@ianmillerhistor.bsky.social kicking off our annual conference with his keynote speech on Race, Sexuality and the Politics of Self-Esteem in Post-War America. Thanks Ian!

There's still time to send us your expressions of interest to be the next book reviews editor of History of Education! Deadline: March 15! @HistEdSocUK #histed

Join @paulhuddie.bsky.social @abbyswhitlock.bsky.social @drmichaelreeve.bsky.social, Dragos and Michael tomorrow morning in Herta Mohr 0.16 for our panel on Military Welfare #milwefhist #esshc #esshc2025

CFP extended until the 31st March 2025 @idamilne.bsky.social @physcstudy.bsky.social @ianmillerhistor.bsky.social @adriankirwan.bsky.social @hannahbrown98.bsky.social

@esshc.bsky.social Join @paulhuddie.bsky.social @drmichaelreeve.bsky.social @abbyswhitlock.bsky.social and friends on Day 3 (Friday 28th) to learn about 'military welfare history' #esshc #milwefhist #veteran #histmed ##nursinghist #disabilityhist #disability #medicine

This Thursday! 🕛1-2pm 📍 Via Zoom Dr Sorcha O’Brien (Lecturer in Design History & Theory , IADT)  'Kitchen Power: Rural Electrification, Women and Electrical Appliances in 1950s and 1960s Ireland' Further information/ register for historians.ie/hstm-network-i…

Had a great Sunday afternoon at Ulster Museum at a packed event speaking about my recent book with Hugh Odling-Smee. This was my second event at this year's @niscifest.bsky.social, and hopefully I'll be invited back next year for more!

Really looking forward to being in conversation with @smeeho7.bsky.social tomorrow (Feb 22) about my recent book, 'A History of Ireland in Ten Body Parts', bringing medical history to @niscifest.bsky.social. There's still some tickets left! nisciencefestival.com/events/a-his...

Ancient human remains uncovered in a Co Londonderry bog are believed to belong to a young woman who lived around 2,000 years ago. The discovery has been hailed as “one of the most important archaeological discoveries on the island of Ireland”. tinyurl.com/cnr5u8vv

Has anyone ever had issues with local tour guides using their original research without asking (really badly though, littered with mistakes)?

HSTM Network Ireland Conference 2025 Submissions of papers on any theme relating to HSTM are welcome. Abstracts (no more than 300 words) and a short biography (no more than 100 words) should be submitted by 21 March 2025 using this Google Form: forms.gle/bn5G8K3m8chDUj…

I was delighted as a locally based author to be asked to contribute to this weekend's Belfast Telegraph feature 'Books That Changed My Life'. www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/life/books/b...

Historians on Screen: Turning Research into Broadcast Ideas event has just started with a fantastic turnout. This event was organised by some of our members @ianmillerhistor.bsky.social @rebeccawatterson.bsky.social @hannahbrown98.bsky.social, along with Dr Mark Benson @ulsteruni

AI struggles to interpret human history www.earth.com/news/ai-stru...

We're overwhelmed with nearly 300 applicants for our online History & Television event, and will be closing registration very soon! www.ulster.ac.uk/faculties/ar...

Research Ireland – Wales Innovation Network Research Alliance Award – Ireland and Wales 2024 Call for Submission of Proposals www.irishhumanities.com/events/resea...

Please please don't 👻 your book review editors! We are always SO understanding about late reviews and ghosting just means that the authors do not get their books reviewed. #PhDChat #AcademicChatter

Lovely to be on this Irish Times Xmas list. www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...

We're looking for an external examiner for our MA in History (Ulster University) starting in 2025/26. If this is of interest, or if you know someone who would benefit from an external examiner role, please drop me an email. www.ulster.ac.uk/courses/2024...

We're looking for an external examiner for our MA in History (Ulster University) starting in 2025/26. If this is of interest, or if you know someone who would benefit from an external examiner role, please drop me an email. www.ulster.ac.uk/courses/2024...

Are you an historian (ECR, PGR) and interested in working with television? Then these online workshops in 2025 may be for you! 👇

Please circulate: These @UlsterUni online workshops will train historians in working with television. Learn how to use historical research to develop and pitch screen-based ideas. Talks by industry experts and experienced historians. Suitable for ECRs, PhDs and MA researchers tinyurl.com/4r5bhxcp

Please circulate: These @UlsterUni online workshops will train historians in working with television. Learn how to use historical research to develop and pitch screen-based ideas. Talks by industry experts and experienced historians. Suitable for ECRs, PhDs and MA researchers tinyurl.com/4r5bhxcp

Delighted to be included on this @irishtimes.bsky.social book list! www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...

As an academic, I never expected many people to ever read my work, so I feel privileged, and quite surprised, to be in Waterstones Xmas window display this year.

In Feb 2025, I’m appearing twice at Northern Ireland Science Festival. Second event is Bone, Blood, Birth and Brains: The Life of a Victorian Surgeon in Belfast (Weds 12 February). Includes trephining tools, a blood-covered Victorian surgeon kit, bleeding tools, and more! tinyurl.com/hpayhv62

In February 2025, I’m appearing twice at the Northern Ireland Science Festival. The first event is a discussion of my recent book A History of Ireland in Ten Body Parts at Ulster Museum on the festival’s closing day. (Sunday 23rd February) nisciencefestival.com/events/a-his...

My new article explores early twentieth-century global meningitis outbreak, focusing on Belfast, New York and Glasgow. Fearing Meningitis: Disease, Emotions and the Spotted Fever Epidemics of 1904-1907 academic.oup.com/jhmas/articl...

Delving into new literature areas for a project - this week, family separation and youth mental health. Loved @ianmillerhistor.bsky.social’s piece on changing emotional dynamics of separating British families, where “the so-called cult of the broken home itself broke down” doi.org/10.1093/tcbh...

Really enjoyed listening to the annual SSHM lecture and learning about astrological medicine.

I really enjoyed recording this podcast interview with Neil Delamere and Dave Moore about my book A History of Ireland in Ten Body Parts. shows.acast.com/why-would-yo...

Great night at the An Post Book Awards ceremony in Dublin last night. Delighted to have been shortlisted for this award!

Did you complete your History PhD in the UK or Ireland? Did you publish your first academic monograph this year in 2024? Please consider submitting it for consideration for the RHS First Book Prize! Nominations open on Mon 1 December and close Fri 31 January 2025. 🗃️ royalhistsoc.org/royal-histor...

Congratulations to our new chair @petergray47.bsky.social and @idamilne.bsky.social (new secretary) taking over the reins from Steven Ellis and Kieran Hoare who have both done amazing work.

Self-Esteem: An American History is the first historical study to explore the emotional politics of self-esteem in modern America. Listen to author Ian Miller, discuss the book on @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social. newbooksnetwork.com/...

Saw a little bit of Durham while at a food workshop. Nice cathedral!

Very interesting blog from David Jones on The Polyphony about the history of BPD, and how this history helps us to understand how the diagnosis operates in the present #HistPsych #Psychosocial thepolyphony.org/2024/11/04/p...

⏰ Please share far and wide, #foodhistory and #foodstudies friends: The CFP for the Amsterdam Food Symposium 2025 is out ⏰ This is a very special year, as it coincides with the 750th anniv. of Amsterdam and an exhibition on the history of food in Amsterdam. allardpierson.nl/en/news/call...

Do you know of an archive at risk of being lost? The National Archives have grants available.

Buddhists in the 1871 Census! I have questions… If any #IrishHistory person could explain more I’d appreciate it please and thank you

This week, I recorded an interview with Miranda Melcher for New Books Network about my recent book Self-Esteem: An American History. Listen here: newbooksnetwork.com/self-esteem

Can't decide if #SayNothing or #BabyReindeer is my favourite show of the year. Both resonated in very different ways. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baby_Re...

HEX Conference 2025 CfP deadline is 29 November. Please share. The conference will take place 10–12 March 2025 at Tampere University. More info on the HEX Conference website: events.tuni.fi/historyofexp... HEX website: research.tuni.fi/hex/ @hexhandbook.bsky.social

A warm welcome and an invitation to all food historians and like-minded individuals. Please share and forward me suggestions to be added! Thank you! go.bsky.app/5GFzyxn

If considering options for your #histmed article, explore the benefits of publishing with Social History of Medicine👇

📢 Job opportunity 📢 Lecturer in History of Medicine & Health University of Manchester #histmed

The force-feeding of Dolours and Marian Price by doctors has been dramatised in the fascinating new Disney+ series #SayNothing. Want to find out more about this horrifying procedure? Read my short article on the Epidemic Belfast website. epidemic-belfast.com/hunger-strik...