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Historian of medicine at King’s College, London.
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Fay Bound-Alberti
15 days ago
Thanks Tom - this was a lovely conversation and we could have talked for hours! If you missed it and want to catch up, you can listen to the 9pm repeat or follow this link:
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
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King's CHoSTM
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King's CHoSTM
about 1 month ago
Two weeks ago David Brydan's "Smart: A History of Intelligence" (Footnote) came out! Don't miss the chance to hear the author, and
@fayboundalberti.bsky.social
and Federico Turkheimer's comments in our Book Launch Party next Tue 03 March. Register via Eventbrite
tinyurl.com/smart-brydan
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Smart: A History of Intelligence
Venue: 8th Floor Open Space, Strand Building, King's College London
https://tinyurl.com/smart-brydan
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King's CHoSTM
30 days ago
📣Interested in pursuing a postgraduate degree in the history of STM? Wishing to apply to our Hans Rausing Scholarship? Then this webinar is for you! Pursuing a research degree in the history of STM Thursday 12 March 17.00-18.00 (GMT) Register via Eventbrite ⬇️
#histsci
#histtech
#histmed
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Webinar: Pursuing a research degree in the history of STM
A webinar to orient prospective students on pursuing an MA and PhD in the history of STM, and how to apply to the Hans Rausing Scholarship.
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/webinar-pursuing-a-research-degree-in-the-history-of-stm-tickets-1983541248269?utm-campaign=social&utm-content=attendeeshare&utm-medium=discovery&utm-term=listing&utm-source=wsa&aff=ebdsshwebmobile
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King's CHoSTM
about 1 month ago
💡 Call for applications to our Hans Rausing scholarship is open until 17 April. Contact a prospective supervisor before applying to one of
@kingshistory.bsky.social
programmes. 🛎️ First round of applications to the MAs closes 9 March!
www.kingschostm.com/funding-oppo...
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Hans Rausing Scholarship 2026/2027 | KingsCHoSTM
Funding Opportunities within King's CHoSTM
https://www.kingschostm.com/funding-opportunities
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In 2019, I launched the Healthy Scepticism project w/ support from
@wellcometrust.bsky.social
and including fave colleagues
@agnesjuliet.bsky.social
and
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. Thanks to
@hurstpublishers.bsky.social
, it's a book! Preorder (w/ discount) here.
waterstones.com/book/healthy...
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King's CHoSTM
4 months ago
The Centre for the History of Science, Technology and Medicine at
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is inviting applications for prospective students to pursue a PhD in the History of Science and Technology. For more information, click here:
tinyurl.com/mw84w7py
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FUNDING | KingsCHoSTM
Funding Opportunities within King's CHoSTM
https://tinyurl.com/mw84w7py
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Hurst Publishers
6 months ago
OUT IN JUNE 2026 🗓️ ‘Healthy Scepticism’ by
@caitjan.bsky.social
is the entertaining, enlightening and occasionally enraging account of controversy, complexity and conspiracy in the medical world, diagnosing both healthy and unhealthy doubt. Pre-order ➡️
tinyurl.com/4z2zmm9f
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Duke University Press
12 months ago
Save 30% on
#NewBook
"The Product of Medicine" by Caitjan Gainty
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, which answers the question: What does the surgeon’s table owe to the factory floor?
#USHistory
#Medicine
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Duke University Press
12 months ago
Check out our great new titles coming out this April, including "The Product of Medicine" by Caitjan Gainty
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@dukepress.bsky.social
has made available the introduction to my book on the early 20th century efficiency movement and its inroads into medicine!
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about 1 year ago
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Duke University Press
about 1 year ago
In "The Product of Medicine,"
@caitjan.bsky.social
retells the story of US medical history through the lens of industrialization and the industrial logics that made American medicine modern. Read the intro for free on our website now.
#USHistory
#TechnologyStudies
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King's Arts & Humanities
about 1 year ago
💻 The Centre for the History of Science, Technology and Medicine is now accepting applications for the Hans Rausing Scholarships, supporting postgraduate study in the history of science and technology. 🗓️ Deadlines: 14 and 15 April 2025 Find out more ⬇️
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Applications open for Hans Rausing Scholarships in History of Science and Technology
The Centre for the History of Science, Technology and Medicine (CHoSTM) is now accepting applications for the scholarships, supporting postgraduate study in the history of science and technology.
https://buff.ly/40acd9s
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After about a million years, my book will be out this April.
www.dukeupress.edu/the-product-...
. As an avid introvert and committed pessimist, I really wouldn't know how to talk it up. But I do like the cover very much. Look at it.
about 1 year ago
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Join us on 22 October for the Kass Lecture in the History of Medicine at King's College, London! Our speaker this year is the wonderful Beth Linker who will be talking about the 'Other Disabled President.' Tickets available at
www.tickettailor.com/events/chost...
over 1 year ago
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AmazzoneFuriosa 🦋
over 1 year ago
Biden has announced more funding for his "cancer moonshot" initiative. This is what
@caitjan.bsky.social
and I wrote about it two years ago and we haven't changed our minds
undark.org/2022/04/14/o...
#histmed
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Biden’s Plan to ‘End Cancer’ Borrows From an Old, Flawed Playbook
Opinion | The President’s new health research enterprise is eerily reminiscent of Richard Nixon’s ill-fated war on cancer.
https://undark.org/2022/04/14/opinion-bidens-plan-to-end-cancer/
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With many thanks to our Centric Community Research and our collaborators in Brixton, some of whom you can find out more here, in a film made by Lucas Canino for our 'healthy scepticism' mini-exhibition at the Science Gallery London last year.
youtu.be/msJTnIfbtjU
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Health in Brixton | Vox Pops
https://youtu.be/msJTnIfbtjU
about 2 years ago
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I wrote with Agnes Arnold-Forster and Paul Addae on 'healthy scepticism' for Wellcome Stories.
wellcomecollection.org/articles/ZWc...
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Healthy scepticism
Healthcare sceptics – like those opposed to Covid-19 vaccinations – often have serious, nuanced reasons for doubting medical authorities.
https://wellcomecollection.org/articles/ZWcdJxEAACgAVS_7
about 2 years ago
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Prof Sheena Cruickshank
about 2 years ago
If you have never heard of the Tuskegee syphilis study then this will shock you to the core- If you are aware already then the level of coverup and manipulation will sicken you. It’s legacy still reverberates today.
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The US once withheld syphilis treatment from hundreds of Black men in the name of science. Newly pub...
The archival trove chronicles the extreme measures administrators took to ensure Black sharecroppers did not receive treatment for the venereal disease.
https://theconversation.com/the-us-once-withheld-syphilis-treatment-from-hundreds-of-black-men-in-the-name-of-science-newly-public-records-are-helping-us-understand-how-it-could-happen-217216
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