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

Please circulate. Our deadline for our ECR Prize at @histhum.bsky.social is approaching (30 January 2026)

2 year Postdoctoral Research Fellow opportunity at the University of St Andrews on my project "Aesthetic Values and the Social Dimensions of Science" www.vacancies.st-andrews.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/... #philosophy #philsci

"You gonna murder someone else? You can't kill us all, Nazis."

I'm hiring 2 postdocs on my Wellcome project "How Did Infectious Diseases Become Wild?: Plague, Yellow Fever, and Disease Ecology in the Brazilian Hinterland (1920-1975)" Department of Global Health and Social Medicine King's College 3 years 01/10/26- 30/09/29 Deadline: 01/02/26 shorturl.at/KZ6Vh

My book is a bargain right now, especially as printed in colour! MUP sale runs to end of the month ("discount will apply automatically at checkout, unless based in North America. North American customers, please enter discount code JAN40 at checkout"): manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526168511/

I feel like I haven’t even been properly lied to about the purposes of this war

Pretending you don’t understand *and* falling over and pretending to be injured? And it’s only the second day of the year. Start as you mean to continue, if guess.

This is exactly why I strongly opposed the move to strip Shamima Begum of her citizenship. Plenty of Brits have dual citizenship, often through a parent, or have access to another citizenship whether they intend to take it up or not, including all Jewish people & most people born in Northern Ireland

Great opportunities for fully-funded PhDs in history of science and/or technology in London, for candidates from anywhere in the world.

Reject any motherfucker who tells you we need to abandon a vulnerable population or person. They’re either a fascist or a fascist-in-waiting.

Don't steal pies this Christmas.

Super interesting (though sadly fixed term) altac job here for someone with a STEM-ish background (I reckon sts and histSTM would work really well in this role). I understand some might not like the funder though... www.imperial.ac.uk/jobs/search-...

With the seasonal estrangement chat in the air, I can say I am reluctantly estranged from my father and my in laws. In both cases, they pushed me to it after years of trying and while it can feel a little sad at Christmas, my life is healthier and happier for estrangement. I'm flourishing.

AI is not our peer, so AI review is not peer review. If for some godforsaken reason the editor of a journal wanted to know what AI would say about a paper, they could do it themself.

Today we are launching a new series of articles and podcasts to mark the 100th issue of History Workshop Journal 🎉✊🗃️ In this introductory article, Barbara Taylor reflects on a picnic she shared with other editors in 1984, and what it meant to be part of the HWJ collective.

Take a look at the latest article from the Media and Epidemics team by @lotysz.bsky.social and Magdalena Zdrodowska on using postage stamps as a tool to raise health awareness for #polio prevention. Take a look at this free access #hstm #medhums article here: ejournals.eu/czasopismo/k...

Delighted to receive this in the post - 'Bigfooters and Scientific Inquiry' by @drjamielewis.bsky.social and Andy Bartlett. This book is in the finest STS tradition of showing how an apparently marginal or obscure scientific practice opens up an entire epistemological world.

We are delighted to share the programme for our upcoming conference! We will be running fourteen panels across two days in early February - all online and open to everyone 😊 please see our website for more details on speakers, panels and how to book.

Next year we are co-hosting a celebration event with @rshc.bsky.social to mark the 100th issue of History Workshop Journal. 📍Birkbeck, University of London 🗓️Saturday 31 January 2026 ⏱️14:00-18:00 Everyone welcome! Please make sure to book via the link below.

York is talking pests, vermin, weeds and germs next april! If you know anyone interested in historical approaches to these maligned beings, please send them this CFP (or apply yourself!)

Letting the days go by (water flowing underground)

Cruelty is anhedonic. It rarely delivers the euphoria promised because, in the abstract, what feels righteous and joyful inevitably reveals itself to be sordid and small. Then it's "No not like that". "No not enough". "No the real battle, the forever war to make this feel good starts now". Forever.

But Labour MPs can’t put on hi-vis and a hard hat to visit for a photo opp, so they don’t count this as work and they don’t count these as jobs with saving

When will those Labour MPs who don't support the exclusion of trans people from society get together and tell the Cabinet 'Not In Our Name'? Because, with respect, it is well past time for them to do som

(Call for applications) Gerda Henkel Fellowship for the History of Knowledge and the History of Science histoiresante.blogspot.com/2025/12/gerd... #histSTM

Obviously this is impossible because Alan Moore looks like he's genetically a wizard, it's simply impossible to imagine what he would look like as a schoolboy oh there he is.

📢Funding announcement! Applications for our bursary are now open (deadline 15 December 2025). £750 for ECRs, indie scholars or PhD students working on any aspect of women's studies in the period 1558 to 1837. Full details available on our website: womensstudiesgroup.org/bursary/ #funding #ECR #PhD

Really excited to be organising this one. Such a fantastic group of speakers. I can’t wait to discuss with them about what atmospheres are, how they unfold and why they matter. With @lucyosler.bsky.social @keithallenyork.bsky.social @reaveyp.bsky.social @joelkrueger.com @reaveyp.bsky.social

Applications are now open for our 2026 International Medical Humanities PhD Summer School! The Summer School is held jointly with the Centre for Medical Humanities and Bioethics at @liu.se. Apply by 16 February 2026 👉 tinyurl.com/Phd-summer-s...

This is the most alarming story I’ve read today. Giving up the fight before it’s started

Here's Reeves telling us how bad child poverty is, that kids go to bed hungry, wake up in cold homes & end up in hospital with respiratory problems, all because of child poverty. Last year Labour suspended 7 MPs from the PLP for voting to scrap the cap She thinks we're idiots

Excited to launch, with @callingdrjones.bsky.social, 'History in Practice' - an informal space to collectively share, reflect, and collaborate on all things related to history teaching in universities Some excellent pieces to begin with, please do get involved! www.history-uk.ac.uk/history-in-p...

A reminder that this fantastic event is taking place on Thursday and Friday next week - the programme has just been finalised and we are very excited for it! 🤩

Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷

What makes historic collections difficult? And how do researchers work with “difficult” collections? New CFP from Paper Trails here: blogs.ucl.ac.uk/special-coll... Deadline for proposals 31/1/2026 🗃️

📣 Applications are open for our 2026-27 Medical Humanities in Practice Research Fellowship scheme! The scheme supports professionals and researchers from health or voluntary and community sectors to develop research within the medical humanities. Apply by 30 Jan:

Abstract deadline tomorrow if anyone is interested in joining us in Exeter in February to talk all things Social AI!

@WarwickHistory are recruiting for an Assistant Professor in Environmental History - with an open chronological and thematic focus. Come join our excellent department with wonderful colleagues and students. warwick-careers.tal.net/vx/lang-en-G... #history #envhistory #earlymodern

focus on the history of the Caribbean and/or the history of Atlantic slavery

'Tottenham Job Centre' (c.1985) by Ted Ellerbeck (Bruce Castle Museum) ------ 🎵 'Career Opportunities' by The Clash youtu.be/ihPenaGJ6P4?...

I'm not going to share Stock's Unherd article. But here's the important part: "Abortions should only be done for a highly restricted set of reasons. They should not be just nodded through for any reason a pregnant woman likes." The ven diagram of the anti-trans & the anti-woman lobby is a circle.

On #WorldPhilosophyDay2025, read Jae Ryeong Sul and Dan Degerman's opinion piece in the British Journal of Psychiatry: Why we need a new understanding of silence in mental illness www.cambridge.org/co...#WorldPhilosophyDay2025,#philsky #philpsy #epistemicinjustice

On #WorldPhilosophyDay2025 read project EPIC policy briefing "Raise awareness of epistemic injustice to improve healthcare in England" shorturl.at/QYoad#WorldPhilosophyDay2025 a document summarising the challenges posed by epistemic injustice to our health services. Initiative led by Dan Degerman. #philsky

On #WorldPhilosophyDay2025 read our open access document for the World Health Organisation on The Epistemic Determinants of Health: shorturl.at/jrjKq#WorldPhilosophyDay2025 A detailed report led by Fred Cooper on the significance of epistemic injustice for the delivery of health services. #philsky

Here at Exeter we are offering three fully funded AHRC PhD places in humanities subjects. Please get in touch if you are keen to come and do research with us! Closing date 23 February 2026: www.exeter.ac.uk/study/fundin...

Join us on Monday for this online symposium 'Towards Tourettic Studies' 👇

I am very pleased and grateful to share this announcement of our recent award from the @wellcometrust.bsky.social for a project on history of smallpox and measles #histmed #histsci news.exeter.ac.uk/faculty-of-h... The project will be based @exeter.ac.uk @cceh-u24.bsky.social led by ... 1/2

Today in the life of an academic specifically targeted by management as under hours: PhD supervision meeting; exam board attendance; read and rank 51 job applications; write and deliver tonight’s MA lecture; write tomorrow’s 3rd year class.

“Around six months after the cyber incident I talked to the then chair of the science select committee, who was not aware of this incident” w o w