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rebeccawatterson.bsky.social
Historian of lobotomies, mental health & millies. Working class academic. Currently: Research Fellow in Mental Health at the Bamford Centre for Mental Health & Wellbeing. PhD: UK Psychosurgery, 1940-86. Co-PI @epidemicbelfast.
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HSTM Network Ireland Conference 2025 Submissions of papers on any theme relating to HSTM are welcome. Abstracts (no more than 300 words) and a short biography (no more than 100 words) should be submitted by 21 March 2025 using this Google Form: forms.gle/bn5G8K3m8chDUj…

submitted 18 days ago • 2 comments

Grainne & Becca delivering the first (of hopefully many) workshops on community-based participatory research methods to PhD researchers from law, arts, humanities, heritage, life sciences and more! The change is happening! CHOICE IS LEADING A MOVEMENT.

submitted 21 days ago • 0 comments

The application deadline for these @historylabplus.bsky.social roles is BUT ONE WEEK AWAY!

submitted 35 days ago • 1 comment

📢 Calling all historians and researchers! The Women's History Network is now accepting abstracts for its 33rd Annual Conference, themed "Hidden in Plain Sight: Women in Archives, Libraries, Museums, and Personal Collections." More info: womenshistorynetwork.org/whn-annual-c... #WomensHistory #GLAM

submitted 35 days ago • 4 comments

#OtD 24 Jan 1919 staff and patients barricaded themselves inside the Monaghan Lunatic Asylum in Ireland and declared a soviet (workers' council). They also made demands on pay and working hours, including equal pay for women. They won in February stories.workingclasshistory.c...

submitted 35 days ago • 0 comments

Hoping to make this! It will be great!

submitted 35 days ago • 0 comments

Registration open for what should be an excellent talk @hstmnetworkireland.bsky.social

submitted 35 days ago • 0 comments

Great to see @hstmnetworkireland.bsky.social on Bluesky. Welcome! #hstm

submitted 35 days ago • 0 comments

Fantastic ‘Historians on Screen’ workshop today. Fascinating insight on how factual programs get commissioned/produced & how to make it happen Really great few hours! Thanks @hstmnetworkireland.bsky.social @ianmillerhistor.bsky.social @hannahbrown98.bsky.social @rebeccawatterson.bsky.social

submitted 35 days ago • 1 comment

*Deadline looming!* Teaching in a Time of Crisis CFP: exploring how history education can navigate & respond to contemporary crises. Come & join @historylabplus.bsky.social, @ihrhistorylab.bsky.social, & HistoryUK at @uni-of-warwick.bsky.social in May! Bursaries available!

submitted 43 days ago • 1 comment

“To turn off, go to Settings > Apps > Photos on iOS and turn off Enhanced Visual Search. On Mac, open Photos and go to Settings > General to do the same. You must do it on each of your Apple devices.”

submitted 55 days ago • 179 comments

Happy new year to everyone in this pack (and those who aren’t). I’m resharing because we’ve had new people added, so worth checking through (again?) for kindred researchers to follow. go.bsky.app/7YAhtdD

submitted 57 days ago • 3 comments

Finally exiting the throes of the worst lurgy. Nearly 3 weeks I’ve been down. But I have started my 2025 reads list. Up first is The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel Van Der Kolk. Hoping to understand myself more after this one.

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In this feature I explore some of the places in Bedfordshire associated with health and healing, from medieval holy wells to Victorian innovations. www.cprebeds.org.uk/discover/h-i... #LocalHistory

submitted 57 days ago • 0 comments

Starting my Bluesky off on 1st January 2025 ✨ here’s an overview of 2024… the year I finished my Scouloudi fellowship, became a Dr, got a job, hiked a mountain, and a lot more 💜 Happy New Year you lovely lot!

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