Society for the Social History of Medicine (SSHM)

The Ethics of Medical Photography Network is organising an ECR workshop on 28 May at De Montfort University with the generous support of AHRC and @sshmedicine.bsky.social! Apply by 20 March empnetwork.our.dmu.ac.uk/2026/02/26/e... Open to PhD students and ECRs in all disciplines! #photohist #histmed

It’s been an exciting week at AAHM! 🎉

We're hiring two Social Media Coordinators to support the day-to-day management of our social media channels & help drive digital engagement.

Learn more here: histmed.org/join-aahm-as...

The Consortium for History of Science, Technology and Medicine invites applications for research fellowships in their eponymous topics.

For more details see: www.chstm.org/fellowships

#histmed #histstm

Quick reminder - 2nd March closing date for abstract submission to our June 1st #Colloquium2026 in London, UK. Please share widely #histnursing #histmed More info on the website . ukahn.org/colloquium-2... plus registration now open here store.kingston.ac.uk/conferences-...

Representing, Reshaping Reenacting. Anatolii Kozlov, (Université de Genève) What is common between the creativity tests and meat-imitating food? Between social interactions and formal modelling? Between the trembling Earth and a trem…

What's common between the creativity tests and meat-imitating food? Social interactions and formal modelling? Trembling Earth and a trembling body? Our suggestion is: performativity.

@hscottfordsmand.bsky.social @gluzmania.bsky.social @sshmedicine.bsky.social and others.

WG4 Seminar : Socialist Tropical Medicine:
Of Pathologies, Bodies & Geopolitics by Dr Bogdan Cristian Iacob 1PM GMT - 5 March 2026 ONLINE link in bulletin #Skystorians #HistMed #MedHums #TropicalMed #EuroHistHealth #CA22159

Postdoctoral Research Associate at Durham University Apply for the Postdoctoral Research Associate role on jobs.ac.uk, the top job board for academic positions in higher education. View details and apply now.

This looks like a brilliant role with the #MedHums team at Durham (2 year postdoc, 28 hours/week) ‘Amplifying the mental health of Black university students: A Black, Mad and Disability Studies Intersectional Inquiry’: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQQ154/p...

Sharing a CFPs from @milwelfhist.bsky.social
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Hot off the press! #histmed

History of Medicines CFPs If you wish to share your CFPs on the SSHM website please contact the Exec Sec, Dr Justine Pick admin@sshm.org Healthcare Architecture in Islamic Traditions/Translations An invitation from Int…

Join the 2026 International Journal of Islamic Architecture (IJIA) ‘Dialogues’ online roundtable, the theme “Healthcare Architecture in Islamic Traditions/Translations”, taking place on March 7, 2026 via Zoom
15:00–16:30 GMT / 6:00–7:30 Pacific / 9:00–10:30 Eastern
#histmed
sshm.org/history-of-m...

Colour photo showing a nurse behind a desk, she is on the phone, a man in green scrubs stands in front of the desk

We loved introducing Alice to our collections, but you don't need to be a Professor to come to the archives, anybody can visit and explore our collections!

Find out how by visiting our website - www.bartshealth.nhs.uk/barts-health...

#History #Archives

We have many surgery items. Here are some of our favourite surgical collection items!

The Edward Worth Library, Dublin, is offering two short-term research fellowships of between 1 week and 1 month between Jun and Nov 2026 to encourage research relevant to its collection of c. 4,300 books, left to Dr Steevens’ Hospital by Dublin physician Edward Worth (1676-1733).
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Lunctime Seminar: How the cobalt bomb did change the cancer services at the Hospital in 1950s-1960s Barcelona by Dr Alfons Zarzoso *** RESCHEDULED to 26 Feb 2026 *** at 12.30pm CET - link via email. #Skystorians #HistMed #MedHums

CHSTM Research Seminar, 17 March 2026 Dr Siobhán Hearne Soviet Healthcare Diplomacy in the Global South

For your diaries: CHSTM Seminar, 17 March 2026 - Dr Siobhán Hearne will be speaking on Soviet Healthcare Diplomacy in the Global South.

blogs.manchester.ac.uk/chstm/2026/0...

Lunchtime Seminar: Making (up) healthy people: A German-German history of health education, 1945–1967 by Dr Christian Sammer - link via email. 27 Feb at 1pm CET #Skystorians #MedHums #HistMed

WG5 Seek Papers: Ethical Considerations in Medical Museums & GLAM Sector - Cluj, Romania 7-8 May 2026 Workshop - see email for details #MedHums #HistMed #GLAM #Museums #Skystorians

📢 Join us this spring for the CHSTM Postgraduate Seminar Series 2025/2026!
Explore new perspectives in HSTM. Our seminars run throughout the year, typically on Tuesdays, 1–2 pm on Zoom.

To receive the Zoom link, contact:
krittapak.ngamvaseenont@postgrad.manchester.ac.uk

#HistSTM #histmed

An array of six book covers: Beth Linker, Slouch: Posture Panic in Modern America Rachel Louise Moran, Blue: A History of Postpartum Depression in America Christina Ramos, Bedlam in the New World: A Mexican Madhouse in the Age of Enlightenment Christian Warren, Starved for Light: The Long Shadow of Rickets and Vitamin D Deficiency Travis A. Weisse, Health Freaks: America’s Diet Champions and the Specter of Chronic Illness Harry Yi-Jui Wu, Mad by the Millions: Mental Disorders and the Early Years of the World Health Organization

SHORT-LISTED!
So proud to learn that AAHM has short-listed "Starved for Light" for the George Rosen Prize, along with books from @bethlinker.bsky.social , @rachellouisemoran.bsky.social , @xtinaramos.bsky.social , @travisaweisse.bsky.social , and Harry Yi-Jui Wu.
histmed.org/2026-george-...

Strike against mask wearing in 1930s echoed COVID-19 protests, study finds New research from The University of Manchester has shown that debates and resistance about wearing face masks go back a lot further than the COVID-19 pandemic.Dr Meng Zhang, a Wellcome Trust Research ...

A blog piece highlighting research from the Centre for the History of Science Technology and Medicine @manchester.ac.uk
This research by Dr Meng Zhang has just been published #OpenAccess in Social History of Medicine (for full article: doi.org/10.1093/shm/...)
#histmed #histSTM

📕 Delighted to present all things SSHM through the new Gazette newsletter - including several insightful reports on last year's supported conferences: sshm.org/cp/

If you would like to share your CfPs or other events/networks via the SSHM website and The Gazette, feel free to email or message me ✍

Protest From Unexpected Corners: Barbers, Labour Unions, and Compulsory Masking in Modern China, 1930s–1940s Abstract. This article examines resistance from below to compulsory masking in modern China, from the 1930s to the 1940s. Initially marginalised and stigma

New #OpenAccess #HistMed article by our CHSTM colleague Dr Meng Zhang, on compulsory masking and the role of barbers in 1930s China.

academic.oup.com/shm/advance-...

👀@csmbr-pisa.bsky.social VivaMente scheme

€5,000 plus the free usage of the Domus Comeliana will be awarded to the best proposals for a max. 2-day event to be held in Pisa. Any topic, from ancient to contemporary history of philosophy, science, medicine, and technology
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For details 👇

hD Position - Leibniz Institute, Leipzig:
𝐇𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐄𝐩𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐜𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐈𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐲 (𝟏𝟑𝟎𝟎-𝟏𝟖𝟎𝟎)

Application deadline: 𝟏𝟔 𝐅𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔
Start date: 𝟏 𝐀𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐥 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔

𝐈𝐧𝐟𝐨 𝐚𝐭: martin.bauch@leibniz-gwzo.de

#CSMBR #DoctoralPosition

Two PhD studentships - University of Exeter
𝐏𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐥𝐞𝐬, 𝐏𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐞𝐨𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐏𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐜𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐆𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐑𝐡𝐚𝐳𝐞𝐬
Deadline: 26 March 2026

𝐈𝐧𝐟𝐨
(Arabic): N.Fancy2@exeter.ac.uk
(Classics): r.flemming@exeter.ac.uk

#CSMBR #PhDs

The Gazette is back! With a new look and new editor @fabiolacreed.bsky.social
With members' reports from global #histmed conferences in 2025.
Plus latest issue of Social History of Medicine and book in the Social Histories of Medicine series published by @manchesterup.bsky.social

Reposting this query for the #HistMed lunchbreak crowd in the UK and the breakfast crowd across the Atlantic. Would be grateful for reposts.

Users studying in LSHTM Library.

We're thrilled to have joined Bluesky 🎉

Follow us for updates on library resources, research support, open access, including LSHTM Press and highlights from our archives.

We're looking forward to connecting and sharing with you here soon! 🙌

TOMORROW! The next session of our seminar series will be a discussion of @davidedgerton.bsky.social manuscript of his upcoming book on the global history of production since 1900 (2027).

#histtech #histsci #histmed #histstm

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