A blog piece highlighting research from the Centre for the History of Science Technology and Medicine @manchester.ac.uk This research by Dr Meng Zhang has just been published #OpenAccess in Social History of Medicine (for full article: doi.org/10.1093/shm/...) #histmed #histSTM

📕 Delighted to present all things SSHM through the new Gazette newsletter - including several insightful reports on last year's supported conferences: sshm.org/cp/ If you would like to share your CfPs or other events/networks via the SSHM website and The Gazette, feel free to email or message me ✍

New #OpenAccess #HistMed article by our CHSTM colleague Dr Meng Zhang, on compulsory masking and the role of barbers in 1930s China. academic.oup.com/shm/advance-...

👀@csmbr-pisa.bsky.social VivaMente scheme €5,000 plus the free usage of the Domus Comeliana will be awarded to the best proposals for a max. 2-day event to be held in Pisa. Any topic, from ancient to contemporary history of philosophy, science, medicine, and technology #histmed For details 👇

hD Position - Leibniz Institute, Leipzig: 𝐇𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐄𝐩𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐜𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐈𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐲 (𝟏𝟑𝟎𝟎-𝟏𝟖𝟎𝟎) Application deadline: 𝟏𝟔 𝐅𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔 Start date: 𝟏 𝐀𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐥 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔 𝐈𝐧𝐟𝐨 𝐚𝐭: [email protected] #CSMBR #DoctoralPosition

Two PhD studentships - University of Exeter 𝐏𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐥𝐞𝐬, 𝐏𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐞𝐨𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐏𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐜𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐆𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐑𝐡𝐚𝐳𝐞𝐬 Deadline: 26 March 2026 𝐈𝐧𝐟𝐨 (Arabic): [email protected] (Classics): [email protected] #CSMBR #PhDs

The Gazette is back! With a new look and new editor @fabiolacreed.bsky.social With members' reports from global #histmed conferences in 2025. Plus latest issue of Social History of Medicine and book in the Social Histories of Medicine series published by @manchesterup.bsky.social

Reposting this query for the #HistMed lunchbreak crowd in the UK and the breakfast crowd across the Atlantic. Would be grateful for reposts.

We're thrilled to have joined Bluesky 🎉 Follow us for updates on library resources, research support, open access, including LSHTM Press and highlights from our archives. We're looking forward to connecting and sharing with you here soon! 🙌

TOMORROW! The next session of our seminar series will be a discussion of @davidedgerton.bsky.social manuscript of his upcoming book on the global history of production since 1900 (2027). #histtech #histsci #histmed #histstm @kingshistory.bsky.social

Come work with us! Two fully funded 36-month PhD positions in the history of medicine at Charité Berlin. The positions are part of the EU-funded Gender Insight network researching biopsychosocial aspects of diverse hormonal transitions. Deadline 28 Feb 2026 #histmed genderinsight.eu

Excellent reviews of 2025 Hist of Med in Southeast Asia (HoMSEA) meeting in Jogjakarta. Thanks Mai Thi My Vi, @ngamvaseenont.bsky.social, and Vivek Neelakantan. Congrats @hanspols.bsky.social, Prof Yayi, & team! @sshmedicine.bsky.social #histmed #histstm @anzshm.bsky.social @aahmhistmed.bsky.social

Please join the friends and members of the Military Welfare History Network @milwelfhist.bsky.social #online Monday 2 February 11:00 to 17:30 (Dublin time) The 3rd event supported by Wellcome-SSHM Network Grants For programme see 👇 & for Zoom link contact [email protected] #histmed

One week left to enter @sshmedicine.bsky.social Roy Porter Essay Prize 2025/6 Deadline: Sunday 1 February #histmed #histSTM #medhumanities

Great call for papers in #photohist and #histmed!

Following up with the first 2 adverts for our new @wellcometrust.bsky.social funded project on the history of smallpox and measles. The ads are linked below along with a write-up on the project. Both are effectively a fully funded PhD position, for those so inclined. 1/4 bsky.app/profile/fanc...

Thanks to 101.9 CFRC for featuring our name change! Listen below👇 #CaandianMuseumofHealthCare #Histmed

This Wednesday (28 Jan) we are back again reading Forman and Napier. Dm if you’d like to join! @laurenkassell.bsky.social @hpscasebooks.bsky.social #skystorians #casebooks

📣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

Working Group 1 seminar 23 January 2026 1pm CET Known and trusted’: Treating patients in secret during the Irish War of Independence by Kevin Finnan (Dublin City University, Ireland) - zoom link via the news bulletin #EuroHistHealth #HistMed #MedHums #Skystorians

PUBLICATION: Petros Bouras-Vallianatos has published a long, annotated bibliography on Byzantine medicine in Oxford Bibliographies! This resource looks very useful for both teaching and research. #histmed #history

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SAHMS @histmedsouth.bsky.social update. Event is now online Deadline for proposals now 6 February 👇 #histmed #histSTM

Tomorrow the #CFP closes for #HSTM2026. If you are working on any aspect of the #History of #Science #Technology #Medicine or #Philosophy then pop in an abstract and join us in #Limerick in April #AcademicChatter #ECR #Skystorians ##MedHums #HistMed #Tech #SciFi

Early modern view on tobacco 'the smoke of it is held to be a great antidote against venom and pestilential diseases' Find out more in our exhibition ‘Hooked’ www.rcpe.ac.uk/heritage/hoo...

Visit the exhibition to discover more about the wide range of topics in our library, the disasters its survived (including plague, theft, fire & bombs!) & much more. You can visit free during our opening hours & at special Late openings 👉 history.rcp.ac.uk/visit-us #BodyOfKnowledge #histmed

Call for Papers - Space, Place, and Patients 2nd Annual Virtual Conference for Graduate Students and Early Career Researchers - @aahnhistnursing.bsky.social February 19-21, 2026, via Zoom Abstract Deadline: January 23, 2026 niche-canada.org/2026/01/15/c... #envhist #histmed #histnursing

Very excited for the @cshhh.bsky.social upcoming seminar series. #HistMed & #HistSex folks should come along if they can! Keep an eye on the page as we've to come! www.strath.ac.uk/humanities/d...

The Shryock Medal, given for the best unpublished paper written by a graduate student, is also still accepting nominations: histmed.org/shryock-medal/ #histmed

There's also still time to apply for the Osler Medal, which is awarded for the best essay in the history of medicine written by a medical student: histmed.org/william-osle... #histmed

There's still time to get your materials in for some AAHM prizes! If you're an early career scholar, consider applying for the Pressman-Burroughs Early Career Development award by Jan 31: histmed.org/pressman-bur... #histmed

Update 14 Jan re: "The Science of Natural Properties: Knowledge, Transmission, and Practice (6th -15th century)": Bologna, 17-19 June 2026, we are pleased to announce that the deadline for abstract submission has been extended to January 26, 2025, at 12:00 PM (GMT+1)." #histSTM #histmed

Job at my beloved undergrad alma mater: VAP in #histsci #histmed at UW-Madison, due Jan 28. jobs.wisc.edu/jobs/visitin...

We have been watching #Amadeus and the opening titles piqued our interest. The animations show the making of catgut, a material used for both musical instruments and for surgical suturing. We've paired some stills with images from our collection to show how catgut was made 🧵🪡 CW: Gore, needles

Coming up in February, is the jointly organised #ECR Training School hosted by our gracious colleagues at the University of Granada. Thank you to WG2 & WG3 for their collective efforts. Zoom link sent to REGISTERED participants who are tuning in for this hybrid event. #ECR #Skystorians #HistMed

#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

Forthcoming with the CSMBR Online Lecture Series csmbr.fondazionecomel.org/events/onlin... #Avicenna #Brain #Diagram #imagetext #Medieval #IslamicateTradition #Rhazes #Ventricles

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.

Deadline to submit your proposals is 11 January! #SSHM2026 Histories of health and medicine will explore what ‘in’ & ‘out’ can reveal about the impact of different gateways, routes, breaks, and barriers on people’s experiences of health, disability, illness, and healthcare in the past. #histmed

We're hosting a hybrid conference in July! "Health and the Environment in the Preindustrial World: Multidisciplinary Approaches" will explore traditional and recent themes converging on public health history. To be notified when registration opens, fill out this form: forms.gle/5dMU4rNd8d5q...

And we are back after the Christmas now,waiting to see those abstracts roll in for #HSTM2026 #CFP👉 shorturl.at/2c6KW 👉 The History of Knowledge in Ireland: Where do we Stand Today? Call opne to 15 Jan. #Speirgorm #Skystorians #HistSci #HistMed #MedHums #HistTech #TechiesUnite #HistPhil #Philosophy

🚨 Attention all #HistSTM #HistMed #DisHist #HistPsych #HistNursing, folks - this CfP is for you and closing soon! 🚨🗃

An exciting conclusion to my time as Research Fellow on the @mediaandepidemics.bsky.social project! Dr Melissa Dickson & I are co-writing a book ‘A British Literary Contagion: ‘Russian Flu’ and Popular Culture at the Fin de Siècle’ for the @manchesterup.bsky.social @sshmedicine.bsky.social series🦠

Deadline 15 January 2026! Special edition journal Submit now! The MWHN, in partnership with the JMVHR, will produce its second special issue. With the theme of 'Medical welfare and care of military communities: a collection of historical studies'. #histmed #histnursing #milwelfhist

This includes the @sshmedicine.bsky.social book series, Social Histories of Medicine. Good stuff here! manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/series/socia...

Deadline approaching for 'In/Out' SSHM2026 at University of Leeds! Submit your paper or panel proposals by 5pm GMT, 11 Jan 2026 to [email protected] More details at: sshm.org/sshm-2026-in... @sshmedicine.bsky.social @historynerdess.bsky.social @universityofleeds.bsky.social #histmed

Leuven Centre for Health Humanities organises a yearly lecture series. Join online (or on campus, at KU Leuven) This series explores entangled relations between nature and health with perspectives from medical history, psychology, disability & colonial studies, & environmental humanities. #histmed

@csmbr-pisa.bsky.social online event The Transformation of Infectious Disease Histories Three Decades of Paleogenetics and Historians’ Responses with @monicamedhist.bsky.social 13 January 5:00pm (CET) #histmed

Join us in Leeds!

Forthcoming with the CSMBR ONLINE LECTURE SERIES csmbr.fondazionecomel.org/events/onlin... #CSMBR #Lecture #Sympathy #AncientPhilosophy