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infoclio.ch
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In the latest episode of
#Cliocast
, Séveric Yersin talks to author Bruno Strasser about his monograph «The Mask. A History of Breading Bad Air» (Yale University Press).
@brunostrasser.bsky.social
@yalepress.bsky.social
www.infoclio.ch/en/node/191254
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Our Mask book is on the list of the 10 essential science reads of 2025 in the journal Nature. What I nice surprise!
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Spineless creatures, possibly the worldâs oldest beer receipt and more: 2025âs best Books in brief
Bibliophile Andrew Robinson reveals 10 essential science reads from the past year.
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-03914-8
about 1 month ago
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« AgrĂ©able Ă lire, The Mask excelle lĂ oĂč beaucoup Ă©chouent: le livre vulgarise un savoir dense tout en prĂ©sentant des recherches originales. » Le Courrier, 25 Nov. 2025
lecourrier.ch/2025/11/25/m...
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Montre-moi ton masque, je te dirai qui tu es - Le Courrier
Dans quelques milliers dâannĂ©es, il sera possible aux archĂ©ologues de dater les couches de terre de la pĂ©riode 2020-2022 sans instrument. Les masses de masques chirurgicaux bleus, verts ou blancs serv...
https://lecourrier.ch/2025/11/25/montre-moi-ton-masque-je-te-dirai-qui-tu-es/
about 1 month ago
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First reviews of our Mask Book are appearing: An âengrossing, finely illustrated accountâ, Nature 21 Nov. 2025 "Andrew Robinson reviews five of the best science picks"
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Of masks and Mayans: Books in brief
Andrew Robinson reviews five of the best science picks.
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-03868-x
about 1 month ago
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Carsten Timmermann
about 2 months ago
This is excellent.
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Claire L Jones
2 months ago
OMG this is amazing
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Happy to announce our new paper on the history of air pollution in the workplace just published in The Lancet:
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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Masking harm: dust, diseases, and industry
During the COVID-19 pandemic, we were all reminded of the long history of masks used as protection against disease, ranging from the iconic plague doctor's beaked mask to the cloth masks seen in histo...
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(25)02180-4/abstract
2 months ago
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The "Active History" website (a website that connects the work of historians with the wider public and the importance of the past to current event )has published our post on the anti-mask and anti-vaccine movement:
activehistory.ca/blog/2025/10...
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How the History of the Anti-mask and Anti-vaccination Movements Hang Together
Thomas Schlich and Bruno J. Strasser Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is best known as a vaccination skeptic, but he is also skeptical about using masks for infection control. At the Libertarian National ConvâŠ
https://activehistory.ca/blog/2025/10/10/the-history-of-the-anti-mask-and-anti-vaccination-movement/#more-53503
3 months ago
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Yale University Press
3 months ago
"An engaging read. ...Covering a broad sweep of history, Strasser and Schlich offer a thoughtful reflection on what masks say about both the wearer and society." âAnthropology Book Forum's rave review of The Mask.
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AMS Healthcare
3 months ago
Congratulations, Dr.
@thomasschlich.bsky.social
! His project grant analyzes the documents and mechanisms that led to McGill Universityâs limited quota admission of Jewish medical students between 1920-1960. More here:
buff.ly/fPj1m8j
#HoH2025
@healthsciences.mcgill.ca
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Dr Fabiola Creed
3 months ago
đ Bluesky is the only platform where I havenât circulated my book, as Iâd recently joined and was waiting for the physical copy. So here it is (last book post, I promise) đ âïž Sunbed in Britain: Tanning Culture from Fad to Fear is free to download via:
dx.doi.org/10.5040/9781...
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AMS Healthcare
3 months ago
We are delighted to announce the 2025 History of Healthcare Awards recipients! Since 2015, this program has supported over 80 historians in investigating Canada's history of health, disease, and medicine. Read more here:
buff.ly/dl4t4yg
#HoH2025
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onekade
3 months ago
I understand why people get frustrated when liberals fixate on things like ICE wearing masks. But the masks symbolize something very dangerous, the very thing people frustrated with liberals are worried aboutâabsolute impunity from a secret police who report directly to a fascist.
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Bruno J. Strasser
4 months ago
Violet Affleckâs impassioned call at
#UNGA80
for masking and clean
#indoorair
is the latest episode in the long âand always controversialâ history of masks. To explore the earlier chapters and better understand whatâs happening today, check out our book!
tinyurl.com/579pz264
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Book launch with a most interesting panel. Looking forward to the discussions.
4 months ago
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Society for the Social History of Medicine (SSHM)
5 months ago
đŁ5 five-year postdoc positions at University of Edinburgh check out đ§”below for more details about each post đ
#histmed
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Bruno J. Strasser
5 months ago
Projit Mukharji opens his lecture at
#EAHMH25
with the following point: 1/3 of all human beings live either in China or India. Yet, most scholarship in
#histmed
is about Western biomedicine.
@eahmh.bsky.social
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Carsten Timmermann
5 months ago
Congratulations to Heidi Hausse!
#eahmh25
@manchesterup.bsky.social
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Lisa Haushofer
5 months ago
Fascinating talk by Laura Smith on J. Marion Sims and the mechanisms by which he âwhitewashedâ the Black enslaved patients he experimented on in his medical publications
#EAHMH25
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Alila Brossard
5 months ago
#EAHMH25
Fascinating ongoing Lunch Roundtable around Bruno Strasser and Thomas Schlichâs book Making the Medical Mask: a History of Breathing Bad Air
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BenoĂźt Majerus
5 months ago
@brunostrasser.bsky.social
presents his book "The Mask" written with Thomas Schlich, a book that tells the story till the 1970s. Published by
@yalepress.bsky.social
@yalebooks.bsky.social
#nocovid
#eahmh25
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BenoĂźt Majerus
5 months ago
The Mask is discussed by David Gentilcore, Christoph Gradmann,
@ahlie.bsky.social
and
@luchen.bsky.social
#eahmh25
#histmed
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Carsten Timmermann
5 months ago
While immigrants are being demonised and dehumanised in most European countries, here is a reminder that Europe, for most of its history, has sent its migrants to all corners of the planet, doing much damage to indigenous populations.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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What does a true Brit feel when we commemorate the war or fly the St George flag? Depends on the Brit | Mihir Bose
Politicians love a single, unifying narrative, but itâs more complicated for those of us who see UK life and history through a different lens, says author and broadcaster Mihir Bose
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/aug/20/britain-flag-st-george-immigration-india-second-world-war-vj-day?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
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Bruno J. Strasser
5 months ago
1/12 - In our book, The Mask, we show 58 striking images. Remember those depictions of plague doctors wearing a beaked mask? Such visual elements were common in the 17th C and were always satirical. Here is one by F. Bertelli, from Il Carnevale ItalianoâŠ1642 (The Met, NY).
tinyurl.com/uvzjs9py
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On the entangled history anti-mask and antiv-vacc:
yalebooks.yale.edu/2025/08/12/w...
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âWorse Things Than Dyingâ: The Entangled History of the Anti-Mask and Anti-Vaccination Movements - Yale University Press
Thomas Schlich and Bruno J. Strasserâ In May 2024 at the Libertarian National Convention in Washington, DC, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., recalled that, during the pandemic, he was asked whether... READ MOR...
https://yalebooks.yale.edu/2025/08/12/worse-things-than-dying-the-entangled-history-of-the-anti-mask-and-anti-vaccination-movements/
5 months ago
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Bruno J. Strasser
5 months ago
The final negotiation round for the Global Plastic Treaty Begins today. Check out our essays in The Lancet on how plastics became so central in healthcare and what cam be done to reduce their use.
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
#PlasticTreaty
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Plastics in health care: rethinking medical device innovation, use, and disposal for sustainability
Around the world, some 16 billion plastic syringes and 15 billion face masks are thrown away each year.1,2 Unknown in the first half of the 20th century, the global production, circulation, and dispos...
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(25)01099-2/fulltext
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Yale University Press
6 months ago
Authors of The Mask: A History of Breathing Bad Air, Thomas Schlich and Bruno J. Strasser, on why a mask is never just a mask.
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Opinion: A mask is never just a mask
Long before the pandemic, masks carried historical baggage and cultural meanings
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-masks-mandates-covid-pandemic/
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