Society for the Social History of Medicine (SSHM)
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The Society for the Social History of Medicine (SSHM) has pioneered interdisciplinary approaches to the history of health, welfare, medical science and practice https://sshm.org/
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Call for Statements of Interest - open now!
In 2026 the MWHN, in partnership with the JMVHR, will produce its second special issue. With the theme of 'Medical welfare and care of military communities: a collection of historical studies'. Full details attached #histmed #histnursing #milwelfhist
In 2026 the MWHN, in partnership with the JMVHR, will produce its second special issue. With the theme of 'Medical welfare and care of military communities: a collection of historical studies'. Full details attached #histmed #histnursing #milwelfhist
November 19, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Call for Statements of Interest - open now!
In 2026 the MWHN, in partnership with the JMVHR, will produce its second special issue. With the theme of 'Medical welfare and care of military communities: a collection of historical studies'. Full details attached #histmed #histnursing #milwelfhist
In 2026 the MWHN, in partnership with the JMVHR, will produce its second special issue. With the theme of 'Medical welfare and care of military communities: a collection of historical studies'. Full details attached #histmed #histnursing #milwelfhist
New Wellcome report examines how archives, manuscripts and material culture are currently used in life, health and wellbeing research, identifying 15 recommendations to enhance methodological innovation and cross-disciplinary experimentation.
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From hospital records to family papers, collections give unique insights into health across time and place.
But they don’t just have historical value. Collections have incredible potential for discovery research – and we need to unlock it.
Learn more in our report: wellcome.org/insights/rep...
But they don’t just have historical value. Collections have incredible potential for discovery research – and we need to unlock it.
Learn more in our report: wellcome.org/insights/rep...
Archives, manuscripts and material culture in health and wellbeing research | Reports | Wellcome
Archives, manuscripts and material culture collections hold profound potential for advancing knowledge about life, health and wellbeing. This report examines how these collections are currently used i...
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November 20, 2025 at 4:06 PM
New Wellcome report examines how archives, manuscripts and material culture are currently used in life, health and wellbeing research, identifying 15 recommendations to enhance methodological innovation and cross-disciplinary experimentation.
#histmed #medhumanities
#histmed #medhumanities
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#Lazyweb Does anyone have a good introductory reading on perspectives on disability in Victorian Britain? #HistMed #DisabilityHistory
November 13, 2025 at 4:28 PM
#Lazyweb Does anyone have a good introductory reading on perspectives on disability in Victorian Britain? #HistMed #DisabilityHistory
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Im looking for other scholars in #DisHist #HistMed or #VastEarlyAmerica for a SHEAR 2026 panel. Tim Holliday and I are hoping to put a panel together on how patient knowledge shaped medicine in the early republic 1/3
November 13, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Im looking for other scholars in #DisHist #HistMed or #VastEarlyAmerica for a SHEAR 2026 panel. Tim Holliday and I are hoping to put a panel together on how patient knowledge shaped medicine in the early republic 1/3
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Together with the RCN History of Nursing Forum and HIVstory, we're remembering the experiences of nursing workers during the HIV/AIDS pandemic. Discover their stories and learn more about the project at our event on 27 November.
🔗 https://bit.ly/4nBiXXI
📷 Historical Nursing Journals, 1985.
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📷 Historical Nursing Journals, 1985.
November 11, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Together with the RCN History of Nursing Forum and HIVstory, we're remembering the experiences of nursing workers during the HIV/AIDS pandemic. Discover their stories and learn more about the project at our event on 27 November.
🔗 https://bit.ly/4nBiXXI
📷 Historical Nursing Journals, 1985.
🔗 https://bit.ly/4nBiXXI
📷 Historical Nursing Journals, 1985.
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Interested in the history of hospitals ? #histnursing #histmed #histhospitals. Free online 19th Nov 17.30 UK time - open to all @rcnlibraries.bsky.social Dr Victoria Bates @victoriabates.bsky.social The history of colour in twentieth-century British hospitals .
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Sensing Spaces: The History of Colour, Art and Care | Royal College of Nursing
Join us for an online talk on the history of colour in twentieth-century British hospitals.
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November 17, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Interested in the history of hospitals ? #histnursing #histmed #histhospitals. Free online 19th Nov 17.30 UK time - open to all @rcnlibraries.bsky.social Dr Victoria Bates @victoriabates.bsky.social The history of colour in twentieth-century British hospitals .
www.rcn.org.uk/news-and-eve...
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Take a look at the elegant 'Recovery Histories' website for how ideas about trauma and recovery from child sexual abuse have developed over the 2nd half of the C20th: shra.bbk.ac.uk/projects/rec... @wellcometrust.bsky.social @sshmedicine.bsky.social @crispp.bsky.social @cultsochistory.bsky.social
Recovery Histories – Sexual Harms Research Alliance
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November 13, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Take a look at the elegant 'Recovery Histories' website for how ideas about trauma and recovery from child sexual abuse have developed over the 2nd half of the C20th: shra.bbk.ac.uk/projects/rec... @wellcometrust.bsky.social @sshmedicine.bsky.social @crispp.bsky.social @cultsochistory.bsky.social
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Yes! Institutions prescribed, but the nursery decided...
I’ll be unpacking how Georgian mothers redefined medical expertise – transforming teething crises & worm remedies into demonstrations of domestic authority.
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I’ll be unpacking how Georgian mothers redefined medical expertise – transforming teething crises & worm remedies into demonstrations of domestic authority.
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@bsecs.bsky.social
@ihrwomen.bsky.social
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November 14, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Yes! Institutions prescribed, but the nursery decided...
I’ll be unpacking how Georgian mothers redefined medical expertise – transforming teething crises & worm remedies into demonstrations of domestic authority.
@ihr.bsky.social
@bsecs.bsky.social
@ihrwomen.bsky.social
@sshmedicine.bsky.social
I’ll be unpacking how Georgian mothers redefined medical expertise – transforming teething crises & worm remedies into demonstrations of domestic authority.
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@bsecs.bsky.social
@ihrwomen.bsky.social
@sshmedicine.bsky.social
Check out new new #histmed CFPs added to our page:
'Life Histories in Mind: Mental ILL Health and Learning Disability in Context'
Manchester Metropolitan University, 21 July 2026
Deadline for abstracts: 15 January 2026
Organised by Rob Ellis and Rebecca Ball
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#DisHist
'Life Histories in Mind: Mental ILL Health and Learning Disability in Context'
Manchester Metropolitan University, 21 July 2026
Deadline for abstracts: 15 January 2026
Organised by Rob Ellis and Rebecca Ball
@re-histories.bsky.social
#DisHist
History of Medicine CFPs
If you wish to share your CFPs on the SSHM website please contact the Exec Sec, Dr Justine Pick admin@sshm.org Intimate States: New Histories of Medicine, Welfare, and Care under Socialism Location…
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November 12, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Physician's gallery @rcpedin.bsky.social new permanent gallery and learning centre that explores relationship with health, medicine and our bodies. Over 50 objects, manuscripts and books on display, sharing stories from medieval medicine to modern day treatments.
Free and open to all
#histmed
Free and open to all
#histmed
Joyce Grainger Learning Centre
Joyce Grainger Learning Centre
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November 12, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Physician's gallery @rcpedin.bsky.social new permanent gallery and learning centre that explores relationship with health, medicine and our bodies. Over 50 objects, manuscripts and books on display, sharing stories from medieval medicine to modern day treatments.
Free and open to all
#histmed
Free and open to all
#histmed
Sharing forthcoming @roysocmed.bsky.social events (in person and online).
Just search 'medicine' on the events page to find out more about these events in January and February and others
www.rsm.ac.uk/events/
Please note fees may apply.
#histmed #histSTM #medhumanities
Just search 'medicine' on the events page to find out more about these events in January and February and others
www.rsm.ac.uk/events/
Please note fees may apply.
#histmed #histSTM #medhumanities
November 12, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Sharing forthcoming @roysocmed.bsky.social events (in person and online).
Just search 'medicine' on the events page to find out more about these events in January and February and others
www.rsm.ac.uk/events/
Please note fees may apply.
#histmed #histSTM #medhumanities
Just search 'medicine' on the events page to find out more about these events in January and February and others
www.rsm.ac.uk/events/
Please note fees may apply.
#histmed #histSTM #medhumanities
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We want to hear your memories of birth. As part of projects by
@voicesofmotherhood.bsky.social we'll be travelling around Worcestershire gathering all of your stories. Our first venue is Perdiswell Young People's Leisure Centre, Worcester on Friday 21 November 10:30am to 12:30pm. Join us!
@voicesofmotherhood.bsky.social we'll be travelling around Worcestershire gathering all of your stories. Our first venue is Perdiswell Young People's Leisure Centre, Worcester on Friday 21 November 10:30am to 12:30pm. Join us!
November 11, 2025 at 10:23 AM
We want to hear your memories of birth. As part of projects by
@voicesofmotherhood.bsky.social we'll be travelling around Worcestershire gathering all of your stories. Our first venue is Perdiswell Young People's Leisure Centre, Worcester on Friday 21 November 10:30am to 12:30pm. Join us!
@voicesofmotherhood.bsky.social we'll be travelling around Worcestershire gathering all of your stories. Our first venue is Perdiswell Young People's Leisure Centre, Worcester on Friday 21 November 10:30am to 12:30pm. Join us!
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📢 Join us for the CHSTM Postgraduate Seminar Series 25/26!
🗓️ Deborah Cohen (University of Birmingham) — “The Voices of Psychiatric Patients on BBC Radio: 1945–1970”
🕐 Tue 11 Nov, 1–2 pm (UK) · Zoom
Email krittapak.ngamvaseenont@postgrad.manchester.ac.uk for the link
#HistMed
🗓️ Deborah Cohen (University of Birmingham) — “The Voices of Psychiatric Patients on BBC Radio: 1945–1970”
🕐 Tue 11 Nov, 1–2 pm (UK) · Zoom
Email krittapak.ngamvaseenont@postgrad.manchester.ac.uk for the link
#HistMed
November 7, 2025 at 10:51 AM
📢 Join us for the CHSTM Postgraduate Seminar Series 25/26!
🗓️ Deborah Cohen (University of Birmingham) — “The Voices of Psychiatric Patients on BBC Radio: 1945–1970”
🕐 Tue 11 Nov, 1–2 pm (UK) · Zoom
Email krittapak.ngamvaseenont@postgrad.manchester.ac.uk for the link
#HistMed
🗓️ Deborah Cohen (University of Birmingham) — “The Voices of Psychiatric Patients on BBC Radio: 1945–1970”
🕐 Tue 11 Nov, 1–2 pm (UK) · Zoom
Email krittapak.ngamvaseenont@postgrad.manchester.ac.uk for the link
#HistMed
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#MedievalSky #histmed Please welcome Anna Gili (@gi-anna97.bsky.social) to Bluesky. And check out her talk on 11 November, too! She talking about my favorite guy in #MedievalMedicine, Constantinus Africanus.
Reminder
𝐃𝐨𝐧𝐭' 𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞!
csmbr.fondazionecomel.org/events/onlin...
#CSMBR #OnlineLectures #CompoundMedicamentes #ConstantinetheAphrican
𝐃𝐨𝐧𝐭' 𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞!
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#CSMBR #OnlineLectures #CompoundMedicamentes #ConstantinetheAphrican
The Science of Compound Medicaments - CSMBR
This lecture explores al-Majūsī’s "Kitāb al-Malakī" and its Latin translation, showing how Book X on compound medicaments was reshaped into a new synthesis of pharmacology and philosophy.
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November 9, 2025 at 8:17 PM
#MedievalSky #histmed Please welcome Anna Gili (@gi-anna97.bsky.social) to Bluesky. And check out her talk on 11 November, too! She talking about my favorite guy in #MedievalMedicine, Constantinus Africanus.
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A selection of great papers by Robert Dale, Eri Nakamura and Owen Rees on day 1 of this symposium. The second event in the @wellcometrust.bsky.social -funded (via @sshmedicine.bsky.social) 'Military Communities’ Medical Welfare and Care History Conference Series‘. More tomorrow #milwelfhist
November 6, 2025 at 11:14 PM
A selection of great papers by Robert Dale, Eri Nakamura and Owen Rees on day 1 of this symposium. The second event in the @wellcometrust.bsky.social -funded (via @sshmedicine.bsky.social) 'Military Communities’ Medical Welfare and Care History Conference Series‘. More tomorrow #milwelfhist
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Co-convenor Michael Robinson has just kicked off our @milwelfhist.bsky.social @sshmedicine.bsky.social symposium at Birmingham on war, trauma and emotional injury. Some excellent papers and discussion to come this afternoon and into tomorrow #milwelfhist
November 6, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Co-convenor Michael Robinson has just kicked off our @milwelfhist.bsky.social @sshmedicine.bsky.social symposium at Birmingham on war, trauma and emotional injury. Some excellent papers and discussion to come this afternoon and into tomorrow #milwelfhist
Day 1 of @milwelfhist.bsky.social event 'War, Trauma and Emotional Injury', supported by a SSHM/Wellcome Network Grant Award.
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#histmed #histSTM #medhumanities
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#histmed #histSTM #medhumanities
Today is day 1 of the second of our @wellcometrust.bsky.social -funded events series, hosted both at @unibirmingham.bsky.social in 2025 and online in 2026. With 'trauma' and its associated medical impacts as our theme, we expect interesting papers and stimulating discussions #milwelfhist
November 6, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Day 1 of @milwelfhist.bsky.social event 'War, Trauma and Emotional Injury', supported by a SSHM/Wellcome Network Grant Award.
@wellcometrust.bsky.social
#histmed #histSTM #medhumanities
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#histmed #histSTM #medhumanities
Black Cultural Archives have created a timeline, “Medicine, Race, and Activism,” in partnership with Royal Holloway, celebrating Black contributions to British healthcare, spotlighting the health workers, patients, & campaigners who challenged medical racism.
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Medicine, Race and Activism - Black Cultural Archives.
This timeline focuses on the contribution of Black people to the British healthcare ecosystem over centuries. It underscores the experiences of these workers and Black service users and recognises the...
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November 6, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Black Cultural Archives have created a timeline, “Medicine, Race, and Activism,” in partnership with Royal Holloway, celebrating Black contributions to British healthcare, spotlighting the health workers, patients, & campaigners who challenged medical racism.
#histmed
#histmed
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Looking to spice up your #histmed classes? Consider two new books coming out just in time for Fall 2025! Full of pithy and provocative essays, Do Less Harm (ed. me & @drkyliesmith.bsky.social) and The Nursing Clio Reader (@nursingclio.bsky.social) offer new perspectives to meet the moment. 1/2
February 20, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Looking to spice up your #histmed classes? Consider two new books coming out just in time for Fall 2025! Full of pithy and provocative essays, Do Less Harm (ed. me & @drkyliesmith.bsky.social) and The Nursing Clio Reader (@nursingclio.bsky.social) offer new perspectives to meet the moment. 1/2
CFPs History of Health in the Maghreb
The organizers invite submissions for a workshop on the history of public health in the Maghreb region, to be hosted by the University of Maryland.
#histmed #medhumanities
The organizers invite submissions for a workshop on the history of public health in the Maghreb region, to be hosted by the University of Maryland.
#histmed #medhumanities
Workshop: History of Health in the Maghreb. Colonial Biopolitics, Postcolonial Challenges and International Healthcare (1830-1980) | H-Net
CALL FOR PAPERS - Workshop: History of Health in the Maghreb. Colonial Biopolitics, Postcolonial Challenges and International Healthcare (1830-1980) Workshop dates: May 5-6, 2026Deadline for submissio...
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October 30, 2025 at 2:23 PM
CFPs History of Health in the Maghreb
The organizers invite submissions for a workshop on the history of public health in the Maghreb region, to be hosted by the University of Maryland.
#histmed #medhumanities
The organizers invite submissions for a workshop on the history of public health in the Maghreb region, to be hosted by the University of Maryland.
#histmed #medhumanities
The Royal Society of Medicine (London, UK) is hosting the Sarah Hughes Memorial Lecture: The power of 8: Understanding our senses for safety, regulation, and learning
📅Fri 5 Dec 2025
🕰️6:00pm – 8:00pm GMT
Location: Royal Society of Medicine and online (charge applies)
www.rsm.ac.uk/events/histo...
📅Fri 5 Dec 2025
🕰️6:00pm – 8:00pm GMT
Location: Royal Society of Medicine and online (charge applies)
www.rsm.ac.uk/events/histo...
October 30, 2025 at 1:48 PM
The Royal Society of Medicine (London, UK) is hosting the Sarah Hughes Memorial Lecture: The power of 8: Understanding our senses for safety, regulation, and learning
📅Fri 5 Dec 2025
🕰️6:00pm – 8:00pm GMT
Location: Royal Society of Medicine and online (charge applies)
www.rsm.ac.uk/events/histo...
📅Fri 5 Dec 2025
🕰️6:00pm – 8:00pm GMT
Location: Royal Society of Medicine and online (charge applies)
www.rsm.ac.uk/events/histo...
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Our updated website is now live!
Here you can find information on our events, research streams, and opportunities for researchers
🔗 www.torch.ox.ac.uk/medical-huma...
Here you can find information on our events, research streams, and opportunities for researchers
🔗 www.torch.ox.ac.uk/medical-huma...
Medical Humanities
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October 7, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Our updated website is now live!
Here you can find information on our events, research streams, and opportunities for researchers
🔗 www.torch.ox.ac.uk/medical-huma...
Here you can find information on our events, research streams, and opportunities for researchers
🔗 www.torch.ox.ac.uk/medical-huma...
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Forthcoming with the
CSMBR ONLINE LECTURE SERIES
𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭: csmbr.fondazionecomel.org/events/onlin...
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𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭: csmbr.fondazionecomel.org/events/onlin...
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October 25, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Forthcoming with the
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𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭: csmbr.fondazionecomel.org/events/onlin...
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𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭: csmbr.fondazionecomel.org/events/onlin...
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IT IS OUT! 🚀
The full programme + abstracts are now online!
Explore how knowledge was imagined, represented & re-created — from ancient anatomy to 3D digital reconstructions.
Free online slots for CSMBR Members:
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#CSMBR #ATLOMY #HistoryOfScience
The full programme + abstracts are now online!
Explore how knowledge was imagined, represented & re-created — from ancient anatomy to 3D digital reconstructions.
Free online slots for CSMBR Members:
csmbr.fondazionecomel.org/events/confe...
#CSMBR #ATLOMY #HistoryOfScience
October 28, 2025 at 10:04 AM
IT IS OUT! 🚀
The full programme + abstracts are now online!
Explore how knowledge was imagined, represented & re-created — from ancient anatomy to 3D digital reconstructions.
Free online slots for CSMBR Members:
csmbr.fondazionecomel.org/events/confe...
#CSMBR #ATLOMY #HistoryOfScience
The full programme + abstracts are now online!
Explore how knowledge was imagined, represented & re-created — from ancient anatomy to 3D digital reconstructions.
Free online slots for CSMBR Members:
csmbr.fondazionecomel.org/events/confe...
#CSMBR #ATLOMY #HistoryOfScience
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