Signing off until the New Year. Wishing everyone a restful break, whether Christmas is a time for celebration or otherwise x

I came across this over the weekend… a true novelty now (released November 2003)

If you are a historian with policy-facing interests who has recently submitted their PhD (or will do so imminently), this fantastic new London-based postdoc fellowship in Applied History could be for you. www.history.ac.uk/fellowships/...

Once again hurtling through the last bit of the year, getting more and more tired until eventually, when we get to the Christmas break, I will simply collapse

Writing about twentieth century physiology: release of inhibition My millennial brain: feel the rain on your skin

23k lives could have been saved if lockdown had been 1wk earlier. My mind turns away from those weeks of Feb/March 2020: the memories are too painful. Desperately trying to push universities to close. All of us who fell so ill **infected before Johnson finally locked down**. All those of us who died

At that stage of our move where I keep dreaming that I have found the two recipe books, which I tried to put aside so I could use them, but which in irl have been lost to the boxes

I’ve be co-editing a special issue of @histhum.bsky.social with @sarahvmarks.bsky.social on Recovery and rehabilitation in mental health: historical perspectives Our Intro article is available now! journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

#histmed #histsci #histpsych

"She wanted everyone to feel good and sexy and happy in their bodies—not just despite their differing aspects of ability, disability, race, gender, fatness, thinness, and size, but because of them."

Maternity leave cover for a health humanities post www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...

Still can’t figure out if being able to regularly work in here would be amazing or just very distracting 📍 Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris

Can anyone make out the wording in the eighth column of this census? It’s from Paris, 1931. The column title is ‘Profession’. I can see make out ‘estudiant’, ‘stagiase’ but I can’t figure out the other two!

Check out new new #histmed CFPs added to our page: 'Life Histories in Mind: Mental ILL Health and Learning Disability in Context' Manchester Metropolitan University, 21 July 2026 Deadline for abstracts: 15 January 2026 Organised by Rob Ellis and Rebecca Ball @re-histories.bsky.social #DisHist

What a brilliant theme!

Morning coffee in the perfect mug ☕️ Thankyou for everything! @claireljones.bsky.social

🚨We’re hiring a Junior Research Fellow in Economic History (Sept 2026–Aug 2029) at Wadham College, University of Oxford. It’s a genuinely supportive place to work. Happy to answer any questions. Spread the word! www.wadham.ox.ac.uk/about/the-da...

It's almost time for us to share the final products of our partnership with ERIC, The Children's Bowel and Bladder Charity... Watch this space! @claireljones.bsky.social research.kent.ac.uk/buzzers-for-...

We recently sorted through my grandparents’ book collection, which they built up over decades (they were both avid readers!) Finding notes in the front, bookmarks made from old receipts, finger marks on the pages, felt like finding little traces of them

This is a woven basket tray which, for as long as I can remember, has lived under the sink at my parents house. It’s been well-loved and used, often to serve hot soup to poorly children off from school, in bed, or cups of tea to visitors.

If you're interested in history or social studies of mental health and illness, psychology or psychiatry, and are in Manchester on 16 October, please join us for our first Mind, History & Society Seminar, a conversation on the future of the #autism concept. blogs.manchester.ac.uk/chstm/2025/0...

Want to work on the history of hair? I am looking for a doc and postdoc to join my project team researching #earlymodern hair, race, trade and multispecies history at the University of Lucerne. Do apply and spread the word! www.unilu.ch/en/universit... www.unilu.ch/en/universit...

Can anyone recommend some histories of old age and the body, specifically those that look at leakiness and focus on the eighteenth-nineteenth centuries? Aware of stuff on the menopause but want to check I'm not missing something!

Join us!

Kicking off our fantastic line up with a showcase of new research! Get in touch if you are a postgraduate or early career researcher who would like to introduce their work to the field. 📍 Hybrid: N304, IHR, Senate House, WC1E 7HU and Online 📅 Thursday 16th October, 2025 ⏰ 17:30 🔗 bit.ly/3INwCfO

i've seen so many articles on this today, and not a single one so far has pointed out that where "not taking any benefits payments" is concerned, you have no access to public funds on a visa. this has been the case for years. but nobody, from the BBC down, will challenge this or anything else

The summer has seen anti-trans campaigns across the UK and US, alongside a crisis in healthcare. But what use could trans history have in these time, beyond proving 'we have always been here'? Sam Rutherford @echomikeromeo reflects on Imagining Trans Futures: www.historyworkshop....

House move, cough and cold, the state of things…

Autism is back on the front pages. Why not read the book that my excellent @manchester.ac.uk @manchstm.bsky.social colleague Dr Bonnie Evans has published on the history of autism? It's open access and you can read it online for free. www.manchesterhive.com/display/9781...

‘UK respondents dramatically overestimate how many immigrants there are and how many of them are Muslim. They overestimate what proportion of immigrants are from north Africa by a factor of 10, and from the Middle East by a factor of two, and underestimate how many are from North America.’

Tell me you’re an academic moving house without telling me you’re an academic moving house (these are just my books 🥲)

I've been quiet on here over the summer (researching, thinking, writing and ofc, taking time off), but am back with my latest blog, which talks about an advert for incontinence 'underpads' I found a few months ago... Read it here 👇 research.kent.ac.uk/buzzers-for-... @claireljones.bsky.social

I've been quiet on here over the summer (researching, thinking, writing and ofc, taking time off), but am back with my latest blog, which talks about an advert for incontinence 'underpads' I found a few months ago... Read it here 👇 research.kent.ac.uk/buzzers-for-... @claireljones.bsky.social

Are you an early-career historian interested in radical, public and digital history? We are currently looking for two part-time, paid Editorial Fellows to join History Workshop. Deadline is at midnight on 15th August. See below for more details! www.historyworkshop....

College Lectureship and Fellowship in British History- University of Cambridge - Christ's College #skystorians 🗃️www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOE394/c...

Goodbye to the history department at Lancaster University, where the @socialhistsoc.bsky.social was founded 49 years ago. From tomorrow we are part of a School of Global Affairs. Next year, who knows what will be - please sign our petition against mass redundancies chng.it/PZfTFDjNcr

Any guesses about what on earth this says? Part of a sentence discussing payment for a mattress.

Joe is halfway through his mission now and has been joined along the way by some of his and Dan’s friends. Very moved to see how they are all coming together to remember him, 10 years on. Show some support if you can! www.givewheel.com/fundraising/...

Exciting update! Last week, @claireljones.bsky.social and I headed to Bristol to film our 'Bladder Health History' series, which aims to challenge taboos surrounding bladder health and facilitate more open conversations. Head to our website to find out more 👇 research.kent.ac.uk/buzzers-for-...

A great day for the ‘Buzzers for Bedwetters’ team! @claireljones.bsky.social After months of planning and collaborating with ERIC The Children's Bowel & Bladder Charity and Punchline Media, today we finally made it to Bristol to film our ‘Bladder Health Histories’!

A great day for the ‘Buzzers for Bedwetters’ team! @claireljones.bsky.social After months of planning and collaborating with ERIC The Children's Bowel & Bladder Charity and Punchline Media, today we finally made it to Bristol to film our ‘Bladder Health Histories’!

Today my brother’s friend, Joe, starts his marathon mission to run 10 marathons in 10 days in 10 cities. He’s fundraising for CALM and Papyrus. If you can, donate here: www.givewheel.com/fundraising/... Also, listen to his interview on BBC Radio Sheffield here: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Thinking of everyone affected by 7/7, then and still now. Also wishing the BBC wouldn’t still use the phrase ‘suicide bomber’ in their reporting.

Looking forward to heading over to Dudley this week for #SHSConf2025! I'll be talking about my (ongoing) research into urine incontinence, elderly bodies and healthcare in modern Britain.

Who was Virginia Prince and what role did she have in developing of concepts of gender? Emily Cousens explores the trans feminist intellectual history of the sex/gender distinction. www.historyworkshop....

This looks brilliant!

Obligatory photo of my locker at the archives after that one time I completely forgot where I'd left my stuff as well as what my bag looked like

Sure this would not live up to expectations but I would like nothing better than to curl up in this right now

It's that time again. Sounding the Exeter #academicjob klaxon! 3yr Research Fellow post with a focus on environmental-social-health inequalities, working with my excellent colleague Rebecca Lynch in Egenis. Come and join us! #sts #sustainability #medsoc #anthropology

A view of the past that can help us think differently about incontinence... Pleased to share our contribution to the #BladderandBowel2025 campaign as part of #WorldContinenceWeek www.healthawareness.co.uk/bladder-and-... @claireljones.bsky.social