@profsophieharman.bsky.social
Professor of International Politics Author of global health books, producer of BAFTA-nominated film, lover of books, Corrie, Bruce Sproodlesteen, & (once upon a time) house music all night long
Feel downbeat this #WorldAIDSDay - 'sunset' for UNAIDS, other UN agency cuts, decades of progress & majority of international community no longer attuned to the lives, families, & friends of 630,000 people who died of AIDS last year
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After years of talking about this book I am sooo excited to have ordered Chasing Freedom by Simukai Chigudu. Despite not being allowed to read any of it (I've tried), I know everyone is going to be talking about this in 2026.
Gift your future self & pre-order www.penguin.co.uk/books/448455...
L-R Me (Producer), Sikijua ('Zuhura'), Sesilia ('Cecilia'), Neema ('Pharmacist'), Bello (Pili), Leanne (Director)
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Read about the politics of making Pili www.mqup.ca/Books/S/Seei...
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Watch Pili www.amazon.co.uk/gp/video/det...
24.11.2025 10:16 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0L-R Me (Producer), Sikijua ('Zuhura'), Sesilia ('Cecilia'), Neema ('Pharmacist'), Bello (Pili), Leanne (Director)
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10 years ago this week Leanne Welham, Ansity Noel & I met with 80ish women around Pwani to hear their stories, ask what they thought about making a film & would they act in it?
The result was Pili. A film that went on to win awards, a distribution deal, a BAFTA nomination, & £1000s to these women
Huge congratulations to Sunil Amrith for winning the @britishacademy.bsky.social Book Prize!!!
I'm enormously proud of Sick of It being shortlisted alongside such fab books, especially as I *think* it's the first International Relations book to make the shortlist, hope it becomes the 1st of many.
Absolute joy to discuss Sick of It at the British Academy Book Prize event last night, meet such lovely readers & shortlisted authors, & celebrate with my mates (Becky my pal since I was 12 who beats me at tennis every week & Simukai who has the most amazing book coming out next year!)
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Today’s British Academy Book Prize reading recommendations come from Sophie Harman, whose book SICK OF IT explores the global battle for women's health
Find out more about her chosen books here: lrb.me/0926b1
@britishacademy.bsky.social
Most fun (& difficult!) task of the year! I was asked to recommend 3 books I read recently for the @londonreviewbookshop.co.uk blog as part of the @britishacademy.bsky.social book prize. My recommendations (and those of the other nominees) ⬇️
www.londonreviewbookshop.co.uk/blog/2025/oc...
Want to learn more about the British Academy shortlist? Excellent overview of all the books around 45min mark
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
There was I worried I wouldn't have time to properly read America First Global Health Strategy before finishing my keynote for next week.... but its all BIG font and BIG pictures and some quite comedy (despite seriousness of issue) graphs
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Is the far right's success in global health partly homegrown?
www.medico.de/en/crisis-of...
I'll be talking about this and more next week in Berlin ahead of the World Health Summit - come along if you're in town! www.medico.de/termin/2025-...
So looking forward to seeing you!
09.10.2025 12:45 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Hope to see many of you at this event - and read the book too! @profsophieharman.bsky.social
09.10.2025 10:16 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0Spanning a broad range of non-fiction subjects from the global politics of women’s health to Putin and the Russian Orthodox Church, this year's British Academy Book Prize shortlist leads readers across continents and pivotal moments in history.
Here's why non-fiction is important to our authors.
I’ve just started reading this and it’s riveting (not least because it reaffirms and corroborates so much of what I’ve seen working in gender and global health over the past 25 years). don’t sleep on this.
02.10.2025 10:43 — 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0Thank you Shannon!
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Kindle has chosen Sick of It to be part of their 99p deal for October!
Given the first book I published back in 2010 was about £80 this is a much better deal. And cheaper than a whippy.
I did think, my god if my dog saw that deer I'd dislocate a shoulder 😆
29.09.2025 09:47 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Wow! Stunning.
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You may already have seen her on the BBC this morning, but journalists and policy experts looking for experts on digital ID cards - you need to speak to @kerenweitzberg.bsky.social
This is a post from earlier this year
blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandp...
Heading to the World Health Summit in Berlin in October? I'll be popping up to give the keynote at this excellent side event organised by @medico.de - do come along
www.plattformglobalegesundheit.de/defending-th...
“The creation of a New Public Health Order is about much more than simply placing vaccine and other medical manufacturing facilities on the African continent.”
Interesting read…
@pegmurrayevans.bsky.social @sharifahsekalala.bsky.social
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Can the New Public Health Order deliver for Africa in a post-Trump world?
New piece for @plosglobalpublichealth.org journals.plos.org/globalpublic...
When the US right talk about free speech in the UK their point of reference is always abortion. This is not an accident, but a core part of their agenda. Women's health as ever at the forefront of global politics.
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