Did I just hear champions of Europe??
Don’t look up!!
How did young people in 1980s Ireland navigate a lack of sex education and repressive climate around sexual health?
Laura Kelly (@tortietabby.bsky.social) explores the activist history of the Irish Family Planning Association Youth Group 🗃️
Just in case you're wondering what the 'social history of medicine' is, don't rely on Google's AI helper - it's wrong! Read our lovely journal instead:
academic.oup.com/shm @sshmedicine.bsky.social
If you like what you see, consider becoming a member.
Does anyone out there have access to the journal: Alcohol and Alcoholism? Specifically, vol.30 issue 4 (1995), there’s an article I’m after and don’t have institutional access. Thanks in advance ❤️
How did I get my ERC Consolidator Grant? Hard work, luck, and *A LOT* of prep.
Encouraged by my colleagues, who I drafted to help me prep and who watched me work on the application and interview all those months, I've written a paper about my preparations: pure.au.dk/ws/portalfil...
#ERCCoG
Please check out our project webpage for more information about who we are and what we do. www.birmingham.ac.uk/research/applied-health/research/person-centred-research/research/histories-of-sexual-health-in-britain-1918-1980
I’ve not posted on here for 27 days! It feels like yesterday. Time for a Christmas recharge and to step away from thinking and writing for a while. I hope you all have a good one, see you in 2025!!
Thank you, my email is steven.taylor@ucd.ie
Congratulations Helle!! Do you have any tips for success? I’m about to submit in the January round
Institutional Care and Control symposium being run by colleagues in Social Sciences at Univ. of Birmingham. It’s shaping up to be a great way to end this term.
Could I get an add please?
Looking for recommendations for memoirs that deal with health and gender (and/or sexuality, disability) that have come out in last couple of years. Updating my masters class syllabus (session/assessment on health narratives) so please let me know if you’ve read a good one recently! #histmed #medhums
‘Smarter than the average bear but unfortunately no more industrious’. I couldn’t really argue with Mr Bright
Hope I'm the first to post this all time classic on this platform
Hi Annie, could I get added please? I’m developing a project on childhood and food, would love some food history connections
Yes!! I love it!!
I’m not convinced by your word choice Matt
Is there a word for the space between finishing the draft of something and the crushing realisation when you return to it that there’s still lots of work to go before it’s finished? If not, there really should be!
It's true - free PDF open access.
The number of people who fiercely believe that vaccines are unsafe or ineffective is very small. But we also know uptake drops when public health authorities don't have the resources to work with communities most affected by vaccine hesitancy or lack of access...
I thought about this but I’m also hesitant on feeding the knowledge. My fear is that if be day the terminator will knock on the door
I’ve spent 2 hours trying to write one important paragraph and it just won’t fit together. This is me screaming into the void!
A great read Matt. This came in really useful for my grant-writing escapades
Call for Papers
British History Today
Queen Mary University of London
1-2 May 2025
projects.history.qmul.ac.uk/qmcbs/ #skystorians 🗃️
Thank you
I’d like to be included if you have space. I’m just branching out into European history and the connections would be appreciated
I’m not sure if I’m doing this place right or wrong, but I’ve picked up 125 new followers in the last day. Welcome all, I’m really not that interesting though
No need to die, if you give her treats she’ll be your bff!
It should have been Chaos but it’s actually Autumn
@farradeh5.bsky.social these should do the trick