Kate Errington

Object Stories in Health and Medicine, 1700-1900 - University of Birmingham x9artsandlaw-event,x9history-event,x9historycultures-event,x9clemt-event

💫New Workshop #CfP💫

'Object Stories in Health and Medicine, 1700-1900', 5 December, online, organised by the very fabulous @annafranjam.bsky.social & @rebeccawhiteley.bsky.social.

#HistMed #HistSTM #HistPsych #DisHist #HistNursing #MatCult #MaterialCulture #MedHums #Skystorians🗃️

The artwork was inspired by a teaching aid I created for the module 'Writing London' at Birkbeck School of Creative Arts, Culture and Communication.

Digital drawing of London landscape.

I am delighted that my artwork was selected in the Postgraduate Pedagogies cover art competition! Volume 5, Issue 1 is now available to download postgradpedagogies.lse.ac.uk/6/volume/5/i...

We will be showcasing this project at the next @bconceived.bsky.social meeting on 22 May, 4-5pm UK time. Reserve your place: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/efa462...

Travelled up to @teessideuni.bsky.social to showcase some of the public engagement work I've been doing with IMPRINT. We discussed historical public health materials and created a community collage with festival goers

The Impact of Motherhood within Art Schools and Institutions in the UK This event will explore the impact of motherhood on art schools and institutions in the UK. Motherhood is understood in an expanded sense here, encompassing the experiences and challenges encountered ...

Tonight! The first event from the @bconceived.bsky.social Small Grant Scheme 2025. The Impact of Motherhood within Art Institutions at The Courtauld, 18.30-20.30. Booking Essential:
courtauld.ac.uk/whats-on/the...

Next week! 5 May, 7-8.30pm UK time, @bconceived.bsky.social are hosting @hzeavin.bsky.social & Helen Charman in discussions about The Technological and Political Mediation of Motherhood. Sign up for this free, online event: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/c25ec8...

High, Soft & Open Friends, colleagues and strangers compare notes on their journeys with hormonal birth control — and its indelible effects on their mental health.

Together with a wonderful filmmaker Rita Conry, I’ve made a documentary about birth control and mental health. It now has a permanent home and you can watch it online: www.girlsinfilm.net/videos/high-...

Sexual Health: Past, Present and Future A multidisciplinary workshop Join us in person or online Room WG17, Centre for Lifelong Learning, University of Birmingham, 2-3 July 2025 The prevention, treatment and control of sexually transmissible infections, including HIV, has a complex history. It has been the catalyst for significant developments in medicine and public health. But it has also been stigmatised, occupying a grey area between quackery and reputable medicine. Sexual health embodied fears about social disorder, at times seen as a ‘racial poison’ and a threat to colonial, state and military authority. And it was used as an excuse for human experimentation, draconian legislation and the persecution of minoritised and marginalised communities. Yet event with such a turbulent history, sexual health currently faces one of its greatest crises. Rates of syphilis are at their highest since 1948 and there are more cases of gonorrhoea than at any other point since records began. Barriers to PrEP uptake persist. While RSE has improved, significant shortcomings remain. The impact of mental health, poverty and domestic violence on sexual-health outcomes are not adequately addressed. Services decimated by underfunding are no longer accessible to many who need them. And a lack of culturally competent, inclusive provisions means that many service users feel alienated by the services that are available. All of this is exacerbating deep inequalities in health outcomes and wellbeing. This multidisciplinary workshop is an opportunity for researchers and health professionals to explore the historical legacies and challenges facing sexual health today and in the future. It is supported by the UKRI project ‘Histories of Sexual Health in Britain’ and is CPD accredited by the Federation of the Royal Colleges of Physicians. Scan the QR code to register. Registration is free but essential.

📣Registration is open for our workshop, 'Sexual Health: Past, Present and Future'! Join us in person or online. Registration is FREE but essential.
⏰ 2-3 July 2025
🏛️ University of Birmingham / online
👉 Register here: forms.office.com/e/mQHq8NgSmQ
#histmed #histsex #medhums #sexualhealth #SRH #HIV

What promises to be a fascinating conversation between two acclaimed historians of motherhood, in light of their recent books 'Mother Media' & 'Mother State'. Register for this free, online event: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/c25ec8...

The Technological and Political Mediation of Motherhood: Hannah Zeavin and Helen Charman Monday 5th May, 7-8.30pm Join us for an in-conversation between two acclaimed historians of motherhood in light of their recent book releases: Professor Hannah Zeavin, author of Mother Media&n…

Next @bconceived.bsky.social event just announced! 5 May, 7-8.30pm UK time. In-conversation with @hzeavin.bsky.social & Helen Charman about The Technological and Political Mediation of Motherhood. Read more: broadlyconceived.wordpress.com/2025/03/28/t...

Thanks again to @chase-dtp.bsky.social for their support with Broadly Conceived monthly events and the small grant scheme.

And the second event, on 5 June a half-day symposium at U. of Greenwich, organised by @cparkmorton.bsky.social, Victoria Adkins & Natalie Richardson. Read more: tinyurl.com/38jwtdad

The Impact of Motherhood within Art Schools and Institutions in the UK This event will explore the impact of motherhood on art schools and institutions in the UK. Motherhood is understood in an expanded sense here, encompassing the experiences and challenges encountered ...

And registration has opened for 2 BC small-grant-funded projects! First on 29 April @courtauld.bsky.social, The Working Parents Alliance & PhD student Xiaojue Michelle Zhu will be discussing the impact of motherhood on art schools and institutions in the UK. Read more: tinyurl.com/3j58yvu5

Don't mind me - just some more @bconceived.bsky.social updates! There's still time to sign up to tomorrow's event with @drbeldavis.bsky.social. If you're UK-based, then you'll also have a chance to win a copy Conceiving Histories 📖 register here: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/3192db...

No photos from the conference, but just look at this sunset ❤️

Fab time at the @hexhistory.bsky.social conference in Tampere, Finland. I delivered a paper on the panel "Reproductive Health Histories of Experiences: Case Studies from Britain and British India" alongside @karissapatton.bsky.social & Ranjana Saha.

@centreofthecell.bsky.social

Project team standing in front of exhibition booth. Banner at the front has the title "Infection & Vaccination during pregnancy, past and present"

Live illustrator Louise French sat at table.

Members of the public engaging with booth

Final day today at The Baby Show, talking with the public about the past, present (and future!) of maternal vaccination and infection health communication, thanks to the IMPRINT public engagement fund.

If you are UK-based, there is a chance to win a copy of my book (Conceiving Histories) by attending this talk on 18th March. It's a free online talk with @bconceived.bsky.social What's not to like?
#BookGiveAway

The cover of my beautiful new book, Conceiving Histories. Black and white photo collage of a naked woman arms crossed riding a guppy side-saddle, in front of a moon. Title is in coral pink. Names of author and illustrator in white.

Dear BlueSky,

Please widely share that my book is out today. 🚀 It tells wild & wonderful, (& arrestingly illustrated) little-known histories from the reproductive frontline. It is a history like no other and like any other, ie brill & for any history lover anywhere.

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Deadline 6 March! Innovative, fully-funded PhD scholarship supervised by me (cultural histories of gender & sexuality & human-animal relations) & Karen Hiestand (veterinary & animal ethics). Located at Birkbeck's School of Creative Arts, Culture & Communication & the Royal Veterinary College.

👀 Funded PhD @ Coventry University:

Uses and Abuses of the Past: the Role of Presentism in Cultural Memory.

'The inquiry ... will select and investigate a series of objects or sites to explore the use of history as a tool for debating contemporary social and cultural issues' tinyurl.com/4zksy84y

Two fully funded PhD studentships in history have just opened @liverpooluni.bsky.social - deadline for applications is 30 May www.liverpool.ac.uk/histories-la...

Sign up to this free, online event:https://events.teams.microsoft.com/event/3192dbfe-c69b-4490-82c7-70080d127b32@89d07f47-d258-463c-8700-635ffaeca38e

Conceiving Histories with Dr Isabel Davis Tuesday 18 March, 7pm-8pm Join us in our March meeting to hear Isabel Davis discuss her latest book, Conceiving Histories: Trying for Pregnancy Past and Future. Conceiving Histories book cover, cou…

Next @bconceived.bsky.social event is 18 March, 7-8pm UK time. We'll be joined by @drbeldavis.bsky.social who will be talking about her latest book "Conceiving Histories: Trying for Pregnancy Past and Future." Read more: broadlyconceived.wordpress.com/2025/02/25/c...

You and Your Baby (home, husband, and doctor): maternal responsibility in the British Medical Association booklet (1957–1987) You and Your Baby was a pregnancy advice booklet, produced by the British Medical Association (BMA) from 1957–1987. This booklet was provided to expectant mothers in the UK, free of charge, and offere...

A really great and thoughtful article about motherhood, medical advice, and maternal responsibility mh.bmj.com/content/50/2...

Of course! All the correct details on our website but let me know if you have any questions

Thanks to @chase-dtp.bsky.social for making these grants possible.