Absolutely! I’ll send you an email?

Anyone interested in joining a panel proposal on Health in Civil Rights movements for the AAHM this year? DM me or comment if so!

Your weekly reminder that voter "concern" with immigration doesn't correspond to actual immigration levels.

It corresponds to the amount of coverage the media gives immigration.

This an entirely self-fulfilling mess, and it is entirely pointless.

RFK Jr. rolled out that old chestnut again about how healthy Americans were in the 60’s, so here’s a fact check.

In 1965:

-42% of American adults smoked; it’s 11% now.

-The infant morality rate was 24.7/1000; it’s 5.6/1000 now.

-Overall life expectancy was 70 years; it's about 77 years now.

Me, trying to fit in in Berlin: ein Kaffee mit hafermilch, bitte
Barista (in a heavy Irish accent): you want that regular or large?

Up early and off to #EAHMH2025! So excited to attend some fascinating talks and to present on sentinel animals in environmental health history alongside @kirchhelle.bsky.social! A big shoutout to @robertsuits.bsky.social for driving me to the airport at 4 AM so I could make it to morning panels ❤️

I really appreciate how our neighborhood facilitates this kind of community gathering - even in London!

There is a group of seniors who meets in the cafe where I’m currently writing a conference paper, and they are laughing so hard they’re crying. It’s a real day-brightener, especially when we seem to hear overwhelmingly stories of isolation among those in their later years.

Hopping on the early morning Eurostar on my way to Basel for a very exciting workshop!! I hope the novelty of being able to travel without planes never wears off.

My cartoon for this week’s Books pages in @theguardian.com

Some of the media want to portray the thousand people protesting on asylum as being a proxy for general public opinion.

They wouldn't want to say that about the much larger trans rights + allies protest of up to 100 thousand people

www.thepinknews.com/2025/07/26/l...

It’s remarkable to me how much running has become an active part of my writing process over the last six years. Not only do they stretch the same muscle (showing up, consistency, endurance), but the calm energy is unlike anything else. I’m so grateful 25 year old Emily decided to give it a go.

Decades of mechanistic talk about university degrees as if they were bundles of 'skills' and 'prep' are about to be proved completely wrong (obviously). Want to get a real boost? Do History or English.

Surely the dogs we have all the way through our PhD programmes should be conferred the rank of “dog-tor.” At least, we have decided this for Baldr, who was the load-bearing emotional support dog for two PhDs simuntaneously.

We’ve opened the call for @britishacademy.bsky.social postdoctoral fellowships. We provide three years of funding for early career researchers in the humanities and social sciences to complete a significant piece of publishable research
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/post...

How did the pandemic start?

I have avoided publicly commenting on this for 5 years. Here's my take as someone who has no stake at all in the game.

gidmk.substack.com/p/pandemic-r...

Last call for the @ihr.bsky.social #London #SummerSchool - bookings close this evening! Join us for lectures, workshops, special visits and a week exploring London's rich #history through its #Rebels. From medieval uprisings to punk & much, much more...
www.history.ac.uk/ihr-london-r...

We'll be a little quieter over the next week, as our social media manager is going on leave. But fear not, we're leaving our logins in the safe hands of our very capable deputy, who has assured us of committing absolutely zero crimes:

Brilliant job on the social science of Health and Climate, three year post-doc, hybrid opportunity, come at work at #Egenis, University of Exeter:

jobs.exeter.ac.uk/hrpr_webrecr...

If you’re interested in this talk, or the Centre for the History of Medicine and Disease (CHMD) generally, don’t hesitate to get in touch!

I dont know if anybody has heard, but I gather There Is A Loneliness Epidemic.

May 28 12:00-1:30PM (UK time) hybrid event
Dr Fred Cooper (School of Law, University of Bristol)

"The Loneliness Measurement Scales: A Critical Historical Analysis"

to register contact @emilywebz.bsky.social

5 years ago: “An incalculable loss”

Today: Banning masks and restricting vaccine access

"Does One Health need an ontological turn?" by Kaiser-Grolimund et al. explores some questions that have long preoccupied medical anthropologists and their applications for One Health specialists www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....