@yijiehuang.bsky.social
Historian of medicine and science. Postdoc @HeidelbergHistory, PhD @CambridgeHPS. Exploring pre-modern body and healing. Writing on pulse, fever, and more.
More than thrilled to have been awarded a Byrne Bussey Marconi Fellowship 2025-26 and be going to visit Oxford next spring! Look forward to uncovering more relics of fever in the #Bodleian, and meeting with friends old and new π
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Our FEVER Workshop wrapped up on Friday β what a pleasure and privilege it was! Huge thanks to all who joined us, and especially to our wonderful speakers, including Kevin Siena, @wraggem.bsky.social, Chris Hamlin, Margaret DeLacy, and Ricardo Cabral de Freitas.
14.07.2025 09:12 β π 11 π 3 π¬ 0 π 0We are very much looking forward to welcome you in Heidelberg next week and hearing your talk, dear Alex!
And if anyone interested on the history of fevers would like to join us (in person!) in Heidelberg on the 10 and 11 of July, do register at: fever.project@zegk.uni-heidelberg.de.
A reminder that this fab conference is coming up on June 4th in Cambridge, with not one but two keynotes from myself and the brilliant Sussan Babaei. I'm talking about the smells of ink, printing, and advertising: www.crassh.cam.ac.uk/events/45567...
21.05.2025 11:47 β π 8 π 3 π¬ 0 π 1Finally!
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Book cover for Galileoβs Fame: Science, Credibility and Memory in the Seventeenth Century. The cover shows the Goddess Fama, a winged figure blowing the trumpet, in blue.
Iβm so excited to reveal the cover of Galileoβs Fame!
The @upittpress.bsky.social has done an amazing job with the design, showcasing a stunning seventeenth-century depiction of the goddess Fama.
I canβt wait to hold the book in my hands in just a few months.
Nothing more therapeutic than returning to the archive but with new sorts of curiosity promising some fresh insights. First remark: c19 handwriting is truly another world to explore π€ #TheNationalArchives
15.04.2025 10:43 β π 10 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0More and more friends and colleagues are joining, so I quickly made a little starter pack.
For those βDidnβt know youβre here too!β occasions.
Please suggest more!
#HistSci #HistMed ποΈ #EarlyModern #c18 #c19
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For Teams link and more details about the venue, please contact Ms Sarah-Jane White (sarah-jane.white@ihs.ox.ac.uk).
18.02.2025 11:56 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Friends in Oxford and online, in case of your interest, Iβll give an online talk tomorrow at 5pm GMT on pulse diagnosis between early modern China and Europe. The event will be hybrid, both at 58a Banbury Road Oxford and on Teams. Looking forward to seeing many of you there!
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π¬How did artists and scientific practitioners visualize their work in the early modern period? Thatβs the main question behind the online exhibition of rare books curated by @sietskefransen.bsky.social, @ariellaminden.bsky.social and Leendert van der Miesen.
πhttps://rarebooks.biblhertz.it
My article on C18th/19th experiences of lightning at sea is out with Transactions.
This is the most engrossing and disconcerting topic that I've ever fallen into researching. (Sad, too.)
TRHS's editorial process was exceptionally nice and fast: highly recommended!
#histmed #histSTM
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Itβs happening today β¨ looking forward to another deep dive into Simon Forman and Richard Napierβs world of magic and medicine!
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