Dr Ciara Henderson presenting her proposal in the WG2 workshop in Granada of our @eurohealthhist.bsky.social @chendirl.bsky.social @profbarrydoyle.bsky.social 👏👏👏👏 #HistMed #SkyStorian

Members of WG1 @eurohealthhist.bsky.social leaded by @profbarrydoyle.bsky.social visiting University of Alcala @uahes.bsky.social founded by cardenal Cisneros in 1499. One of the 5 World Heritage Universities. @chendirl.bsky.social #HistMed #MedHum

Members of WG1 @eurohealthhist.bsky.social visiting old Hospital de Antezana in Alcalá de Henares (Spain) with a sweet surprise at the end of the guided tour ☕️🍪🍫 #HistMed #Skyhistorian @profbarrydoyle.bsky.social @chendirl.bsky.social

#Spain is where all the action is in 2026!! Following our Madrid event, our University of Granada hosts welcome #ReproHist scholars to #HistMed #MedHums workshop. Zoom link will issue to registered attendees only. #HistNursing #HistMidwifery #Skystorians #GenderHist #WomensHistory #HistHealth

My paper today with @lolaruizberdun.bsky.social for our @eurohealthhist.bsky.social @costprogramme.bsky.social event in Alcala on healthcare in southern Europe and the Mediterranean

Looking forward to this event and to presenting a paper with our brilliant organiser @lolaruizberdun.bsky.social on maternity services in Spain and England 1920-60. BTW Alcala de Henares is a lovely city. Looking forward to a walk in the hills this afternoon!

Continuity and Change in Southern European and Mediterranean Healthcare (1850–2000) hosted at Facultad de Medicina Alcalá de Henares university by WG1 this Fri & Sat - this is hybrid so check bulletin for link if you can't join in person #HistMed #Skystorians #MedHums

First time @NCL_RedBulls to see Match with @USAPerpignan in European Challenge Cup. Current form suggests a close match on a beautiful crisp day.

Someone asked me yesterday why I like walking. This is the answer! Helm Crag above Grasmere with a view to Easedale Tarn. It’s perfect on a day like today. 😻

We’ve just made a Christmas donation to #Crisis www.crisis.org.uk/get-involved... Why not do the same?🎅

The @LibDems won more council by election seats than any other party and secured the second highest vote share of any party. It really is a two horse race!

Yesterday I delivered my inaugural address as a full member of the Academy of Nursing Sciences of the Community of Madrid (Spain) titled “Lights and shadows in the History of Midwives in Madrid” @eurohealthhist.bsky.social @chendirl.bsky.social @profbarrydoyle.bsky.social

Reform win in Scotland! Whitburn and Blackburn West Lothian by election. Reform beat Labour and SNP. Coming from 3rd place in 2024.

Fort William and Ardnamurchan by election result 1st Prefs: Lib Dem 925 SNP 665 Reform 220 Green 216 Con 175 Lab 87 Lib Dem elected at stage 5 @assoclibdemcllrs.bsky.social @electionmaps.uk

🚨BREAKING🚨 MPs have voted to PASS our bill to establish a UK-EU customs union. The Prime Minister must now listen to his own MPs, drop his self-imposed red lines and finally go for proper growth through an ambitious trade deal with the EU.

Another seminar for your diaries: on 9 December we are welcoming Dr Angela Cassidy @angecass.bsky.social for a talk on the multiple lives of modern mycobacteria. blogs.manchester.ac.uk/chstm/2025/1...

Trundling my way on a train through v. soggy Somerset Levels to join old friends & new @manchstm.bsky.social. Will be talking this afternoon on mycobacterial movements across human, animal and ecosystem health ever since we've known these #microbes #histSTM blogs.manchester.ac.uk/chstm/2025/1...

You may have seen this before in the other place but I love this picture of EP Thompson with his cat circa 1980 🐈‍⬛

Another book on the way is this volume of classic rock journalism. Includes Murray’s eviscerating review of an early Clash gig. Read it and smirk 😏

Sorting books to sell. Got to this. Very reluctant to let it go even if I’ll never make use of it again! (Also it’s in good condition somehow 🧐)

The pre-publication version of my paper Imaging a Health Service Without Hospitals: French West Africa between the wars is available to read on my Manchester webpage. research.manchester.ac.uk/en/publicati...

I’m delighted to say that my 1st article on healthcare in West Africa has been published today in Historia Hospitalium. Thanks to Axel von Huntelmann & Fritz Dross for inviting me to take part in the SI. Afraid it isn’t OA but let me know if you’d like a copy www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...

@eurohealthhist.bsky.social @chendirl.bsky.social @profbarrydoyle.bsky.social #Histmed #HistMidwifery

One could perhaps call this... two party politics?

I've made the move and joined Bluesky! Off to 'Our healthcare system, our voices:an evidence-based approach for healthcare' in Dublin today so it seemed like a good time to join Blueksy and network #MedHist #HistSTM #Introduction #NewToBluesky

Really proud to have been a Project Officer for this incredible project across Wales. Pride is not just history month or Pride Month it is all year round and small grass root projects do some incredible work for their communities all across Wales. I'm just thankful to play one small part.

📢 The news everyone was hoping for: #CFP deadline extended to 17Nov2025!!! 👇 @eurohealthhist.bsky.social @profbarrydoyle.bsky.social

Hi @urbanhistory.bsky.social CFP for @eurohealthhist.bsky.social session at European Association for Urban History conf in Barcelona (2-5 Sept 2026). Urban Healthcare Architecture: Networks and Exchanges in 20th Century www.eauhbarcelona2026.eu/sessions/#session83 deadline: 22 Oct 2025).

Hi @urbanhistorygroup.bsky.social CFP for @eurohealthhist.bsky.social session at European Association for Urban History conf in Barcelona (2-5 Sept 2026). Urban Healthcare Architecture: Networks and Exchanges in 20th Century www.eauhbarcelona2026.eu/sessions/#session83 deadline: 22 Oct 2025).

Who’s your favourite Womble? 🤔

Sorry to hear of the death of Menzies Campbell. An important figure in the growth of the @libdems.org.uk When I worked for the Scottish Lib Dems in 1991 I shared a desk with Elspeth and spoke to Ming a few times. www.bbc.com/news/article...

I will be at the Jávea Archaeological Museum on October 3rd giving the lecture "A New Witch Hunt: Francoist Repression Against Spanish Midwives". @profbarrydoyle.bsky.social @chendirl.bsky.social @eurohealthhist.bsky.social #HistMidwifery #HistMed #HistScience #skymidwives #HealthHist #MedHums

Perhaps of interest to @eurohealthhist.bsky.social members as well?

In the real world the political battle is between Reform and the @libdems.org.uk This should be news but most outlets, including the #BBC give next to no coverage to the @libdems.org.uk Opinion polls are not real politics.

Public service announcement 📣 There are great deals on London to Paris #eurostar tickets at the moment.

Thanks @drlindseyfitz.bsky.social This is really important. If you are an author check to see if you were in the Lib Gen pirate library. Then stake a claim!

And hot on the heels of our #COST panels at #EAHMH25 last week in Berlin, this week our WG5 Heritage & Public Engagement group meet in #Leiden for 2 days exchanging perspectives on Valuable & Healing: Heritage Collections for & with Healthcare. Hybrid event - check your emails for details #CA22159

Save the Dates in your planners! The dates and host institution for the Society for the Social History of Medicine Biennial Conference #SSHM2026 are now confirmed. Tues 30 June - Fri 3 July 2026 University of Leeds @sshmedicine.bsky.social Theme and CFPs to follow later #histmed

Hi @historylady2013.bsky.social Afraid I won't be in Birmingham next week. I've been so focused on @eurohealthhist.bsky.social that I've missed loads of cfps and really interesting conferences! But I will be at the @sshmedicine.bsky.social conference next year with my COST buddies!

Just discovered that @bsky.social require me to complete age verification to see dms. I kinda understand but I really, really don't want to do the whole age verification thing. What's a boy to do? 🤷🏻‍♂️

And if you’d like to join this amazing group find out how here www.cost.eu/actions/CA22...

Amazing to see how beneficial #COST support is in bringing people together to share their work, build opportunities, and kickstart collaborations, this time at #EAHMH25 #Berlin #MedicalHistoryMuseum #HumboldtUniversity @profbarrydoyle.bsky.social

Huge thanks to #EAHMH25 for hosting our #COSTAction #CA22159 where we had 30 presenters on @costprogramme.bsky.social sponsored panels. Massive thanks to @doravargha.bsky.social @humboldtuni.bsky.social for accommodating our Core committee meeting. Thanks to the OC for an excellent program #CA22159

A fab event! @millieqed.bsky.social

Please join us for a discussion event on Extinction, with @sadiahqureshi.bsky.social and Rachel Webster, at Manchester Museum, on 18 Sept 2025. blogs.manchester.ac.uk/chstm/2025/0...

Nice to see this in a solid copy to accompany its open access version @euroreviewhistory.bsky.social Thanks to the editors Romain Fathi and Melanie Oppenheimer for sorting it.

Continuing the local theme “enjoy cold on Fyn and other fine places’!

I’m in Fyn @millieqed.bsky.social