Very happy to invite all to Carlos Bavo's (UEM/ISCTE-IUL) talk at the @socmederc.bsky.social seminar next Tuesday, 14h CET on "Vaccines in Mozambique: From Revolution to 'Democracy'". It's online, to join us just fill out our registration for the zoom link. socialistmedicine.com/carlos-bavo-...

Next Tuesday 28.10, Katarzyna Szarla of the University of Warsaw will present at the @socmederc.bsky.social Seminar on ‘To Europe — Yes, but…’: HIV/AIDS and the Postsocialist Politics of Care in Poland, 1980s–1990s Join us in Berlin or online, more info at: socialistmedicine.com/katarzyna-sz...

Last Friday, I had the honor of moderating a panel with brilliant Brazilian scholars doing health sciences research in Germany at the 5th meeting of the Brazilian Academic Diaspora in Germany, at the Brazilian Embassy in Berlin and co-organized by Rede Apoena and @redesabia.bsky.social 📸 C. Seldin

A Biblioteca do Ministério da Saúde de Moçambique está fazendo um excelente e fundamental trabalho de digitalização do seu acervo. Aos poucos, documentos importantíssimos da história da saúde em Moçambique estão online no site da Biblioteca Virtual em Saúde em Português. mocambique.bvsaude.org

The only way to deal with this news is: “Putain de bordel de merde!!!” @groupe-sncf.com et @info.gouv.fr honte à vous! Les trains étaient pleins! En moins de deux ans j’ai fait cette route plusieurs fois, c’était pratique, les gens croisés étaient ravis de ne pas prendre l’avion. Quel gâchis… 😡

Tomorrow in Berlin, join us to hear Frédéric Keck @fredkeck.bsky.social present his last book "Solidarity Between Species – Living with Animals Exposed to Pandemic Viruses", from the 1918 flu to Covid and more! Sept 24, 14h30 at the @centremarcbloch.bsky.social 191 Friedrichstrasse

"...Si hay niños como Luchín Que comen tierra y gusanos Abramos todas las jaulas Pa' que vuelen como pájaros Con la pelota de trapo Con el gato y con el perro Y también con el caballo..." Victor Jara (28/09/1932 - 16/09/1973)

On September 24 at 2:30 pm, the Centre Marc Bloch is glad to host Frédéric Keck for a discussion of his book Solidarity Between Species – Living with Animals Exposed to Pandemic Viruses. Event in collaboration with the ERC-Project „Socialist Medicine" @socmederc.bsky.social @fredkeck.bsky.social

I am having (too much) fun screening the Mozambican newspaper Notícias for Health news, in microfilm at the British Library. Finished the year 1975 today, but will have to move much more faster. Nerdy me loves this part of the job, with some “aha” moments! #ALutaContinua

#EAHMH25 very interesting panel on Disease Ecologies with excellent papers on Malaria, Dengue, Influenza and Rabies. Reflections on health education, environment and industry.

#EAHMH25 Packed room for the Panel on Experiments with Public Health, with my colleagues from the Connecting Three Worlds and Bogdan Iacob (our honorary colleague also for Socialist Medicine)!

#EAHMH25 Fascinating ongoing Lunch Roundtable around Bruno Strasser and Thomas Schlich’s book Making the Medical Mask: a History of Breathing Bad Air

#EAHMH is on in Berlin! @doravargha.bsky.social opened with panache and Projit Mukharji with the Mole and Indian Communist Acupuncturists who like Frank Sinatra 💃

Meu companheiro espiou por cima do meu ombro enquanto eu trabalhava e viu a capa da revista Tempo de Moçambique de 1978 com a manchete « novos Machimbombos », e me perguntou daonde saiu essa palavra para ônibus. Ele percebeu que pela sonoridade parecida machine e não é que acertou!! 😆

Há poucos moçambicanos nesta rede, mas sempre pode chegar a alguém: 🚨 Última chamada para o Prêmio Christian Geffray de melhor monografia em ciência humanas e sociais em Moçambique. Nesta sexta 25/07 tem um encontro online de partilha, mais informações aqui: www.instagram.com/p/DMZuy2MNH1O/

Lançamentos de livros na Conferência dos 50 anos das independências das antigas colónias portuguesas: - The Mackerel Years by Kathleen Sheldon - Globalizing Independence Struggles of Lusophone Africa, ed. By Natalia Telepneva and Rui Lopes - Lusotopie “Era uma vez a Revolução Portuguesa”

Abertura da Conferência dos 50 anos das independências das colónias portuguesas em África, na Universidade de Lisboa/Universidade Nova de Lisboa

Throwback to "Medical Socialist Entanglements: Health Connections between Eastern Europe and Africa in the Global Cold War" panel at the ECAS conference in Prague: Sarah Howard (C3W-Birkbeck) summed up remarkably the papers and discussions, do check it out! connecting3worlds.org/african-afro...

Our special issue 'Socialist Health: Of Shortages and Solidarity' in EHMH has been published! brill.com/view/journal... Fantastic articles by @alilacandonga.bsky.social @jelenadj.bsky.social @nalbrecht.bsky.social @severyandyakonov.bsky.social and many more, supported by @erc.europa.eu #histmed

#ECAS2025, where @alilacandonga.bsky.social and I had wonderful two panels on medical socialist entanglements between Eastern Europe and Africa, including, among others, @severyandyakonov.bsky.social. Also heard some excellent talks on veterans, memory of anti-colonial wars and public health!

Great roundtable today at #ECAS2025 on Medicine, Racism, Gender, and anti-colonial Imaginaries: African Nurses’ Experiences under Portuguese colonialism. Great project by Matheus Serva Pereira at ICD universidade de Lisboa and fantastic collaborators! A lot to discuss and to further research on!

The African Pharmaceuticals annotated bibliography is out! Thank you to my brilliant co-author Gabrielle Robbins from JHU! The result is impresssive: 120 refs on everything you need to know on drugs in Africa! www.oxfordbibliographies.com/view/document/obo-9780197768723/obo-9780197768723-0006.xml

For those in Berlin, join us tomorrow morning to listen to Ilana Löwy at the History of Science Research Colloquium at Humboldt University Berlin, in collaboration with the ERC Socialist Medicine! socialistmedicine.com/ilana-lowy-h...

🚨 Atenção estudantes moçambicanos em ciências sociais! As inscrições para o *Prêmio Christian Geffray* da melhor monografia em ciências sociais estão abertas! O prêmio é uma bolsa de estudos de dois anos na França, com curso de francês e financiamento de uma investigação de campo em Moçambique! 👇

Join us tomorrow to hear Pierre-Marie David from Université de Montréal on his new book, "Opération Bangui: vaccine promises in Postcolonial Africa": how French medical researchers lauched an HIV vaccine project in the Central African Republic in the 1980s. socialistmedicine.com/pierre-marie...

We welcome paper proposals for our panel on (Post) Socialist health and Medicine at the Medical Anthropology Europe Conference. The conference will take place in Vienna on September 16-19 2025. Deadline for submission of papers: April 15, 2025 For more information mae.univie.ac.at/submission-g...

Come join us today at 14h Berlin time for our seminar online: *POSTSOCIALISM IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS: METHOD AND CRITIQUE.* with Claudia Aradau of King's College London All information and registration for the zoom link here: socialistmedicine.com/claudia-arad...

DEADLINE!!! Don't forget to submit your paper or panel proposal for #EAHMH25 in Berlin by March 10. It's going to be a fantastic conference with keynotes @historyelaine.bsky.social , Projit Mukharji and Birgit Nemec. More information and link to submission site at eahmh25.org #histmed #histSTM

🚨 Last days to submit your abstract to the "Health Beyond Medicine" Conference in Berlin! 🚨 *Deadline March 10* History, Sociology, Anthropology, and even the philosophers of health are welcome! The Call for Papers and all information on submission are here: hi.converia.de/frontend/ind...

Had an amazing couple of days consulting archives at the Basler Afrika Bibliographien, which hosts both a library and archive with rich sources on Angola and Mozambique.

** Mozambique ** My interview on France Culture this morning with Prof Domingos Manuel do Rosario et Prof Egídio Guambe in Maputo. A whole hour about the situation, the country's political history and the situation with universities in #Mozambique #Africa AfroLuso Afripolsky #elections #crisis

The BNF Richelieu building is really breathtaking, compensates for the lack of seating spots to work! 😅 But on the good side of things, because the Oval was full, we ended seating at the Music Research Library, which is very beautiful with full wooden walls, pictures are forbidden though)

EAHMH 2025 will be in Berlin in August 26-29, with a dedicated workshop for early career researchers. See the call and link to the submission site here: socialistmedicine.com/cfp-eahmh-20...

Join @alilacandonga.bsky.social and me on the panel “Medical Socialist Entanglements: Health Connections between Eastern Europe and Africa in the Global Cold War" in the History stream at #ECAS2025 conference. Deadline for abstracts: 15.12. Details: networks.h-net.org/group/announ...

@jelenadj.bsky.social and I welcome submissons to our Panel: "Medical Socialist Entanglements: Health Connections between Eastern Europe and Africa in the Global Cold War" for the European Conference on African Studies (ECAS), in Prague, June 25-28 2025. Info: networks.h-net.org/group/announ...

Save the date! EAHMH 2025 conference in Berlin: "Health Beyond Medicine" August 26-29, 2025 Deadline for submitting applications March 10, 2025. We are experiencing a technical setback, submission site will open shortly, detailed CFP will be available later this week on the EAHMH website. #histmed

Join us for our hybrid seminar of the Socialist Medicine project on December 10, 14:00 CET featuring Guillaume Lachenal! In person in Berlin and online on Zoom. Details: socialistmedicine.com/december-10-... #histmed #histsci #sts