Profile avatar
sshmedicine.bsky.social
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/ #histmed
142 posts 11,452 followers 267 following
Prolific Poster

CFPs 📣 Knowledge in Use. Practices and Practitioners in the Renaissance and Early Modern Period (14th-17th centuries) Deadline for abstracts 31 March 2025 #HistSTM #histmed

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…

This is the book series of the @sshmedicine.bsky.social Many of these titles are open access books free for anyone to read. manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/series/socia...

It may not look exciting but inside is #histmed treasure! Diary of Isaac Williamson who trained in midwifery in Edinburgh & Dublin in the 1760s. Records dissection & clinical classes, labours and a side-hustle selling apothecary wares. Digitised 👇 archiveandlibrary.rcsed.ac.uk/special-coll...?

Don't let the cold fool you— summer research season is right around the corner! ☀️📚🔍 Applications are open for our summer Gloeckner Fellowship for research using our rich collections on women in medicine: bit.ly/wye5FM #fellowship #HistMed #WomenInSTEM #WomenInMedicine

Paging the #histmed #STS #histSTM feeds for insights

💬 Can AI gossip? Hosted by the Narrative and Cognition Lab, a passport talk by @joelkrueger.com explores the intriguing topic of AI and gossip. Join us in person or online, tomorrow at 1PM! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1235903032... #medhums

@sshmedicine.bsky.social History of Pathology Society. Hps.wisc.edu

(Call for papers) Three positions at the newly established Chair of History of Medicine and Biosciences at the University of Vienna histoiresante.blogspot.com/2025/02/post... #histmed

The Worth Library Fellowship scheme is now open: edwardworthlibrary.ie/research-fel... Closing date is 4 April 2025. Please retweet @earlymodhistory.bsky.social @royalhistsoc.bsky.social @historyofscience.bsky.social @royalsociety.org @sshmedicine.bsky.social @aahmhistmed.bsky.social

Good morning #histmed! Registration is open for Boston 2025! We have new registration levels this year. We hope this will make things more accessible for student-members. If it's in your budget or you have access to funding, please consider sponsoring a student! aahm.press.jhu.edu/membership/c...

#HistSTM #Histmed

Don't forget to submit your abstracts for 'Sexual Health: Past, Present and Future' by Friday (14 February). ♥️♥️ What better way to celebrate Valentine's Day ♥️♥️ #sexualhealth #SRH #GUM #histsex #histmed #medhums

We have lots of exciting #litsci #histmed #hstm research going on at the Media and Epidemics blog - take a look below ⬇️ 🦠 😷 📚 📖 ✍️ mediaepidemics.com/blog/

New Blog! 📝 #histmed #histSTM #medicalhumanities Learn more about the recent Workshop: Network for Medical Humanities Scholars Teaching in Medical Schools by @harbottlestores.bsky.social @richardtbellis.bsky.social Sally Frampton and Gina Hadley and how you can participate sshm.org/blog-posts/

Lisa Jardine Grants are travel grants from @royalsociety.org to support archival research & career development. Open to PhD students and EC researchers in history of science, and other interdisciplinary studies combining humanities and the natural sciences. Deadline for applications: 11 March 2025

As the invitations to present at the 4th international MWHN conference are soon to be issued by the organisers, now is a good time to look back of the immensely successful and stimilating predecessors in 2021, 2023 and 2024 #MWHN

The second conference. Friday 7th July 2023, in person, courtesy of ucddublin.bsky.social Sutherland School of Law. One day and fourteen speakers #MWHN The programme:

The third conference took place on Thursday 20th to Friday 21sth June 2024, in person, courtesy of @universityofleeds.bsky.social School of History. Two days and thirteen speakers #MWHN The programme:

3rd and last day of our great #WhoCares2025 conference on the history of psychiatry: guided tour of la Salpêtrière and time to say goodbye! 🤗Season 2 coming soon... in 2026! @creananterre.bsky.social @sshmedicine.bsky.social

Other bits from our conference Who Cares? #whocares2025 as our last panel is about to start! Many thanks again to @sshmedicine.bsky.social @creananterre.bsky.social for their kind support!

@sshmedicine.bsky.social @wellcometrust.bsky.social @sochistorywar.bsky.social @vahs.bsky.social @smh-historians.bsky.social Call for Papers deadline fast approaching: Fri 14 February 2025. Submit today #milwelfhist #WW1 #FWW #histmed #nursinghist #veteran

This @rcn.org.uk event is in person (London) and online and open to all. 6 March 2025 17:30-19:30 (UK) #histmed

Did you write or do you know an award worthy #HistNursing #HistMed #Dishist #WomensHistory article from 2024 that fits the criteria? ⭐ 👇

My latest article is out! It argues that the public subvention of photography in Parisian hospitals enabled the institutionalisation of photography and shaped the kind of photography that could be done #photohist #histmed 📷📸🗂️ It took me literal years to write!! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Extremely excited for this event, the brainchild of the brilliant @dremilyvincent.bsky.social! Lots of excellent speakers & plenty to learn about all things contagion, contamination, & the c19 worldwide 🦠🤧💉 #histsci #histmed

This series looks really useful for early career #MedHums folks #AcademicSky

First day of our #WhoCares2025 conference at Paris Nanterre! Fascinating presentations on various aspects of the history of psychiatry... With @clairedeligny.bsky.social, @embfauquert.bluesky.social & with the kind support of @sshmedicine.bsky.social & @creananterre.bsky.social

👋Don't miss LSHTM's upcoming Virtual Open Days (11-13 Feb 2025). Join live webinars & Q&A sessions with programme directors & current students to find out what makes LSHTM a leader in #GlobalHealth education. Book your place now👉 www.lshtm.ac.uk/study/visit-...

📣Last Few Remaining Places📣 SSHM members' mid-career writing retreat (funded by Wellcome) mid-career is defined as 8 years post PhD and regardless of whether in continuing post or not. 7-10 April at Ross Priory on the banks of Loch Lomond Extended deadline for applications is 12 February 2025

Please join our PhD students next Tuesday for their first lunchtime seminar this semester. The guest speaker will be Deborah Cohen, on Psychoanalysis on BBC Radio, 1945-1970 chstmphdblog.wordpress.com/2025/01/30/0...

🌟 Exciting news! The DHST is hosting free online workshops for early career scholars in 2025! Topics include writing book reviews, career diversity, grant writing, and more. 📅 First session: 27 Feb 2025. 💻 Register here: https://buff.ly/4eWTAep #AcademicWorkshops #DHST2025

Registration for the virtual program is now open! This free program will be held March 7 starting at 8:30 CST/9:30 EST. See you there! Register here: unmc.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

This LGBT History Month, we're looking back at our archive. If you're a former staff member or volunteer, help us mark our history at a drop-in at the Bishopsgate Institute, hosted by Sir Nick Partridge. 📅 14 Feb ⏰ 2pm-4pm RSVP to [email protected]

"Who Cares?" Conference on psychiatry in the English-speaking world Université Paris Nanterre Thu 6 & Fri 7 Feb 2025 (next week!) ✅ whocares.hypotheses.org/conference-p... All welcome at @uparisnanterre.bsky.social ! With the support of @creananterre.bsky.social, IUF & @sshmedicine.bsky.social

#JOBKLAXON #histmed #histstm #envhist: the colleagues in the School of History at UCD are looking for candidates who can help develop a Humanities perspective in One Health, around the inter-dependence of animals, humans, microbes and environments in history. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DLN959/a...

#HistMed #HistNursing

📣 A reminder that applications are open till the 28th of February for our Medical Humanities in Practice Research Fellowships! Further information on the Fellowship scheme and how to apply can be found here: medhumsplatform.org/practice-res... #medicalhumanities #medhums

The A-NZ Society for the History of Medicine is meeting in Sydney July 8-12. Always worthwhile. Call for papers out now. The ANZSHM conference overlaps with the AusSTS conference in Melbourne but I'm hoping to get to both (especially as I'll be speaking at the latter!) #histstm #histmed #STS

#histmed #histpsych historypsychiatry.com/2025/01/30/c...

Looking forward to receiving your work @ercresearch.bsky.social @fau.de @mpiwg.bsky.social @jhideas.bsky.social @shothisttech.bsky.social @historyofscience.bsky.social @envhistnow.bsky.social @sshmedicine.bsky.social @askehn.bsky.social www.stgs.fau.de/2025/01/08/c...

☎️Calling #HistMed Students & New Graduates📢 The Roy Porter Essay Prize deadline's tomorrow (1 Feb), 5pmGMT)! There's still time! Prizes include cash, conference plenary slot, mentoring, & places at our publication masterclass! Eligibility & entry form 👇 #HistSTM #DisHist #HistPsych #HistNursing 🗃️

I’ve created a Starter Pack for anyone interested in the Queer Medical Humanities 🩺🏥🏳️‍🌈 - interdisciplinary approaches to queer and LGBTQIA+ healthcare across the humanities, arts, social sciences and medicine go.bsky.app/5LB1Drg

The deadline is sneaking up! Don't miss out on this amazing prize 🏆

#CFP for 'The Military Medicine and Welfare of the First World War: preparations, evolutions and legacies' symposium, 10-11 April 2025. Submit your abstracts and bios to the organisers at [email protected] by Friday 14 February 2025. militarywelfarehistory.com/other-events/.

The next OA article from our project, 'Histories of Sexual Health in Britain', is out now — a microhistory about medical harm inflicted on a newborn by a GP who wrongly diagnosed congenital syphilis and the family's very public search for reparation. academic.oup.com/shm/advance-...

☎️Calling #HistMed Students & New Graduates📢 The Roy Porter Essay Prize deadline is 1 Feb! Submit for the chance to win cash, a conference plenary slot, mentoring, & places at our publication masterclass! Details, eligibility & entry form 👇 #HistSTM sshm.org/portfolio/pr...

The deadline is tomorrow, don't miss out!

We're hiring! The Bodleian are looking for a Public Engagement Officer. This is an exciting role based in the Weston Library, with the opportunity to make a real impact on visitors and the community, working with the Bodleian’s historic collections. For more information: tinyurl.com/48uuw625.