Richard C. Keller, PhD
@richardckeller.bsky.social
Chair of MedHist/Bioethics at UW School of Medicine and Public Health. Author of Fatal Isolation from the University of Chicago Press (https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/F/bo20145393.html). Bicycles/dogs. Views mine. He, him, his.
It is simply not ok that Armistice Day immediately follows Edmund Fitzgerald Day. (Now I have to go watch the film adaptation of Regeneration again.)
On the day that was supposed to end all wars, I'm reminded of Wilfred Owen more than John McCrae.
My friend, you would not tell with such high zest
To children ardent for some desperate glory,
The old Lie: Dulce et decorum est
Pro patria mori.
My friend, you would not tell with such high zest
To children ardent for some desperate glory,
The old Lie: Dulce et decorum est
Pro patria mori.
November 11, 2025 at 6:10 PM
It is simply not ok that Armistice Day immediately follows Edmund Fitzgerald Day. (Now I have to go watch the film adaptation of Regeneration again.)
Timeline cleanse
We are still so overwhelmed with joy and gratitude that the judge ruled Olivia and Gladys will stay with us forever. We decided to do some special baking to celebrate! 🧁
November 10, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Timeline cleanse
Everyone go buy this book!
Happy news: My new book -- Humanitarianism: A Very Short Introduction -- now has a cover and is available for preorder! The book is a concise history of humanitarianism in an international and global perspective, from the 18th century to the present. More info here: global.oup.com/academic/pro...
November 10, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Everyone go buy this book!
Yesterday while waiting for a plane to take off the older man next to me sat there scrolling FB reels at full volume. I asked, "Do you have headphones by any chance?" He gave me a snide look and said, "Is this really bothering you?" I said, "Kind of!" He then haughtily said "Fine, I'll turn it off!"
November 10, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Yesterday while waiting for a plane to take off the older man next to me sat there scrolling FB reels at full volume. I asked, "Do you have headphones by any chance?" He gave me a snide look and said, "Is this really bothering you?" I said, "Kind of!" He then haughtily said "Fine, I'll turn it off!"
Penn State really needs to expand the defense soundtrack beyond "Crazy Train."
November 8, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Penn State really needs to expand the defense soundtrack beyond "Crazy Train."
Reposted by Richard C. Keller, PhD
We're hiring in history of science at UW Madison! TT Assistant Professorship with a focus on water. Joint appointment between the History and Integrated Liberal Studies depts, and part of a university-wide hiring cluster on earth/sustainability science. jobs.wisc.edu/jobs/profess... #STS #HSMT
Professor of History - Madison, Wisconsin, United States
Current Employees: If you are currently employed at any of the Universities of Wisconsin, log in to Workday to apply through the internal application process.Job Category:FacultyEmployment Type:Regula...
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November 6, 2025 at 7:37 PM
We're hiring in history of science at UW Madison! TT Assistant Professorship with a focus on water. Joint appointment between the History and Integrated Liberal Studies depts, and part of a university-wide hiring cluster on earth/sustainability science. jobs.wisc.edu/jobs/profess... #STS #HSMT
Reposted by Richard C. Keller, PhD
📗 New #OpenAccess volume edited by Elizabeth Hughes & Alfred Freeborn:
"Biomedical Visions" brings together epistemology, medicine, and art to understand what biomedicine looks like and how we might view it differently in the past and future.
🔗 bit.ly/4nHBZ
#HistSci #HistArt
"Biomedical Visions" brings together epistemology, medicine, and art to understand what biomedicine looks like and how we might view it differently in the past and future.
🔗 bit.ly/4nHBZ
#HistSci #HistArt
October 30, 2025 at 3:04 PM
📗 New #OpenAccess volume edited by Elizabeth Hughes & Alfred Freeborn:
"Biomedical Visions" brings together epistemology, medicine, and art to understand what biomedicine looks like and how we might view it differently in the past and future.
🔗 bit.ly/4nHBZ
#HistSci #HistArt
"Biomedical Visions" brings together epistemology, medicine, and art to understand what biomedicine looks like and how we might view it differently in the past and future.
🔗 bit.ly/4nHBZ
#HistSci #HistArt
Reposted by Richard C. Keller, PhD
November 5, 2025 at 5:48 AM
November 5, 2025 at 5:48 AM
@edsbs.bsky.social @hollyanderson.bsky.social care to weigh in here? Seems on-brand for you folks.
so do people have casual conversations and the moon landing just comes up
am i just talking to the wrong people
am i just talking to the wrong people
October 31, 2025 at 1:21 PM
@edsbs.bsky.social @hollyanderson.bsky.social care to weigh in here? Seems on-brand for you folks.
Important crane update
October 30, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Important crane update
Post a perfect album from the 90's that isn't Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, or Alice in Chains.
October 29, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Post a perfect album from the 90's that isn't Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, or Alice in Chains.
This looks good!
Il est là, il existe 😍
En librairie dès la semaine prochaine !
En librairie dès la semaine prochaine !
October 27, 2025 at 5:44 PM
This looks good!
A red barn classic with a classic red barn
October 26, 2025 at 9:02 PM
A red barn classic with a classic red barn
So much fun to see our kid play on the big screen!
October 25, 2025 at 12:34 AM
So much fun to see our kid play on the big screen!
A group of minks is called a RICHNESS
A group of porcupines is called a PRICKLE
Platypus babies are called PUGGLES.
October 23, 2025 at 7:38 PM
A group of minks is called a RICHNESS
important reminder that there is a 7 foot 4 basketball playing alien in San Antonio and he’s going to be the best basketball player in the world as soon as this year
October 23, 2025 at 1:39 AM
To paraphrase BikesnobNYC, fall is a nice time for riding the bikes
October 19, 2025 at 9:33 PM
To paraphrase BikesnobNYC, fall is a nice time for riding the bikes
Important pupdate, @darthbluesky.bsky.social : this wine bar in Madison has a dog named Flanagan and she’s about as sweet as can be.
October 15, 2025 at 4:58 AM
Important pupdate, @darthbluesky.bsky.social : this wine bar in Madison has a dog named Flanagan and she’s about as sweet as can be.
Very good advice. Related: look at your bookshelves. What presses are most represented? That should help determine your target press.
My best advice to aspiring authors of scholarly books is to read other scholarly books recently published by your target press. This may seem obvious and yet is not!
October 14, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Very good advice. Related: look at your bookshelves. What presses are most represented? That should help determine your target press.
Dear colleagues: please see the attached CFP for the Southern Association for the History of Medicine and Science 2026 meeting.
October 9, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Dear colleagues: please see the attached CFP for the Southern Association for the History of Medicine and Science 2026 meeting.
Don't even think about it, Wisconsin
Per sources: Bill Belichick has discussed buyout options with North Carolina’s hierarchy. Belichick has signaled a willingness to trigger his own $1 million buyout if he can find a soft landing with another team or in media
October 8, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Don't even think about it, Wisconsin
Two from Wisconsin this year! Not sure we’ve ever done that before.
It's MacArthur day! It's MacArthur day!
I have a little ritual where, every announcement day, I watch the video, read the Fellows' bios, and ask myself how I'm being creative in my own work. Just a nice push to think outside the box.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=PZ3K...
I have a little ritual where, every announcement day, I watch the video, read the Fellows' bios, and ask myself how I'm being creative in my own work. Just a nice push to think outside the box.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=PZ3K...
Meet the 2025 MacArthur Fellows
YouTube video by macfound
m.youtube.com
October 8, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Two from Wisconsin this year! Not sure we’ve ever done that before.
Solid-gold special issue right here, folks--check it out. #HistMed
So great to see the special issue on "Invasive Species, Global Health, and Colonial Legacies" that @julesskotnesbrown.bsky.social & I edited published today! A big thanks to all contributors & to JHMAS editors & reviewers for their support & guidance in this process academic.oup.com/jhmas/issue/...
Volume 80 Issue 4 | Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences | Oxford Academic
Publishes original research on the written beginnings of medicine in all its aspects. It focuses on what practitioners of the healing arts did or taught, and how their peers, as well as patients, rece...
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October 8, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Solid-gold special issue right here, folks--check it out. #HistMed
September 23, 2025 at 5:39 PM