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assoc prof. research in women's health, narrative med, periodicals, digital humanities. mom to 2 mostly-domesticated cats + 1 feral child. book: Women's Health in Britain & America: Texts & Contexts (Palgrave) / next proj: women & wellness in periodicals

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Making Cultural Infrastructure – Theatrum Mundi A centre for research and experimentation in the public culture of cities

Here's the first reference: Making Cultural Infrastructure by John Bingham-Hall and Adam Kaasa

11.07.2025 15:06 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Just ended our last Skype-based Periodical Poetry Index call. Since we started in June 2010, we've had 390 three-way audio calls on Skype. Goodbye, old frenemy, and no, I do not want to install your updates. Catch you on zoom next week, @nmhouston.bsky.social & @lmltelegraph.bsky.social!

29.04.2025 19:21 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I’m more on the literature side, but I’ve been working on breast cancer in the long 19c for ~15yrs. My 2023 book (Women’s Health in Britain & America: Texts & Contexts) has a chapter on breast and gynecological cancers.

15.02.2025 12:10 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Immediately adding this to the first unit in my medical humanities course this semester…

19.01.2025 11:53 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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My 7yo is obsessed with a novelty phrenology head I brought her from @bethlemmuseum.bsky.social and took it for show&tell today. It was that or a stuffed uterus+ovaries from @oldoptheatre.bsky.social, which her 2nd grade friends aren't ready for. Apple doesn't fall far, etc. #medhist #medhum

14.01.2025 14:25 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

Kicking off FDU's first medical humanities study abroad trip today. Lectures & walking tours + visiting @oldoptheatre.bsky.social, Anaesthesia Heritage Center, @bethlemmuseum.bsky.social, Royal Pharmaceutical Society, @wellcomecollection.bsky.social, Florence Nightingale Museum. #histmed #medhum

06.01.2025 07:02 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Cats React to Science Facts | Royal Society Just one of the brilliant books shortlisted for the Royal Society's Young People's Book Prize 2020. Discover more on our website.

I'm getting so many great ideas from this thread. Thanks for asking it! My 7yo daughter keeps revisiting this book. She often falls asleep with it in hand. royalsociety.org/medals-and-p...

17.12.2024 20:26 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Ah, perhaps that short link is limited to US or North America. Perhaps this version will work: link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

17.12.2024 20:17 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Women's Health in Britain and America This book explores historic narratives about pregnancy, childbirth, contraception, abortion, and breast and gynecological cancers.

My little book turned one today. She had a rough start and didn’t get as much promotion as she deserved. But she’s currently 50% off via Amazon or 30% off via Palgrave (with code HOL30).
#histmed #womenshealth

bit.ly/womenshealthbook

17.12.2024 03:09 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Excited to be presenting some new research on women and wellness in Jan 2025. Will be talking about heath while leading a heath-themed study abroad trip.

05.12.2024 02:04 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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