Dr Nina S. Studer

The cover of the forthcoming book Colonial Negatives: Picturing History and Identity in Morocco by Patricia Goldsworthy. Bottom half of the image has an image of an oil seller in Fez surrounded by Muslim and Jewish Moroccans. The image highlights the religious diversity of the crowd, and demonstrates the dynamic nature of the Jewish district

I just got a copy of my cover for my forthcoming book! It features a postcard from Fez by the Moroccan Jewish photographer Joseph Bouhsira. Bouhsira was the first Moroccan to establish his own commercial photography studio, and many of his images featured the Jewish community in Fez.

Thanks so much, Neil!

So, listen to these lovely people: If you are interested in the history of absinthe (or alcohol in general), France and North Africa, do have a look at my book #TheHourOfAbsinthe!

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And in a review in the American Historical Review, Hannah Halliwell wrote: "Studer’s careful attention to absinthe’s colonial context means The Hour of Absinthe can be considered as the most distinctive and wide-ranging resource on the history of absinthe." academic.oup.com/ahr/article-...

Another two lovely reviews of #TheHourOfAbsinthe: In Petits Propos Culinaires, @neilbuttery.bsky.social wrote: "In this fascinating book, Studer identifies untruths and exposes prejudices, allowing evidence to lead her to any conclusions made." Thanks so much! journal.equinoxpub.com/ppc/article/...

This images shows a sketch from a newspaper, in black on yellowish paper. It shows a room with a couple of plants in the background. A middle-aged man in formal clothes sits in a chair, his back towards the readers, but turning around to them. Around him are luxury items: paintings, a statue, a gramophone, some bottles of alcohol, books and more. In his hand, the man holds a bottle of absinthe, smiling. Under the image, it says: "Le Meilleur Cadeau du jour de l'an. - Voilà le seul Cadeau utile que le patron ait reçu pour ses étrennes: une bouteille d'Oxygénée Cusenier!" Translation into English is in the post. This sketch is by the French book illustrator Joseph Hémard and was published in "Le Sourire", on the 21th of December 1907, p. 10.

Bit belated - but happy new year to all my followers! This sketch for the absinthe brand Cusenier from 1907 claims that Cusenier is "the best New Year's gift - This is the only useful gift the boss received for New Year's: a bottle of Cusenier Oxygénée!" 🗃️🍸 #DrinkingStudies #Absinthe #AlcoholAdverts

Nina S. Studer. The Hour of Absinthe: A Cultural History of France’s Most Notorious Drink. Nina S. Studer’s book The Hour of Absinthe: A Cultural History of France’s Most Notorious Drink is a welcome and much-needed addition to the growing field

Since Book Recommendations is trending, I recommend The Hour of Absinthe: A Cultural History of France's Most Notorious Drink, which has an excellent write-up in the December 2025 issue of the American Historical Review.

#Books #BookSky #Culture #Historians

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8-bit art of vampire on a brick wall. Day.

Visited the sort of appropriately-named Goulston Street to see this vampiric new invader.

#GothicLondon #Invader #InvaderWasHere #NewInvasion #StreetArt

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Very happy to see The Hour of Absinthe: A Cultural History of France's Most Notorious Drink among the recommendations.

#Books #BookSky #Christmas #Culture #Historians

Day Two at #ReadQuebec! Thanks again to AELAQ for making it happen.

Day One at Read Quebec! Thanks to our brilliant colleagues at aelaq for organizing the New Knowledge: Nonfiction Lightning Round with MQUP authors Martha Langford, Stephen Monteiro, Alex Tipei, and Tom Waugh.

Yes! The "Intoxicating Histories" series (www.mqup.ca/Series/I/Int...) by @mcgillqueensup.bsky.social - there are so many amazing books. It is such a joy to be part of that series!

of the early Third Republic. Well-researched and refreshingly free of jargon, it will undoubtedly be the canonical work on the history of absinthe for years to come." Thank you! I can only say: Listen to Adam & read my book: h-france.net/h-france-rev... #DrinkingStudies #Absinthe #FrenchHistory 🗃️🍸

And I am also very happy about the new review on H-France on my book #TheHourOfAbsinthe, by Adam Zientek (whose book "A Thirst for Wine and War" is great, btw)! According to him: "Nevertheless, The Hour of Absinthe is necessary reading for those interested in the history of alcohol and that [...]

If you want to know more about the role that France's imperial aspirations played in the development of the pathologisation of wet dreams in the 19th century, do have a look! #histmed #HistoryOfSexuality #ColonialMedicine #FrenchHistory #Algeria #Orientalism #skystorians

Very happy that my article "Imperial Masculinities: Involuntary Losses of Semen as Markers of White Virility (France, 1830s–1880s)" is out now, in the European Journal for the History of Medicine and Health! brill.com/view/journal...

This image shows the content page of the last issue of The Maghreb Review, Vol. 50, No 4 (2025). It shows articles by several different people, amongst them, the fourth from the top: Nina Salouâ Studer: "Female Agents of Colonialism: Women Doctors in Algeria at the Turn of the Century".

This image is a screenshot of the abstract of my article "Female Agents of Colonialism: Women Doctors in Algeria at the Turn of the Century". The abstract says: "Dorothée Chellier was born in Algiers in 1860 to French settler parents and became the first female French doctor in colonial Algeria, after completing her studies in Paris. As she had in-depth knowledge of the country, she was sent on “medical missions” to various parts of remote Algeria in the 1890s with the express goal of observing the lives and medical problems of “native” women. Chellier published a short book about a mission to the Aurès region in 1895, in which she focused on gynaecological issues among Algerian women. She often described how these women voluntarily contacted and trusted her, apparently eager to get help from a female French doctor. She also highlighted the importance of female medical experts for the future of France’s colonial project in Algeria, as Muslim women had been mostly hidden from her male counterparts throughout the 19th century. This chapter proposes to analyse Chellier’s detailed descriptions of (the limitations of) the agency of Algerian women and contrast this with her own actions, influences and reception. Upon publication in 1895, her book was well received in French newspapers and her pioneering work served as an example to those female French doctors, like Hélène Abadie-Feyguine and Françoise Legey, who became active around the turn of the century in colonial Algeria. While sympathetic to many aspects of the lives of Algerian women, it is important to frame Chellier as an agent of colonialism. She defined her goals as providing medical help to formerly neglected groups in Algeria, as well as helping to “educate” the masses that she clearly viewed as being ignorant and unwilling to conform with France’s guidance. This was in line with the ideology of France’s paternalistic mission civilisatrice and with the opinions professed by her male colleagues."

Very happy that my article on Dorothée Chellier - the first female doctor in colonial Algeria - has been published in the last issue of The Maghreb Review (Vol. 50, No 4 (2025))! #skystorian #Algeria #FrenchHistory #histmed 🗃️

Great - I hope you are going to publish it at some point! And I agree. Comparing Porot's 1912 text on Tunisia with his 1918 "Notes de psychiatrie musulmane" is astonishing.

Get your copy (in German) now: www.limmatverlag.ch/programm/tit...

Congratulations, Cordelia, @brigittehuerlimann.bsky.social and Elisabeth Stern!

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Picture is a photograph of a book on a black background. It shows a scene in the mountains, where people put a gigantic plaster on a melting glacier. Around the plaster, there are about 20 people. The title of the book is in orange: "Als die Schweiz ins Schwitzen kam: Die Klimaseniorinnen" ("When Switzerland broke out in a sweat: the climate seniors"). The authors are Brigitte Hürlimann, Cordelia Bähr and Elisabeth Stern.

My wonderful friend, Cordelia Bähr, co-authored a book based on her successfully bringing a Swiss case to the European Court of Human Rights - the case of the #Klimaseniorinnen. The court ruled that protection from climate change is a human right #climate #ClimateChange #Klima #newbook

Very happy with this lovely article about our exhibition (on the medical history of machines and treatments against wet dreams) at the "Centre Maurice Chalumeau en sciences des sexualités" in Geneva!

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Screenshot of the programme of the "Joint ETHZ-UZH Research Colloquium in Global and Extra-Euroepan History", on Thursdays, 16:15-17:45, at ETH Zürich Hauptgebäude, Rämistrasse 101, 8092 Zürich. At the top, it says "University of Zürich" and "ETH Zürich". Below this is a 19th-century map of the world, showing, I guess, trading routes. Below this map, it shows the first two presentations of this seminar. The first is one by Dr. Lasse Heerten (on the 2nd of October), and the second is by Dr. Nina Studer (Université de Genève), on the 16th of October 2025.

And more for people in Switzerland: I will give a presentation with the title "Leaky Masculinities: Imperialism & Nocturnal Pollutions in 19th-Century Medical Theories" at the ETHZ-UZH Research Colloquium in Global and Extra-European History in Zürich next week! Do come!

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Our book is out!! Happy publication day to our fantastic team of editors and authors.

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#histmed #HistoryOfSexuality #skystorians #FrenchHistory #SwissHistory #Geneva

This image shows a black and white, early 20th century French advert for an electronic belt (Herculex, by a Dr Sanden), early 20th century. On the right hand side is the drawing of an older man in formal clothes, while on the left hand side, there is a drawing of two young, white men, wearing only shorts. The one on the left is holding up one of these belts in his right hand, while also wearing one, while the one on the right is on his knees, in the process of getting up, looking up at the other man. The title of this advert is "Regained Virility".

If anybody is in Geneva in the week of the 20th of October: Please come on Tuesday, the 21st of October 2025 (5:00pm), to the opening of the exhibition “Masculinity in Question: Remedies and Devices against Nocturnal Emissions (18th to 21st Centuries)” at the CMCSS, Campus Batelle, Bâtiment A!

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Me and my wandering womb are thrilled to see the Nursing Clio Reader in print! Kudos to the whole @nursingclio.bsky.social team on an amazing volume!

There was even the idea, both in Britain in the 19th & in France's North African colonies in the 20th century, of teaism/theism/théisme, a problem viewed as potentially worse than alcoholism! One of my very favourite topics!

It does look amazing, doesn't it? Cannot wait to see it!