Looking forward to this in Oct in #Dublin @tcddublin.bsky.social, organised with my good pals @kfinnan.bsky.social @dublincityuni.bsky.social @judybolger.bsky.social - #CFP closes 21 July 2026 so time to enjoy the sun and write an abstract! #MedHums #Skystorians #Speirgorm #HistMed #ReproHist

#CFP #CA22159 Workshop: Negotiating Care: Health Systems & the Social Contract @tcddublin.bsky.social 29-30 Oct 2026 - Modern healthcare systems rest on a set of promises...yet these promises have repeatedly gone unfulfilled... See here👉 tinyurl.com/3v2p3edm #HistMed #MedHums #ReproHist #Midwifery

#CFP #CA22159 Workshop: Sexuality and Regimes of Expertise: Bodies, Gender and Sexual Health in Southern and Eastern Europe (1940s-1990s) 21 - 22 January 2027 Madrid #CFP Closes 31 July 2026 - see Call here 👉 tinyurl.com/4k7uku62 #Skystorians #MedHums #HistMed #ReproHist

Coming up in Zagreb 26-27 May 2026 is 'The Fight against TB in Europe and its colonies 1850 - 1970s' - a much anticipated HYBRID event, with a fabulous program. Thanks to Croatian Academy of Sciences & Arts for hosting. 👉Program & link via email #MedHums #HistMed #TB #HealthResearch #Skystorians

Oh wow. So the French National Academy of Medicine has just published a press release saying that medical photographs should be considered as medical data, and asking for better management, training and infrastructure for photography www.academie-medecine.fr/wp-content/u...

Listening to a great talk on ethics in museum contexts as part of the dedicated workshop on ethics in medical museum held by WG5 of @eurohealthhist.bsky.social in Cluj.

What a workshop WG5 put together for Ethical Considerations in Medical Museums & the GLAM sector! Thanks to hosts University of Medicine and Pharmacy "Iuliu Hațieganu", Cluj-Napoca and organisers Maria Aluas Kevin Finnan #HistMed #MedHums #GLAM

Program issued and it is going to be GREAT! Join us online or in-person this week 7 & May 2026 for Ethical Considerations in Medical Museums & #GLAM Thanks to our hosts Iuliu Hatieganu University of Medicine & Pharmacy, Cluj #Museum #Archives #Skystorians #MedHums #HistMed #CA22159

Good News! We now have a YouTube Channel where you can catch up on those research seminars you missed or would love to hear again. At the moment we have three recordings but there will be more on the way. Check it out. www.youtube.com/@EUROHEALTHH...

This Fri 24 April 2026 WG1 lunchtime seminar 1pm CET Prof Matin Gorsky will speak on the Making of Health Policy in Britain & NZ Check email / bulletin for meeting link #Skystorians #HistMed #MedHums #CA22159

Please Note NEW TIME: 12pm BST (UK & Irl) / 1pm CET (Europe) Please join our Seminar series jointly organised between Working Group 1 & 4 on 16 April 2026 where Prof Barry Doyle will talk on 'What is a Hospital'. Check your email for meeting links #HistMed #MedHums #Skystorians #HealthHist

#EuroHistHealth welcomes @chendirl.bsky.social @tcddublin.bsky.social to our next WG5 lunchtime seminar at 12.30 CET on 15 APRIL 2026. The paper is titled * Voluntary Gravedigging as Living Heritage * Check your email/bulletin for the meeting link! #Skystorians #DeathStudies #Research #Speirgorm

Don't forget next Wed 15 April - WG5 lunchtime seminar series with @chendirl.bsky.social speaking on Voluntary Gravedigging as Living Heritage #DeathStudies #Heritage #GLAM #MedHums #HistMed #CA22159 #EuroHistHealth

We are accepting proposals for a resident 16-week summer research fellowship, which will investigate a topic relevant to the history of health and health care. ⁠ ⁠⁠ Find the full application details here:https://www.museumofhealthcare.ca/fellowship #histmed #fellowship

Grants of up to £2,500 are available for research projects, courses or activities related to #HistNursing and #Midwifery, for the duration of up to one year. Closes: 5pm on 13 May @rcnhistory.bsky.social @rcnfoundation.bsky.social rcnfoundation.rcn.org.uk/Grants-and-f...

We're hiring! Looking for a #postdoc (3 years) and #PhD (4 years) in #STS and aquatic restoration! Hired researchers will join University of @oulu.fi, the amazing SAFIRE multidisciplinary research programme, and a growing team of researchers interested in water and environment. Deadline 03.05.26.

🔔Hear ye, hear ye🔔 New blog post by me & Len Smith: 'Women in the Private Asylum Business in Nineteenth-Century England'. Hosted by the Economic History Society's The Long Run, we argue that these women open up mental health histories in a whole new way. #HistPsych #HistSTM #HistGender #HistMed 🗃️

#EuroHistHealth welcomes @chendirl.bsky.social @tcddublin.bsky.social to our next WG5 lunchtime seminar at 12.30 CET on 15 APRIL 2026. The paper is titled * Voluntary Gravedigging as Living Heritage * Check your email/bulletin for the meeting link! #Skystorians #DeathStudies #Research #Speirgorm

Get involved in our exhibition launching in September 2026 on the digital revolution in nursing. We are seeking an artist to create an artwork involving collaborative practice with nursing staff and/or people with lived experience of being nursed. More info on our website: https://bit.ly/41tt9IZ

Delighted to receive #BritishAcademy award to develop #HorizonEurope project with @eurohealthhist.bsky.social & others: 'Bridging Diverse Health Heritage(s): fostering shared responsibility and security through inclusive narratives, objects, and places'. @livunihss.bsky.social @sotauol.bsky.social

👇 This looks like a cracking session for #Skystorians and #Archivists #MedHums #HistMed #HistNursing #HistMidwifery #ReproHist #Archives www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/working-wi...

For those who may be interested, the eventual introduction of the 1994 Stillbirth Act means that if you experienced a #stillbirth in #Ireland before 1995, you are still able to retrospectively register your baby's birth. #ReproHist #HistMed #MedHums #HistMidwifery #ReproductiveLoss #Miscarriage

We are very much looking forward to this new adventure and, for me, one of the most exciting developments is that @jofvictculture.bsky.social is now going to start publishing Special Issues as well as standard articles and established range of additional formats 😀 academic.oup.com/jvc/pages/Ge...

A lovely workshop organized by @kindkovacs.bsky.social & Annina Gagyiova this spring in Budapest and online, as part of the @eurohealthhist.bsky.social COST action 22159! Something for #skystorians in #medhist and beyond.

WG5 Seminar Series: 17 March 2026 12.30 pm CET The Art In/Sane Digital Museum - Recognizing the Cultural Heritage Value of Psychopathological Art in Romania by Dr Valentin-Veron Toma Institute of Anthropology, Romanian Academy #HistMed #CA22159

Hybrid Workshop 12 May 2026 #CFP The Child Patient and Medical Expertise in Times of War, Crisis and Transformation (20th century). The full call 👉 shorturl.at/sylPI 👉 Abstracts Due by 27 March 2026 #HistMed #MedHums

Booking now open for the 1st June 2026 UKAHN Colloquium in London store.kingston.ac.uk/conferences-... . All info on the Colloquium - including call for papers and posters ukahn.org/colloquium-2... . Please share widely #histnursing #histmedicine

#SaveTheDate for #HSTM #HSTMIreland #HSTMNetwork Annual Meeting 24 April 2026 hosted by our lovely colleagues @unioflimerick.bsky.social Convenor Dr José M Moreno - Theme *** The History of Knowledge in Ireland - Where do we Stand Today? *** #HistMed #MedHums #TechHist #SciHist #Skystorians

Second “explainer” piece here www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

Hybrid Workshop 12 May 2026 #CFP The Child Patient and Medical Expertise in Times of War, Crisis and Transformation (20th century). The full call 👉 shorturl.at/sylPI 👉 Abstracts Due by 27 March 2026 #HistMed #MedHums

WG5 Seminar Series: 17 March 2026 12.30 pm CET The Art In/Sane Digital Museum - Recognizing the Cultural Heritage Value of Psychopathological Art in Romania by Dr Valentin-Veron Toma Institute of Anthropology, Romanian Academy #HistMed #CA22159

👇 #CFP Open #HistMed #MedSky

Calling all Postgraduate students working in medical and health humanities. Have you submitted your abstracts yet? This promises to be an exceptional conference - Un/silencing healthcare. Call open until 26th March.

30th Nordic Medical History Congress, Gothenburg April 21 – 23 2027 #CFP now open 👉 shorturl.at/ykArp The congress language will be English. The main theme for the meeting will be **** Water in Health and Disease **** #HistMed #PublicHealth #MedSky #HistHealth

WG4 Seminar : Socialist Tropical Medicine: Of Pathologies, Bodies & Geopolitics by Dr Bogdan Cristian Iacob 1PM GMT - 5 March 2026 ONLINE link in bulletin #Skystorians #HistMed #MedHums #TropicalMed #EuroHistHealth #CA22159

(Call for applications) Summer School "The History of Women Philosophers and Scientists" histoiresante.blogspot.com/2026/02/les-... #histSTM

Pregnancy became far more dangerous in Texas after the state banned abortion, according to ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis, which found the sepsis rate for women hospitalized as they miscarried in the 2nd trimester shot up by more than 50%. (Published Feb. 2025)

Missed an event? Why not check out our recordings on YouTube - catch up now on this talk featuring members of the 1980s Radical Nursing Group: https://bit.ly/40bSo1M Learn even more about nursing activism in our event, taking place at 20 Cavendish Square, tomorrow: https://bit.ly/3MefKR1

A reminder that our 2026 PGR Bursary and Essay Prizes are currently open for submission - you can read reports from our 2025 Bursary awardees now on our website: irishstudies.co.uk

The Edward Worth Library, Dublin, is offering two short-term research fellowships of between 1 week and 1 month between Jun and Nov 2026 to encourage research relevant to its collection of c. 4,300 books, left to Dr Steevens’ Hospital by Dublin physician Edward Worth (1676-1733). #histmed

For #ValentinesDay, I'll be posting #HistoricalHearts. Let's start with this life-size papier-mâché heart by the French anatomist Louis Thomas Jérôme Auzoux from the 19th century. Photo: Alex Peck.

I mean… all this talk about civilisation from members of the Trump administration. Thinking about Spengler and the decline of Western civilisation: this probably fits the bill.

Lunctime Seminar: How the cobalt bomb did change the cancer services at the Hospital in 1950s-1960s Barcelona by Dr Alfons Zarzoso *** RESCHEDULED to 26 Feb 2026 *** at 12.30pm CET - link via email. #Skystorians #HistMed #MedHums

This would be fabulous! I had a chance to see some scientific instruments there, but there's so much more to explore 📜

Is your research related to Asia or Africa? Join us on Friday 27 February for an open day exploring our Asian and African collections as well as those of @soasuni.bsky.social , @sas-news.bsky.social and @senatehouselib.bsky.social Book your place here: link.bl.uk/ctf

WG5 Seek Papers: Ethical Considerations in Medical Museums & GLAM Sector - Cluj, Romania 7-8 May 2026 Workshop - see email for details #MedHums #HistMed #GLAM #Museums #Skystorians

Lunchtime Seminar: Making (up) healthy people: A German-German history of health education, 1945–1967 by Dr Christian Sammer - link via email. 27 Feb at 1pm CET #Skystorians #MedHums #HistMed

Our thanks to our generous hosts at the University of Granada for a warm welcome and week of training and scholarship - one of our largest events to date showing the significance of #reproductive #reprohist in #HistHealth #HistMed #HistNursing #HistMidwifery #Skystorians