/whats-on/que...
Salons in the Queen's House: Unfit for Service
In this free lunchtime talk, historian Dr Manon Williams will explore how the Royal Navy treated sailors who were judged ‘unfit for service’ due to injury, illness, or old age
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October 31, 2025 at 11:36 AM
If you’re in London and want to learn more about how aged and disabled sailors were declared ‘unfit for service’ and invalided from the Navy, join me on 26 November. I’ll be giving a public talk in Greenwich based on my Caird Research Fellowship.
More info here: www.rmg.co.uk/whats-on/que...
More info here: www.rmg.co.uk/whats-on/que...
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"Friedrich Engels ‘took creative liberties’ with descriptions of class divides in Manchester"
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
Article itself is #OpenAccess:
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
#History 🗃️
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
Article itself is #OpenAccess:
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
#History 🗃️
Friedrich Engels ‘took creative liberties’ with descriptions of class divides in Manchester
Cambridge historian Emily Chung finds philosopher’s blistering depictions of segregation may have been exaggerated
www.theguardian.com
October 21, 2025 at 6:48 AM
"Friedrich Engels ‘took creative liberties’ with descriptions of class divides in Manchester"
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
Article itself is #OpenAccess:
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
#History 🗃️
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
Article itself is #OpenAccess:
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
#History 🗃️
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In 1837, James McCune Smith became the first Black doctor to graduate from a UK university. You can use the Bibliography of British and Irish History (BBIH) to learn about the many Black individuals who have contributed to the development of medicine and medical communities in the UK and Ireland
October 21, 2025 at 1:05 PM
In 1837, James McCune Smith became the first Black doctor to graduate from a UK university. You can use the Bibliography of British and Irish History (BBIH) to learn about the many Black individuals who have contributed to the development of medicine and medical communities in the UK and Ireland
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The Battle of Trafalgar took place #OnThisDay in 1805 ⚓
Discover an Eyewitness Account of the battle by the Assistant-Surgeon of H.M.S Swiftsure – in The Navy Records Society's online magazine: buff.ly/iGWYEvn
#Navyrecords #navalhistory #OTD #Trafalgar #nelson #Admiralty #historic
Discover an Eyewitness Account of the battle by the Assistant-Surgeon of H.M.S Swiftsure – in The Navy Records Society's online magazine: buff.ly/iGWYEvn
#Navyrecords #navalhistory #OTD #Trafalgar #nelson #Admiralty #historic
Trafalgar Eyewitness Account by the Assistant-Surgeon of H.M.S Swiftsure – The Navy Records Society
This letter by Robert Hilton appears to be a collaborative account of the engagements of Trafalgar, as a surgeon’s mate would have been below deck during the battle. Each of the surviving letters…
www.navyrecords.org.uk
October 21, 2025 at 2:26 PM
The Battle of Trafalgar took place #OnThisDay in 1805 ⚓
Discover an Eyewitness Account of the battle by the Assistant-Surgeon of H.M.S Swiftsure – in The Navy Records Society's online magazine: buff.ly/iGWYEvn
#Navyrecords #navalhistory #OTD #Trafalgar #nelson #Admiralty #historic
Discover an Eyewitness Account of the battle by the Assistant-Surgeon of H.M.S Swiftsure – in The Navy Records Society's online magazine: buff.ly/iGWYEvn
#Navyrecords #navalhistory #OTD #Trafalgar #nelson #Admiralty #historic
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We're excited to announce the call for papers for #MBS26, the next Modern British Studies conference, at Birmingham in June 2026. We'll be launching the #MBS Association at this event, to support further regular conferences in Modern British Studies.
www.birmingham.ac.uk/events/moder...
www.birmingham.ac.uk/events/moder...
Modern British Studies Conference 2026 - University of Birmingham
Conference information
www.birmingham.ac.uk
October 16, 2025 at 8:47 PM
We're excited to announce the call for papers for #MBS26, the next Modern British Studies conference, at Birmingham in June 2026. We'll be launching the #MBS Association at this event, to support further regular conferences in Modern British Studies.
www.birmingham.ac.uk/events/moder...
www.birmingham.ac.uk/events/moder...
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This week we have a special article in which we share our thoughts about the History of Knowledge and what it means to us.
It was great fun to write and we hope you will find it thought provoking!
#skystorians #historyofknowledge
scilicet.org.uk/what-is-the-...
It was great fun to write and we hope you will find it thought provoking!
#skystorians #historyofknowledge
scilicet.org.uk/what-is-the-...
What is the history of knowledge? | Scilicet
Scilicet is a blog dedicated to the history of knowledge. In the broadest terms, we’re interested in what people in the past knew, what it meant to know things, and what we as historians can learn abo...
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October 15, 2025 at 1:43 PM
This week we have a special article in which we share our thoughts about the History of Knowledge and what it means to us.
It was great fun to write and we hope you will find it thought provoking!
#skystorians #historyofknowledge
scilicet.org.uk/what-is-the-...
It was great fun to write and we hope you will find it thought provoking!
#skystorians #historyofknowledge
scilicet.org.uk/what-is-the-...
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The 2026 SSHM Conference will be @universityofleeds.bsky.social. The theme will be In/Out and we are inviting papers that consider experiences of being in and/or out of health or health care in any period or geographical location. #HistMed #HistSTM
sshm.org/sshm-2026/
sshm.org/sshm-2026/
SSHM 2026: In/Out
Location: University of Leeds Dates: 30 June to 3 July 2026 Submission Deadline: 5.00pm (GMT) 11th January 2026 Conference Co-Convenors: Dr Alexia Moncrieff & Dr Katherine Rawling Conference Co…
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October 13, 2025 at 12:15 PM
The 2026 SSHM Conference will be @universityofleeds.bsky.social. The theme will be In/Out and we are inviting papers that consider experiences of being in and/or out of health or health care in any period or geographical location. #HistMed #HistSTM
sshm.org/sshm-2026/
sshm.org/sshm-2026/
Very excited that I’ve been elected as an Associate Fellow for the Royal Historical Society — what a wonderful community of historians, academics, curators, archivists, and scholars to be a part of!
We are very pleased to announce the election of 248 new Fellows, Associate Fellows, Members and Postgraduate members to the Royal Historical Society following the latest meeting of the RHS Council bit.ly/4o0xhJV
We warmly welcome all those joining @royalhistsoc.org from today #Skystorians 1/2
We warmly welcome all those joining @royalhistsoc.org from today #Skystorians 1/2
Society elects 248 new Fellows, Associate Fellows, Members and Postgraduate Members - RHS
At its latest meeting on 12 September 2025, the RHS Council elected 73 Fellows, 62 Associate Fellows, 50 Members and 63 Postgraduate Members, a total of 248 people newly associated with the Society, f...
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October 2, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Very excited that I’ve been elected as an Associate Fellow for the Royal Historical Society — what a wonderful community of historians, academics, curators, archivists, and scholars to be a part of!
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📢 New Seminar Series!
We are thrilled to be working alongside @ihr.bsky.social on a brand new seminar series titled Migration and Mobility. We are coming together for a special edition of the seminar to showcase the work of PGRs and ECRs on migration and mobility history (1/3)
We are thrilled to be working alongside @ihr.bsky.social on a brand new seminar series titled Migration and Mobility. We are coming together for a special edition of the seminar to showcase the work of PGRs and ECRs on migration and mobility history (1/3)
September 24, 2025 at 5:14 PM
📢 New Seminar Series!
We are thrilled to be working alongside @ihr.bsky.social on a brand new seminar series titled Migration and Mobility. We are coming together for a special edition of the seminar to showcase the work of PGRs and ECRs on migration and mobility history (1/3)
We are thrilled to be working alongside @ihr.bsky.social on a brand new seminar series titled Migration and Mobility. We are coming together for a special edition of the seminar to showcase the work of PGRs and ECRs on migration and mobility history (1/3)
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What do beekeeping books tell us about changes in early modern science and society? @jamesafox.bsky.social has some suggestions, especially in relation to #17thCentury England scilicet.org.uk/the-hive-tur...
#Skystorians #EarlyModern #Bees #AnimalHistory
#Skystorians #EarlyModern #Bees #AnimalHistory
September 24, 2025 at 12:35 PM
What do beekeeping books tell us about changes in early modern science and society? @jamesafox.bsky.social has some suggestions, especially in relation to #17thCentury England scilicet.org.uk/the-hive-tur...
#Skystorians #EarlyModern #Bees #AnimalHistory
#Skystorians #EarlyModern #Bees #AnimalHistory
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Exciting early-career fellowships with UK cultural institutions, funded by #AHRC, www.ukri.org/opportunity/... (look for the spreadsheet with the list of institutions!) Deadline for EoI: 10 December.
Early career fellowships in cultural and heritage institutions: 2025
Apply for funding to conduct research at participating cultural and heritage institutions.
www.ukri.org
September 17, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Exciting early-career fellowships with UK cultural institutions, funded by #AHRC, www.ukri.org/opportunity/... (look for the spreadsheet with the list of institutions!) Deadline for EoI: 10 December.
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The latest issue of Scottish Archives has now been published, featuring work from @mchapelproject.bsky.social @nicolemaceira.bsky.social @ksmcgregor.bsky.social and myself, among others. If anyone would like a PDF of my article, just send me a message!
#bookhistory #scottishhistory #Archives
#bookhistory #scottishhistory #Archives
September 17, 2025 at 2:02 PM
The latest issue of Scottish Archives has now been published, featuring work from @mchapelproject.bsky.social @nicolemaceira.bsky.social @ksmcgregor.bsky.social and myself, among others. If anyone would like a PDF of my article, just send me a message!
#bookhistory #scottishhistory #Archives
#bookhistory #scottishhistory #Archives
How did the sea shape British, maritime, and post/colonial identities? What is the role of #maritimehistory in telling these stories?
These are some of the questions tackled this weekend at this excellent conference at the #NationalMaritimeMuseum, supported by @britishacademy.bsky.social (1/3)
These are some of the questions tackled this weekend at this excellent conference at the #NationalMaritimeMuseum, supported by @britishacademy.bsky.social (1/3)
September 13, 2025 at 5:45 PM
How did the sea shape British, maritime, and post/colonial identities? What is the role of #maritimehistory in telling these stories?
These are some of the questions tackled this weekend at this excellent conference at the #NationalMaritimeMuseum, supported by @britishacademy.bsky.social (1/3)
These are some of the questions tackled this weekend at this excellent conference at the #NationalMaritimeMuseum, supported by @britishacademy.bsky.social (1/3)
As a medical historian who’s dabbled in amateur printmaking as a hobby, I loved reading this article! @richardtbellis.bsky.social explores how translational printmaking, as a social and collaborative process, shaped the visual appearance, epistemic content, and communication of anatomical pathology.
New article out today! 'The Structures and Textures of Disease Made Printable' focuses on how the illustrations for Matthew Baillie's morbid anatomy were made through collaborations with the artist William Clift and a team of engravers associated with the Royal Society. doi.org/10.1086/736874
University of Chicago Press Journals: Cookie absent
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August 14, 2025 at 11:07 AM
As a medical historian who’s dabbled in amateur printmaking as a hobby, I loved reading this article! @richardtbellis.bsky.social explores how translational printmaking, as a social and collaborative process, shaped the visual appearance, epistemic content, and communication of anatomical pathology.
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Check out our latest free exhibition!
'Hooked' explores the history of addiction, from snuff to gambling, from alcohol to love.
It runs until Feb 2026. Find out more www.rcpe.ac.uk/heritage/hoo...
'Hooked' explores the history of addiction, from snuff to gambling, from alcohol to love.
It runs until Feb 2026. Find out more www.rcpe.ac.uk/heritage/hoo...
June 10, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Check out our latest free exhibition!
'Hooked' explores the history of addiction, from snuff to gambling, from alcohol to love.
It runs until Feb 2026. Find out more www.rcpe.ac.uk/heritage/hoo...
'Hooked' explores the history of addiction, from snuff to gambling, from alcohol to love.
It runs until Feb 2026. Find out more www.rcpe.ac.uk/heritage/hoo...
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📣Exciting News 📣
Dates & host institution for the SSHM Biennial Conference #SSHM2026 are confirmed!
Save the Date in your planners 📅
Theme and CFPs to follow later
#histmed #medhumanities #histSTM
Dates & host institution for the SSHM Biennial Conference #SSHM2026 are confirmed!
Save the Date in your planners 📅
Theme and CFPs to follow later
#histmed #medhumanities #histSTM
July 12, 2025 at 1:20 PM
📣Exciting News 📣
Dates & host institution for the SSHM Biennial Conference #SSHM2026 are confirmed!
Save the Date in your planners 📅
Theme and CFPs to follow later
#histmed #medhumanities #histSTM
Dates & host institution for the SSHM Biennial Conference #SSHM2026 are confirmed!
Save the Date in your planners 📅
Theme and CFPs to follow later
#histmed #medhumanities #histSTM
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We all need to eat, but the way we cook and share food says a lot about class, culture and identity. In our latest post, @guyfassler.bsky.social, @jamesafox.bsky.social and @nataliesmith.bsky.social dig in to some historical recipes from across Europe 🍽️
scilicet.org.uk/food-for-tho... #Skystorians
scilicet.org.uk/food-for-tho... #Skystorians
Food for thought: Recipe books through history | Scilicet
We all need to eat, but the way we do says much about our place in society. Looking at a range of recipe books through history shows this has long been the case.
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May 19, 2025 at 5:53 AM
We all need to eat, but the way we cook and share food says a lot about class, culture and identity. In our latest post, @guyfassler.bsky.social, @jamesafox.bsky.social and @nataliesmith.bsky.social dig in to some historical recipes from across Europe 🍽️
scilicet.org.uk/food-for-tho... #Skystorians
scilicet.org.uk/food-for-tho... #Skystorians
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Congratulations to Manon C Williams who won the British Commission for Maritime History 2024 Boydell & Brewer Doctoral Prize in #MaritimeHistory! Read about her thesis and research into the journals of Royal Navy ship surgeons in Manon's blog post. buff.ly/NUEE1Uq
April 8, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Congratulations to Manon C Williams who won the British Commission for Maritime History 2024 Boydell & Brewer Doctoral Prize in #MaritimeHistory! Read about her thesis and research into the journals of Royal Navy ship surgeons in Manon's blog post. buff.ly/NUEE1Uq
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Catherine Beck shares how the papers and letters of Admiral John Markham, acquired by the National Maritime Museum, inspired her book, Patronage and the British Navy, 1775-1815 in this video Q&A blog post: buff.ly/M4gEOVM @catsbeck.bsky.social #militaryhistory #maritimehistory #Navalhistory
May 29, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Catherine Beck shares how the papers and letters of Admiral John Markham, acquired by the National Maritime Museum, inspired her book, Patronage and the British Navy, 1775-1815 in this video Q&A blog post: buff.ly/M4gEOVM @catsbeck.bsky.social #militaryhistory #maritimehistory #Navalhistory