Media and Epidemics
@mediaandepidemics.bsky.social
Media and Epidemics (MEDEP): Technologies of Science Communication and Public Health in the 20th and 21st Centuries. Project funded by EU CHANSE. https://mediaepidemics.com
For example, these government documents (once marked private) at the National Archives show the unfolding of a major influenza pandemic in the 1890s in Britain and Barbados
November 20, 2025 at 9:21 AM
For example, these government documents (once marked private) at the National Archives show the unfolding of a major influenza pandemic in the 1890s in Britain and Barbados
When the @euchanse.bsky.social UK and Polish team bumped into each other in the @wellcomecollection.bsky.social archives! @dremilyvincent.bsky.social was reviewing the Medical Officers of Health records & adverts about the 1890s flu #epidemic and Zuza was researching deaf studies & zine culture 🦠 📖
November 12, 2025 at 10:08 AM
When the @euchanse.bsky.social UK and Polish team bumped into each other in the @wellcomecollection.bsky.social archives! @dremilyvincent.bsky.social was reviewing the Medical Officers of Health records & adverts about the 1890s flu #epidemic and Zuza was researching deaf studies & zine culture 🦠 📖
A grand premiere! The theatre performance Filokteja, created in collaboration with MEDEP and co-directed by Justyna Lipko-Konieczna from the Polish team, will be performed at Centrum Sztuki Włączającej / Teatr 21 on 27 November. Find your tickets here:
trwarszawa.pl/program/filo...
trwarszawa.pl/program/filo...
October 23, 2025 at 11:56 AM
A grand premiere! The theatre performance Filokteja, created in collaboration with MEDEP and co-directed by Justyna Lipko-Konieczna from the Polish team, will be performed at Centrum Sztuki Włączającej / Teatr 21 on 27 November. Find your tickets here:
trwarszawa.pl/program/filo...
trwarszawa.pl/program/filo...
You can read our Media and Epidemics @euchanse.bsky.social @ukri.org ‘Story of Change’ which reflects our project’s work on narrative vulnerability during #Covid19 as a result of a collaboration with non-profit organisation Fragile Society. See this and more here: chanse.org/medep/ #hstm #medhums
September 23, 2025 at 2:10 PM
You can read our Media and Epidemics @euchanse.bsky.social @ukri.org ‘Story of Change’ which reflects our project’s work on narrative vulnerability during #Covid19 as a result of a collaboration with non-profit organisation Fragile Society. See this and more here: chanse.org/medep/ #hstm #medhums
The PI of our Polish team Sławomir Łotysz has just published an open-access article, "The Fear of AIDS in Late Socialist Poland," in Balkanistic Worlds #hstm #histmed: balkanistica.com/current-issu...
September 17, 2025 at 7:46 AM
The PI of our Polish team Sławomir Łotysz has just published an open-access article, "The Fear of AIDS in Late Socialist Poland," in Balkanistic Worlds #hstm #histmed: balkanistica.com/current-issu...
Gendered media representations depicted women scientists in photographs as industrious innovators yet their names remained invisible in texts, whereas male scientists were named and celebrated in texts marketing the vaccine. We look forward to reading the published research soon!
September 16, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Gendered media representations depicted women scientists in photographs as industrious innovators yet their names remained invisible in texts, whereas male scientists were named and celebrated in texts marketing the vaccine. We look forward to reading the published research soon!
Today’s research seminar was presented by Irina Nastasa-Matei (our Romanian team PI) about the portrayal of the Polidin vaccine in Romanian media. Polidin was first marketed as a specialist cure for influenza and later as a panacea for a range of illnesses #hstm #histsci #histmed #medhums
September 16, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Scan QR below for our seminar on Tues Sept 16 on Zoom! Irina Nastasa-Matei will discuss the public management of flu epidemics & the reorganization of Romania's healthcare system, medical infrastructure, & pharmaceutical industry during the communist era, citing the Polidin vaccine ⬇️
September 13, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Scan QR below for our seminar on Tues Sept 16 on Zoom! Irina Nastasa-Matei will discuss the public management of flu epidemics & the reorganization of Romania's healthcare system, medical infrastructure, & pharmaceutical industry during the communist era, citing the Polidin vaccine ⬇️
The Media and Epidemics team and @dremilyvincent.bsky.social really enjoyed presenting at the @euchanse.bsky.social #WeAreCHANSE conference, meeting humanities & social sciences researchers from across Europe to see how digital culture has (& continues to) transform over time @horizoneu.bsky.social
September 11, 2025 at 11:44 AM
The Media and Epidemics team and @dremilyvincent.bsky.social really enjoyed presenting at the @euchanse.bsky.social #WeAreCHANSE conference, meeting humanities & social sciences researchers from across Europe to see how digital culture has (& continues to) transform over time @horizoneu.bsky.social
Our project was represented by @dremilyvincent.bsky.social who focused on the necessary diversity of our sources (from historic newspapers, to postage stamps) for examining the range of lived #pandemic experiences and how our research of the past can prepare us for pandemic futures #hstm #medhums
September 8, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Our project was represented by @dremilyvincent.bsky.social who focused on the necessary diversity of our sources (from historic newspapers, to postage stamps) for examining the range of lived #pandemic experiences and how our research of the past can prepare us for pandemic futures #hstm #medhums
The Media and Epidemics (MEDEP) team have heard a great keynote about the necessity of the humanities and social sciences in the digital age for combating disinformation and ethical concerns across Europe and on a global scale @euchanse.bsky.social #WeAreCHANSE
September 8, 2025 at 10:00 AM
The Media and Epidemics (MEDEP) team have heard a great keynote about the necessity of the humanities and social sciences in the digital age for combating disinformation and ethical concerns across Europe and on a global scale @euchanse.bsky.social #WeAreCHANSE
The Media and Epidemics (MEDEP) team have arrived in Kraków for the @euchanse.bsky.social #WeAreCHANSE conference. We’re looking forward to sharing our findings and meeting the rest of the CHANSE projects!
September 8, 2025 at 8:01 AM
The Media and Epidemics (MEDEP) team have arrived in Kraków for the @euchanse.bsky.social #WeAreCHANSE conference. We’re looking forward to sharing our findings and meeting the rest of the CHANSE projects!
The Media and Epidemics team are excited to present an overview of our research activities (from archival research to creative writing workshops) & key outputs (books, journal articles, an international conference & more) @euchanse.bsky.social Final Conference in Kraków on Monday! 🇵🇱
September 5, 2025 at 8:14 AM
The Media and Epidemics team are excited to present an overview of our research activities (from archival research to creative writing workshops) & key outputs (books, journal articles, an international conference & more) @euchanse.bsky.social Final Conference in Kraków on Monday! 🇵🇱
An edited collection from MEDEP team members Amelia Bonea and Irina Nastasă-Matei on women, science, engineering and medicine in the twentieth century is out today: www.manchesterhive.com/display/9781...
August 5, 2025 at 8:40 AM
An edited collection from MEDEP team members Amelia Bonea and Irina Nastasă-Matei on women, science, engineering and medicine in the twentieth century is out today: www.manchesterhive.com/display/9781...
The Media and Epidemics team are presenting all week (in person and virtually) at the International Congress of History of Science and Technology in Dunedin, NZ. Looking forward to discussing epidemics, technologies of communication, and media from the 19th century to today! #ichst #hstm #litsci
July 1, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Our interdisciplinary workshop on Wednesday @unibirmingham.bsky.social will explore how, from the nineteenth century onwards, dubious tales of #disease have been distorted and sensationalised through print and digital media and literature #litsci #hstm #histsci
June 16, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Our interdisciplinary workshop on Wednesday @unibirmingham.bsky.social will explore how, from the nineteenth century onwards, dubious tales of #disease have been distorted and sensationalised through print and digital media and literature #litsci #hstm #histsci
The Media and Epidemics UK team @dremilyvincent.bsky.social and Melissa Dickson are presenting their research on nineteenth- and twentieth-century influenza epidemics today and tomorrow at the @thebsls.bsky.social online conference #BSLS2025
May 8, 2025 at 9:05 AM
The Media and Epidemics UK team @dremilyvincent.bsky.social and Melissa Dickson are presenting their research on nineteenth- and twentieth-century influenza epidemics today and tomorrow at the @thebsls.bsky.social online conference #BSLS2025
In our latest Media and Epidemics research seminar, Magda Zdrodowska discusses #lockdown art and portraiture, #COVID19 and #disabilitystudies to examine the concept of ‘shrinkage’ in terms of socio-cultural environments during the COVID-19 pandemic
May 6, 2025 at 8:22 AM
In our latest Media and Epidemics research seminar, Magda Zdrodowska discusses #lockdown art and portraiture, #COVID19 and #disabilitystudies to examine the concept of ‘shrinkage’ in terms of socio-cultural environments during the COVID-19 pandemic
Our UK Team Principal Investigator Dr Melissa Dickson has opened today’s @cncsi.bsky.social conference on Contagion and Contamination in the Nineteenth Century with an examination of the ‘influenza fiend’, epidemic diseases of the 1890s, & the looming presence of influenza in Dracula #litsci
May 1, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Our UK Team Principal Investigator Dr Melissa Dickson has opened today’s @cncsi.bsky.social conference on Contagion and Contamination in the Nineteenth Century with an examination of the ‘influenza fiend’, epidemic diseases of the 1890s, & the looming presence of influenza in Dracula #litsci
Join our next Media and Epidemics research seminar on Tuesday 6th May at 10am (Central European Time) when @M_Zdrodowska will discuss ‘The Mediated Practices and Narratives of Care: Artists and Activists Under Lockdown’ about #COVID19 and #disabilitystudies. Scan QR code for Zoom link ⬇️ #medhums
April 28, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Join our next Media and Epidemics research seminar on Tuesday 6th May at 10am (Central European Time) when @M_Zdrodowska will discuss ‘The Mediated Practices and Narratives of Care: Artists and Activists Under Lockdown’ about #COVID19 and #disabilitystudies. Scan QR code for Zoom link ⬇️ #medhums
Have you visited the open-access Media and Epidemics project blog? We cover pandemics to parasites to examine how epidemic disease narratives have been shaped by media, literature, and politics from the late nineteenth century to today. Find it here: mediaepidemics.com/blog/ #histmed #hstm #litsci
April 9, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Have you visited the open-access Media and Epidemics project blog? We cover pandemics to parasites to examine how epidemic disease narratives have been shaped by media, literature, and politics from the late nineteenth century to today. Find it here: mediaepidemics.com/blog/ #histmed #hstm #litsci
A fascinating research seminar from @lotysz.bsky.social on #health #ideology and #media in North Korea, discussing research on Polish doctors in Korea, Korean orphans in Poland & allegations of germ warfare represented by satirical cartoons which often demonised an ‘evil science’ test tube🧪
March 11, 2025 at 9:52 AM
A fascinating research seminar from @lotysz.bsky.social on #health #ideology and #media in North Korea, discussing research on Polish doctors in Korea, Korean orphans in Poland & allegations of germ warfare represented by satirical cartoons which often demonised an ‘evil science’ test tube🧪
Our latest research blog examines how gendered nineteenth-century periodicals aimed at children represented issues of #publichealth during the 1890s #influenza #epidemic. You can read this and other project blogs here: mediaepidemics.com/2025/03/10/f... #litsci #histsci #hstm
March 10, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Our latest research blog examines how gendered nineteenth-century periodicals aimed at children represented issues of #publichealth during the 1890s #influenza #epidemic. You can read this and other project blogs here: mediaepidemics.com/2025/03/10/f... #litsci #histsci #hstm
The Media and Epidemics project research is interested in analysing the intersections between literary and media discourse, #publichealth, social reform, political policy, and epidemic disease. Our latest blog post from Ching Chi Chan covers this and more: mediaepidemics.com/2025/03/07/g... #litsci
March 7, 2025 at 3:34 PM
The Media and Epidemics project research is interested in analysing the intersections between literary and media discourse, #publichealth, social reform, political policy, and epidemic disease. Our latest blog post from Ching Chi Chan covers this and more: mediaepidemics.com/2025/03/07/g... #litsci
You can find our insightful new #histsci #litsci blog on the Media and Epidemics site. In it, Lily Burke explores ‘Infection Within the Ranks’ examining how #conspiracytheories complicate public responses to #pandemics like the 1889 influenza epidemic & #COVID19: mediaepidemics.com/2025/03/03/i...
March 4, 2025 at 11:13 AM
You can find our insightful new #histsci #litsci blog on the Media and Epidemics site. In it, Lily Burke explores ‘Infection Within the Ranks’ examining how #conspiracytheories complicate public responses to #pandemics like the 1889 influenza epidemic & #COVID19: mediaepidemics.com/2025/03/03/i...