Cinzia Greco

Trust me, the woman of academia are not at all surprised by the number of academic men orbiting Epstein.

Females as likely to be autistic as males but boys more likely to be diagnosed, study says By age 20 diagnosis rates almost equal, research finds, challenging assumptions of gender discrepancy

Autism can be seen as a compelling example for examining how scientific objectivity is constructed, especially in a context where nearly all gender stereotypes—such as bad mothers, empathic women versus logical men, and hormonal differences—have been used to explain its supposed gender differences.

Still seeking participants for my PhD research on neuroqueer youth digital resistance practices! (ERGO: 103967)

Know someone who’d be interested?

All info is at linktr.ee/nqresearch.s..., or email me with any questions at ✉️nqresearch@soton.ac.uk

Do rich people just send emails all day every day?? If I were obscenely wealthy I would never open another email in my life

They show an awful side of power, but I would hardly call that "a sudden light". I think they are yet another confirmation of what every woman knows, and many of us have experienced firsthand.

El científico español Mariano Barbacid ha encontrado la cura del cáncer de páncreas.
"Si no se investiga no se avanza".
El Premio Nóbel ya tiene dueño.

Against Psychopolitics

"Psychopolitics tends to reduce large social phenomena to simple personal causalities. It is reductionist, although in a tortuously indirect manner".
Against Psychopolitics, Michael Parenti (1933-2026).
Written in 1993, it says a lot about our times.
read.dukeupress.edu/nps/article-...

"This bargain no longer works" Since apparently we are in an era of political "candour", it might be worth repeating that the bargain worked for a handful of countries and that it was based on a savage (post)colonial exploitation of the majority of the world. This time, someone might actually listen

Division of Medical Education Events and Initiatives to Discuss Autism and ADHD Diagnoses in Context (for Staff and Students) Colleagues in the Division of Medical Education have been involved in a series of events exploring the history of autism and ADHD diagnoses, and related topics concerning the study of neurodevelopment, developmental psychology, and neurodiversity. In June 2025, CHSTM, together with the network Autism@Manchester, hosted the interdisciplinary workshop “Rethinking Neurodevelopment: From WHO Policies to Neurodiversity and Care”, with three speakers, Dr Anna Stenning (University of Southampton), Dr Bonnie Evans and Dr Cinzia Greco (both SMS). The workshop was an opportunity to rethink neurodevelopmental conditions, their historical and contemporary transformations, and to explore the future direction of research in the field. Growing interest in, and diagnosis of, conditions such as autism and ADHD has generated new and sometimes controversial debates. The workshop was an occasion to discuss the history of autism, and the role of international agencies, such as the WHO, in defining this diagnosis, and how other personal identities, such as gender, can influence the experience of autistic people. Dr Erin Beeston (a CHSTM alumna now working with Autism@Manchester) requested support from Dr Greco and Dr Evans to organise an “Autism student journal club”, an ongoing initiative for neurodivergent students to discuss research on the topic and connect with other students with similar experiences. On 16th October, Dr Bonnie Evans and Professor Jonathan Green spoke at a new CHSTM seminar series on Mind, History and Society, bringing together historians and doctors to support understanding healthcare practices. Dr Evans discussed how the history of child development studies within social and political context can help to explain changes in the meaning of the autism diagnosis over time, and why these historical changes are vital to interpreting epidemi…

CHSTM and the Division of Medical Education at UoM are organising/have organised a few interesting events on neurodiversity. Have a look here:
blogs.bmh.manchester.ac.uk/blog/2025/12...

This year, I published my first monograph—a comprehensive exploration of breast cancer in Europe, based on 10 years of ethnographic research. I would love to discuss my research further in seminars and classrooms, and if you want to review it, I still have physical copies I can send!

Congratulations to Eleanor Shaw, who successfully defended her PhD thesis on the history of the British Journal of Anaesthesia today. In the photo: Prof Carsten Timmermann (2nd supervisor), the candidate, Prof Roberta Bivins, and Dr Neil Pemberton (the external and internal examiners).

Oh, thank you! I didn't know her and will look it up!

The Harmony of Illusions

And of course, to trace the contemporary origin of the much-abused "PTSD" label, it is essential to mention: "The Harmony of Illusions: Inventing Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder" by Allan Young.

‘They’re selling everything as trauma’: how our emotional pain became a product | Katherine Rowland In an economy that rewards confession and self-labeling, pain is no longer something to survive – but something to brand, sell, and curate

"Trauma has become the privileged idiom through which individual and collective suffering is expressed"
Fassin and Rechtman

An insightful article on the misuses of the category of trauma that, for once, acknowledges anthropological and social sciences research on the topic.

Dall'Ue budget record di 728 milioni per 349 ricercatori - Ricerca e Istituzioni - Ansa.it Italia al settimo posto, ma i ricercatori italiani sono secondi (ANSA)

Dall'Ue budget record di 728 milioni per 349 ricercatori

If you use "societal" as a neutral synonym of "social", you might also be interested in reading my comment on why the two terms do not refer to the same reality and why, in this case, it might be better to avoid the variatio and stick with "social" (repetita iuvant after all).

31 | 2025 Varia Anthropologie et santé est une revue scientifique semestrielle, créée à l’initiative de l’Association Amades. Elle se donne pour premier objectif de témoigner des recherches élaborées par les diffé...

The latest issue of Anthropologie & Santé has been published. As always, it is available in #openaccess, so feel free to browse the articles covering topics from newborns in Mayotte to mental health in adolescence, bariatric surgery, and more.

journals.openedition.org/anthropologi...

I agree, and I am honestly surprised that there is so little debate around brexit and its effects.

UK aims to secure agreement to rejoin Erasmus student exchange scheme Britain quit EU programme after Brexit, when Boris Johnson claimed it did not offer good value for money

"Negotiators are aiming to finalise a deal by January that would allow the UK to participate in Erasmus from 2027 onwards, according to two UK and EU officials."

If you are a PhD student working in the history of health, medicine or adjacent topics and disciplines, and you would like to present your research in an engaging and friendly environment, the online CHSTM postgrad seminar series is the right place!

I don't have a synthesis to offer, just the consideration that technology is not inherently disabled-friendly. Like architecture, technology has to be "made" accessible - or a tool for access - and most of the time this is not the case.

Also, isn't this standard narrative for mid 19C MCR, otherwise the 19th depopulation of the central districts by the emerging middle classes to the suburbs would make no sense...

Friedrich Engels ‘took creative liberties’ with descriptions of class divides in Manchester Cambridge historian Emily Chung finds philosopher’s blistering depictions of segregation may have been exaggerated

"She uncovered evidence of doctors, engineers, architects, surveyors, teachers, managers and shop owners living alongside weavers and spinners."

Not very surprising since this has more to do with the transformation of the elusive concept of middle class, rather than with Engels being "wrong".

Exactly! I mean, it's hard, it's also unfinished work and there is always room for improvement. That's also why it is easy to use language proficiency as a proxy for discrimination.

That's my experience too. In the UK often it's enough to have a foreign accent to be seen as someone "who never bothered to learn the language".

It's always only standard received pronunciation for these kinds of courses... I happen to have only US/Canadian teachers, and after ten years, I still discover words that I don't pronounce in the British way.

Yes, also as a student, the core of my learning was through books, and some of the best pages of theory/ethnography were in monographs.

Unfortunately, this seems to be quite a common trend. I cannot say that I am good at writing books, but I think that they offer an opportunity for analysis, depth and experimentation that articles do not offer.

There are so many Diane Keaton performances to remember, but a lot of people haven't seen Reds, and A) my God, see it, it is a masterpiece and B) her performance as Louise Bryant is one of the bravest, toughest, least sympathy-courting pieces of work by an American actress in the last 50 years.

Diane Keaton, Oscar-winning star of Annie Hall and The Godfather, dies aged 79 The Oscar-winner best known for her many collaborations with Woody Allen, as well as films including Reds, The First Wives Club and The Book Club, has died

I am so sad to hear about Diane Keaton. She was one of the actresses I liked the most. Talented and unconventional, she has been such a refreshing presence in the cinematographic landscape of my youth, otherwise dominated by unreasonable images of perfection and ultra-femininity.