Happy to say I'm now an associate editor for @the-polyphony.bsky.social. I'm particularly interested in pitches on the intersections between health and the built environment, but would love to hear from anyone who wants to write about their #medhums work! More info: thepolyphony.org/get-involved/

Excited to host the Measurement Heretics Workshop: Being Meaning and Measuring Well on March 11-13, at the Institute for Medical Humanities, Durham University. The keynote will be hybrid so register for this free event! @durhamimh.bsky.social #histsci #histmed #hps #philsci #medhums #histtech #sts

Kansas has, overnight, invalidated the drivers’ licenses of trans people, a pointless cruelty that upends their lives If Brits think “it won’t happen here” think again! Groups in the U.K. who want the same thing are routinely invited to consult with Labour and normalised in our press!

Shocking news. Obviously one doesn't know the ins and outs, but it's hard to comprehend how such a large and weathy university as UCL finds itself unable to support a cutting-edge humanities research institute. Solidarity with everyone affected. www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...

Publication day! 🥳 Some thoughts on the pros & cons of 'retrospective diagnosis' for enriching disability archives. Portraiture and Disability: Cripping Retrospective Diagnosis: Journal of Literary & Cultural Disability Studies: Vol 20, No 1 liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/10.3828/...

We are advertising a two-year lectureship in Modern British History at University of Cambridge, please spread the word! www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/assista...

One of the biggest things we could do to help boys and young men is to fund, support, and normalize gender studies.

Reminder that the Consortium for #histSTM has research fellowships available (d/l april 15) for travel to 2 or more of its constituent members. Tho' most are in US, McGIll, U of Toronto and Wellcome Collection are also options for ppl who can't travel safely to US for research 🗃️

A common fictional narrative shows people with nonconforming identities finding self-acceptance in towns and cities. This #LGBTQHistoryMonth, archivist Lottie Wood explores how author E. M. Barraud found the opposite, through rural work and the Women’s Land Army. merl.reading.ac.uk/news-and-vie...

The @ihr.bsky.social has brought all its online resources - journals, @vch-home.bsky.social, OA book series, @bho.bsky.social, BBIH, @layersoflondon.bsky.social, and more - into one section of its website for easier access bit.ly/4cCrpUD. Much of this content is free to use online #Skystorians

Applications are open for a Bloomsbury College PhD studentship, to work on the history of the voluntary organisation Release. The student will be based at UCL, supervised by Prof. Toby Seddon, and co-supervised by Prof. Alex Mold at LSHTM. Further details below. bloomsbury.ac.uk/drugs-civil-...

I think we have a new winner.

Cath Roper and Nina Joffee-John present abolitionist perspectives on #epistemicinjustice in #psychiatry on the #projectEPIC blog epistemicinjusticeinhealthcareproject.blogspot.com/2026/02/abol... #philsky

First piece out by @busedp.bsky.social, about growing up 'gifted' - well done Buse! She's still recruiting also for interviewees, link in the blog - www.history.ox.ac.uk/article/revi...

Keir Starmer sitting at his desk, knowing that he can struggle on or by 6pm he could be knocking back his second Kingfisher whilst waiting for his butter chicken and plain naan to turn up.

'Six Axioms of Failure', by @willpooley.bsky.social.

Gray Day 2025 marks 45 years of Lanark. Alasdair Gray’s novel, published by @canongate.co.uk, fuses visual art and text: self-designed covers, allegorical panels, Glasgow landscapes, and an eccentric 3-1-2-4 structure—learn more about the familiar faces he used for the book cover 👇🏽

In these dark days of February, a little something to look forward to.

One of the wickedest things Wes Streeting has ever done is push politically convenient falsehoods about suicide rates amongst young trans people. We have new data from the National Child Mortality Database that exposes the truth he tried to cover up.

Our conference #cfp is now live! This year's conference, "Embodied Histories: Body, Mind and Experience" will take place on 17th July 2026 at University of Birmingham! Keep on reading to find out more...(1/9)

This interview featuring a prominent medieval historian and a man whose other interviewees literally include “Tommy Robinson” is beyond disgusting. Made in Nov 2025 and clocking up YouTube numbers. Tying your name forever to this monstrosity youtu.be/vhj5hFlMo9M?...

Kristin Zeiler reflects on features of the early field of medical humanities in Sweden, specifically focusing on Linköping University, and poses three questions for the field based on these features. thepolyphony.org/2026/02/06/m...

We would love for @jaytoddgla.bsky.social’s and my critical response to be read widely, given the Sullivan Review’s potential for far-reaching implications across the social and health sciences — and indeed well beyond the academy

Am I losing my mind www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

🎉My first peer reviewed article just published in Urban History as FirstView! Following on from my thesis, it covers privy pails & ashpits, the fly problem, public health, mortality & sanitation investment A smooth & stress free publishing experience @urbanhistory.bsky.social #OpenAccess #histmed

This sounds great! #histchild #skystorians royalhistsoc.org/calendar/gen...

my dad didn’t go to university and he was extremely happy to pay taxes for his four children to do so; and, indeed, for the doctors who treated him at Addenbrookes to have gone to university as well.

New post on the #projectEPIC blog! Psychotherapy, Self Understanding and #epistemicinjustice epistemicinjusticeinhealthcareproject.blogspot.com/2026/01/psyc... #philsky #philpsy

A sneak peak of our new book, Sick Jokes, which shares some of the best medical humanities research happening around visual humour & health! It's been so great to work on this w/ our contributors. On the @manchesterup.bsky.social website come spring 🌱 @slobogin.bsky.social @lauracowley.bsky.social

17,000 kids without parents. Jesus fucking Christ we all watched it and all our governments participated in it. Some point in the future history students will genuinely try and figure out why the fuck we allowed that.

The Senses and Medical Humanities – 24 February A one-day workshop exploring sensory studies and medical humanities, organised by @claireturner.bsky.social with the Institute for Medical Humanities, Durham University Details here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-senses...

Nothing can prepare your soul for the first image ever transmitted onto a television

Next CSHHH seminar on February 3rd in Strathclyde Business School CW408 4-5.30pm with Dr Francesca Lewis speaking on the fascinating history of Borderline Personality Disorder. All welcome!

📣New Issue 📣 With 9 articles (7 #OpenAccess) plus book reviews. Explores Greco-Roman medical tradition; medieval medical manuscripts; 19th c public health in Greek State; Japanese colonial policy for Ainu health; the women's health movement in India; and Leprosy control in colonial Nigeria #histmed

Thinking about the Labour candidate Starmer pulled away from Farage's constituency because he was making headlines and becoming popular so it was making Keir look bad

I didn't say it. The Germans did.

Thrilled to finally be holding a physical copy of Art and the Critical Medical Humanities 📘 Co-edited with Allison Morehead and Imogen Wiltshire, this book has been a true labour of love.

Postdoc opportunity: ERC Research Associate in History of Philosophy (48 months) University College Dublin Project BMoral (18th-century British moral philosophy & women philosophers) Start: Sept 1, 2026 Deadline: Feb 10, 2026 Details & apply: my.corehr.com/pls/coreport... #philsky #philjobs

It's nice how people leave those free dogs tied up outside shops for you to take home when you're feeling sad

Work with me! 2-year postdoc (1+1) within COLUMN: Colonial Legacies of Universities: Materialities and New Collaborations (HORIZON_HORIZON-CL2-2024-HERITAGE-01-04). Topic: “Research of university botanical collections in relation to Italian and European colonialism”. Call at: shorturl.at/aurdS

📣 Calling all experts on 18th-century Britain! Apply for this fantastic job by 15 Feb. 📣 www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQE665/a...

Lunchtime #Philosophy Workshop, Feb 3rd at Winterbourne House and Garden (Birmingham) with @emas-b.bsky.social "Is it normal to be delusional?" Free registration required: www.winterbourne.org.uk/whats-on/phi... Thanks @triphilosophy.bsky.social for supporting this! #philsky #philosophyforeveryone

I dunno, this seems like a pretty massive ask? Has she checked Maslow's hierarchy of needs (Tory MP version)? Probably against their human rights in some way! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

🥳 New publication! Art & the Critical Medical Humanities is now online, fully open access. Thrilled to have co-written “Punchlines and power: visual humour as a disruptive tool for the critical medical humanities" w. @slobogin.bsky.social & Laura Cowley: www.bloomsburycollections.com/monograph-de...

The ferocity with which the vile phrase “a biological male who identifies as a woman” is being embedded across multiple media in Britain is horrifying. It shows how quickly support for eliminationist attacks against trans and gender diverse people is being solidified

Closing date 31 January: applications are now invited for the Society's new Applied History Fellowships with @ihr.bsky.social & DC Thomson: bit.ly/4ijiuII Fellowships support recent post-doc historians and demonstrate the appeal of historical skills for employers. £12,000 for 6 months #Skystorians

#OtD 15 Jan 1934 the UK tabloid the Daily Mail published an article 'Hurrah for the Blackshirts!' supporting Oswald Mosley's fascist movement. Written by Viscount Rothemere, whose family still own the Mail, its politics haven't really changed much stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8672...

33 month postdoc (0.8 FTE) on a really interesting project at Essex on #EarlyModern German and English witchcraft... www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQC497/s...

Dilip K. Das introduces an interdisciplinary framework for epidemic narratives in India by drawing on methods from literature, social theory, and public health. He explores how communities, writers, and scholars make sense of outbreak narratives. thepolyphony.org/2026/01/09/e...

New on the #projectEPIC blog: Combatting #epistemicinjustice via self-diagnosis by Emily Baywater epistemicinjusticeinhealthcareproject.blogspot.com/2026/01/comb... #philsky