Delighted that our project website is now live! You can find out more about the project, and look at our digital map of public submissions of "addictive sponsorship" branded memorabilia. Please circulate widely / consider making a submission (link is below)!

Join us for our next seminar on Wednesday 15 October, when @rebwright.bsky.social and @sexhistorian.bsky.social will be examining the historical framing of accidental deaths from hypothermia in post-war Britain. Details below: Location: Online. Time: 12:45 - 14:00 www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/e...

Congrats Faby. This looks amazing!

Do consider submitting an abstract to the workshop I'm helping to organise below, if you're interested! You've got just under two weeks left!

Thank you to everyone who came to our first project Advisory Board meeting yesterday. We had some really fantastic conversations about our research, and meaningful ways of disseminating it. Really looking forward to everyone's input over the course of the project.

Delighted that the CfP for the first @kthabitproject.bsky.social workshop is now live! Please do circulate freely, and consider submitting an abstract if of interest. Also more than happy to answer any queries you might have about the workshop, etc.

CfP: Excited to announce our first workshop, exploring histories of Commercial Determinants of Health. Workshop to be held at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine on 15 April 2026. Please circulate widely/consider submitting an abstract by 13 October 2025.

Here's the first blog for our new project: 'Kicking the Habit: ‘Addictive’ Sport Sponsorship in Britain, 1965-2025'. It explores the tobacco, alcohol and gambling industries' sponsorship of sport in Britain. Like @fabiolacreed.bsky.social, I'm so happy to be working with such an amazing team!

Providing keen insight into how local narratives about absinthe shaped what quickly became a global reputation, Studer provides a panoptic view of the French Empire’s influence on absinthe’s fall from grace 📚 buff.ly/v73pbBr @drninastuder.bsky.social @mcgillqueensup.bsky.social @uksdn.bsky.social

Join us for our next CHIPH seminar on Tuesday 8th April, when Dr Manikarnika Dutta will be talking about British seamen and tropical medicine in the 1800s. Details and event listings (inc. Zoom link) are below: Location: G40, Keppel St. Time: 12:45 - 14:00 www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/e...

It's been a busy month of researching, thinking, learning and writing for @claireljones.bsky.social and I, so much so that we are excited to share TWO new posts on our project website... 🖋️📖 research.kent.ac.uk/buzzers-for-...

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

My new book "The Hour of Absinthe: A Cultural History of France's Most Notorious Drink", published by McGill-Queen's University Press as part of their "Intoxicating Histories" series, is out today! #MedicalHistory #HistoryOfMedicine #ColonialHistory #histbookchat #Absinthe #Historians #historysky

Does anyone know if there's a #drinkhistory or history of intoxication/social history of alcohol and drugs starter pack on here?

Inevitably, I've made a Drinking Studies Network starter pack based on the DSN's members list (drinkingstudies.wordpress.com/members-2/) If you don't want to be included, or if you see people I've missed and could add, please let me know! go.bsky.app/4zgBneK

#Historians of bluesky: I'm looking for scholarship on the history of matrimonial/personal adverts - there's plenty on the late 19C but I'm struggling to find anything looking at the 1830s-40sn

CFPs for JOINT workshop, University of Warwick (15th Feb), please send a 250-word abstract + short bio, to [email protected] by close of Monday 15 January 2024. Please include an indication of whether you require further support with travel costs/ additional accommodation.