Heather Ellis

No Right to Return or Remain: French Colonial Soldiers and Discriminatory Demobilization This post explores experiences of veterancy for those who had served in France’s colonial Forces.

I wrote this short blog on the discriminatory demobilisation of French colonial troops for the Returning Soldier network: returningsoldier.co.uk/2025/09/18/n...

Advisory to Academic Workers In a moment when it is becoming increasingly difficult to predict the consequences of our online speech and choices, the AAUP and Faculty First Responders are issuing guidance to AAUP members and othe...

An important advisory from AAUP. The advisory contains information for immediate support, tips for engaging with social media, and online digital tools. www.aaup.org/news/advisor...

This ticks so many rightwing boxes: not only do we get to pathologize disability but we get to blame women for mismanaging their bodies during pregnancy.

Mrs Dalloway at 100: Virginia Woolf’s Viral Legacy 100 years after its publication, Lucyl Harrison argues that Virginia Woolf’s Mrs Dalloway should be read as a pandemic novel that contends with the in/articulation of pandemic experience.

100 years after its publication, Lucyl Harrison argues that Virginia Woolf's Mrs Dalloway should be read as a pandemic novel that contends with the in/articulation of pandemic experience.
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You must visit Sconewitch!! It’s about a 15 min walk from LAC but one of my favourite places to eat.

Orange and white cat sitting in a window staring at the sunset on a lake

One more week until we’re back at the cottage 🌅

I’ve been teaching the histories of eugenics for over a decade and I honestly never thought I would be able to use an American Eagle ad in a lecture to demonstrate how dangerously normalized eugenics has become in 2025. A lot of it is the global ascendancy of far right fascism but also the pandemic.

Nursing Clio is seeking three new staff members: one Book Reviews Editor and two new Editors!

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"C'est une véritable vie de village" : de l'asile pour aliénés à l'hôpital psychiatrique, l'histoire tumultueuse de l'établissement Philippe-Pinel L'Établissement public de santé mentale (EPSM) de la Somme, anciennement centre hospitalier Philippe-Pinel à Amiens, est désormais classé au titre des monuments historiques. Construit au XIXᵉ siècle, ...

"C'est une véritable vie de village" : de l'asile pour aliénés à l'hôpital psychiatrique, l'histoire tumultueuse de l'établissement Philippe-Pinel share.google/SFE6tAhFMG4t...

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Two uniformed 1960s London police women looking to the left with metal and gauze masks over their mouths and noses.

🚨Historians of drink, drugs, sex, crime, law, #police🚨

CfP 'Policing and #PublicHealth, c.1800-2000' workshop www.lshtm.ac.uk/research/cen...

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A clipping from a magazine, with the text: "This poem was written by Jacqueline McDaniels, Class of 93 to Doug, a patient with AIDS. Jackie knew and cared for him while working as a nursing assistant on Osler 8. TO DOUG I have only known you for a short time, but you touched a special place in my heart with your quirky smile and sense of humor and your baby face. I mourn — - for your lost future - for your future accomplishments - for all the special times not shared. My heart goes out to your mother, as I feel her pain, for I too am a mother and understand. I cry in sorrow — - for you - for your family - for myself and my helplessness - for all the countless others who have and will know your despair. I cry in sorrow for all your pain and all the suffering that you have endured. But, : I cry in joy — - for knowing that someday soon or someday later you will find peace and comfort in the loving and soothing arms of GOD. Know ... that I have been touched by you. Thank you." Vol. 91, No. 2

Many nursing students at Johns Hopkins cared for patients during the AIDS epidemic of 1980s and 90s. Poems, like this one from the Summer 1992 Nurses Alumnae Magazine, illuminate the emotional experience of caring for and befriending patients who are terminally ill.
National #Poetry Month

Arlington Cemetery website drops links for Black, Hispanic, and women veterans The Arlington National Cemetery website "unpublished" links to material about Black, Hispanic and women veterans.

The Arlington National Cemetery website "unpublished" links to material about Black, Hispanic and women veterans.

A box of photographs and photographic negatives in wallets.

Female surgeon and nurse preparing for an operation.

An archive collection mostly in boxes sitting on a table.

Photograph showing Helen McMillan 2nd from right, back row.

We're ridiculously excited to have acquired the archive of surgeon Helen McMillan, who became our third female Fellow in 1921. Her collection is a #WomenInSurgery treasure trove of photographs, letters, diaries & artwork. Just in time for #InternationalWomensDay!

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Easy to lose this in the noise of the day, but the prime minister of Canada just said the US president, leader of the global hegemon, wants to soften us up economically so he can annex us.

That is one of the most remarkable statements, and realities, in our history.

I had a student who tried to shake my hand at the end of multiple tutorials the first year of my PhD. As a prof, only at the last class (and very rarely!).

Join us on Thursday, February 6th at 10:00am (ET) to support Heather Ellis, PhD candidate, at her public lecture. Heather will be speaking on, "Aftershocks: The Psychological Cost of the Great War." Email historyrsvp@uwo.ca for the zoom link. #westernu

"Businessmen became politicians and were acclaimed as statesmen, while statesmen were taken seriously only if they talked the language of successful businessmen."

— Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism

WFH Mondays 🥰

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Calling all editors! ✍🏻 The Nursing Clio collective is seeking applications for our Acquisitions Editor. Applications are due February 15. Please share widely! nursingclio.org/about/staff/...

Infectious diseases killed Victorian children at alarming rates — their novels highlight the fragility of public health today Between 40% and 50% of children didn’t live past 5 in the US during the 19th century. Popular authors like Charles Dickens documented the common but no less gutting grief of losing a child.

Important lessons from old books: "Victorian novels chronicle the terrible grief of losing children. Depicting the cruelty of diseases largely unfamiliar today, they also warn against being lulled into thinking that child deaths can never be inevitable again." theconversation.com/infectious-d...

I know what I’m doing on my lunch break this week.

Prizes 2024/5 ROY PORTER STUDENT ESSAY PRIZE COMPETITION 2024-roy-porter-prize-entry-formDownload Rules and Entry Form The Society for the Social History of Medicine invites submissions to its 2024/5 Roy …

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White and orange cat asleep on a desk. There is an open book the cat is lying on with two pens. In the background is a grey mechanical keyboard and a computer monitor.

My coauthor and I are pleased to announce that I have finally submitted my dissertation 🥳 now onto the defense…

Lecturer in History of Medicine and Health (Teaching and Research):Oxford Road

JOB KLAXON: We are hiring a Lecturer in History of Medicine and/or Health (FT & permanent); we're encouraging applications from colleagues with expertise in history of mental health & mental illness. Please share and repost.
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History in the News Newspapers from publishers ready for mailing. Credit: Post Office / Library and Archives Canada / PA-059949. Laura Madokoro For the past two years, I have had the great pleasure of teaching a cours…

Laura Madokoro's class on History in the News has been particularly challenging this year. Read on for Laura's reflections.
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