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European Association for the History of Medicine and Health
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We foster research on issues concerning health and medicine in Europe and the world.
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We’re funding teams to lay the foundations for discoveries at the intersection of genomics, humanities, social sciences and wider society.

Our Genomics in Context Awards are open now.

Read on to find out more about the call ⤵️
A quote from Michael Dunn, Director of Discovery Research at Wellcome: "These awards will enable the power of early collaboration to drive innovative discovery research in genomics and other fields."
November 24, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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Join us for LSHTM’s Equity in AMR Action seminar, which explores how equity influences responses to AMR.

Speakers will share their work from the WHO, LSE, and the Global Strategy Lab.

📅 12 Dec
⏲️ 13:00 GMT
Check the event details 👇
www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/e...
Equity in AMR Action | LSHTM
In 2025, the Network’s seminar series invites 2-3 speakers for each event to present their work on a particular theme around prioritisation. This fourth seminar of the series presents ‘Equity in AMR
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November 24, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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This #DisabilityHistoryMonth, we've prepared a new list of resources shining a spotlight on:

🧑‍⚕️ Disabled nurses' stories
🟰 Disability rights issues
🧠 Accessible healthcare

Find the full content list: https://bit.ly/449zuvd

📍 In London? See the book display at the RCN Library and Museum. #UKDHM
A selection of book covers from our Disability History Month reading list.
November 24, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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Nominations are open for the BSHS Pickstone Prize 2026, recognising the best scholarly English-language book in the history of science.
📆 Deadline: 31 Jan 2026.
Anyone may nominate (self-nominations welcome).
Submit via our online form on the BSHS website www.bshs.org.uk/the-bshs-pic...
November 19, 2025 at 11:01 AM
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One week to go!
Join us on 2 Dec at 6:30pm GMT for Renée Bergland’s online lecture on Natural Magic ✨ , the 2025 Hughes Prize–winning book exploring Dickinson, Darwin & the dawn of modern science.
Free—register on Eventbrite to receive the Zoom link www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/natural-ma...
November 25, 2025 at 11:01 AM
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A rather different blog from us, hosted by @ihr.bsky.social, & written by Dr Christopher Tinmouth.

Christopher reflects on his involvement with the VCH in Cumbria and the benefits that supporting neurodivergent people can bring to a broad-based community history project like the VCH. #Skystorians
The Value of Encouraging Neurodivergent Participation in Community Research Initiatives for the Victoria County History of England - On History
Dr Christopher Tinmouth addresses the value of encouraging neurodivergent participation in community research initiatives.
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November 25, 2025 at 10:42 AM
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IALS is inviting applications for a practitioner in residence for the academic year 2025-26.

We would be especially interested in proposals that respond to the building, its past and potential futures.

Full details here 👇

ials.sas.ac.uk/news/call-pr...

#LawAndCreativity
Call for Practitioner in Residence 2026
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November 20, 2025 at 12:10 PM
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Two #histmed CFPs with deadline for abstracts Jan 2026!
Life Histories in Mind: Mental Ill Health and Learning Disability in Context (Manchester) &
Blood is the price of coal: Coal communities, health and welfare in Britain and beyond from the 19th century to the present (Warwick)
For more details 👇
History of Medicine CFPs
If you wish to share your CFPs on the SSHM website please contact the Exec Sec, Dr Justine Pick [email protected] Life Histories in Mind: Mental Ill Health and Learning Disability in Context Location:…
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November 24, 2025 at 12:55 PM
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How much do you know about nursing support workers and what the type of work they undertake?

Find out with our #NursingSupportWorkersDay quiz! 📝

Share your score with your colleagues, and challenge them to test their knowledge ➡️ https://bit.ly/4oagNi4
Test your knowledge of nursing support work | Royal College of Nursing
How much do you know about the nursing support workforce and its vital work? Test your knowledge with our quick quiz.
www.rcn.org.uk
November 23, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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milwelfhist.bsky.social Military Welfare History Network @milwelfhist.bsky.social · 6d
Call for Statements of Interest - open now!

In 2026 the MWHN, in partnership with the JMVHR, will produce its second special issue. With the theme of 'Medical welfare and care of military communities: a collection of historical studies'. Full details attached #histmed #histnursing #milwelfhist
November 19, 2025 at 8:46 PM
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Together with the RCN History of Nursing Forum and HIVstory, we're remembering the experiences of nursing workers during the HIV/AIDS pandemic. Discover their stories and learn more about the project at our event on 27 November.

🔗 https://bit.ly/4nBiXXI

📷 Historical Nursing Journals, 1985.
Promotional image for a Royal College of Nursing Library and Museum event. It includes text with the event title, date and location, and a grainy photograph from 1985 of a woman holding the hands of a patient. The photo is from the RCN's collection of historic nursing journals.
November 11, 2025 at 12:41 PM
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Great and important piece on how we might think about global history by Máté Rigó and
José Luis Aguilar López-Barajas
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Global History Wars: Dispatches from the East-Central and Southern European Frontlines | Contemporary European History | Cambridge Core
Global History Wars: Dispatches from the East-Central and Southern European Frontlines
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November 14, 2025 at 9:51 AM
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This conversation was based on Cordeiro's NiCHE article, "'I Gave My Tooth to Science': The Voice of Women and the Baby Teeth Collection Program" - niche-canada.org/2020/02/20/i...

#envhist #histmed #wmnshist #nuclear #coldwar
“I Gave My Tooth to Science": The Voice of Women and the Baby Teeth Collection Program
The Voice of Women’s baby teeth campaign used science to expose nuclear fallout, empower women, and influence Canadian peace movements.
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November 14, 2025 at 5:17 PM
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My colleague Marie-Theres Fojuth has advertised a fully funded 3-year PhD Fellowship in Museum Education @unistavanger.bsky.social with the «Into the Fjords: Blue Museums as Arenas of Learning about Vulnerable Ecosystems (FJORDS)» project. Perfect for Scandinavian-speaking #envhum #envhist people!
PhD Fellowship in Museum Education (288983) | University of Stavanger
Job title: PhD Fellowship in Museum Education (288983), Employer: University of Stavanger, Deadline: Sunday, January 4, 2026
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November 11, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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Our Genomics in Context Awards are open now. 🧬

We’re funding new collaborations across genomics, the humanities and social sciences and wider society.

Are you ready to apply?
A quote from Rachel McKendry, Executive Director of Discovery, Wellcome. Rachel says: "There's a huge potential for collaboration between genomics, the humanities, social sciences and wider society to drive innovation and discovery." Rachel is smiling warmly at the camera, wearing a blue blazer.
November 11, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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Black Cultural Archives have created a timeline, “Medicine, Race, and Activism,” in partnership with Royal Holloway, celebrating Black contributions to British healthcare, spotlighting the health workers, patients, & campaigners who challenged medical racism.
#histmed
Medicine, Race and Activism - Black Cultural Archives.
This timeline focuses on the contribution of Black people to the British healthcare ecosystem over centuries. It underscores the experiences of these workers and Black service users and recognises the...
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November 6, 2025 at 8:20 AM
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Are you studying, researching or teaching digital histories? Try using the Bibliography of British and Irish History (BBIH). It contains 670,000+ resources from 55 BCE to today! Find out how to use BBIH buff.ly/yD11954 @brepols.net
Using BBIH online: a help pack for students and lecturers
For the academic year, we've a help pack offering guides to BBIH in undergraduate and graduate teaching and research. With embeddable content for VLEs.
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November 6, 2025 at 12:03 PM
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JOB AD: If you research philosophy, history or social studies of biology, with interest in agroecology, crop science or environmental intelligence, consider applying for 3-year postdoctoral fellowship in Munich! Deadline for applications: 31/10, details www.sts.sot.tum.de/en/sts/arbei... #philsci
Jobs
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September 12, 2025 at 10:35 AM
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October 18, 2025 at 11:41 AM
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The call for papers for the 2026 annual meeting of the American Association for the History of Medicine is live now! We hope you will join us in Buffalo!

histmed.org/buffalo-2026/
Buffalo 2026
Join us in Buffalo! Call for Papers 2026   The American Association for the History of Medicine (AAHM) (https://histmed.org) invites abstracts for papers in any area of the history of health, healing,...
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September 10, 2025 at 8:25 PM
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Just a few weeks to go until the second event in our conference series. We very much look forward to it #histmed #trauma #milwelfhist
October 13, 2025 at 7:34 PM
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Hast du im Jahr 2024 oder 2025 einen medizinhistorischen Artikel veröffentlicht? Dann bewirb dich bis zum 28. Februar 2026 für den Förderpreis des Fachverbands Medizingeschichte. #histmed fachverband-medizingeschichte.de/foerderpreis/
Förderpreis – Fachverband Medizingeschichte e.V.
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October 14, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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Our first @ihr.bsky.social Modern Religious History seminar of the year is 15 October at 17.30 UK time. Our speaker is @alephross.bsky.social .

To book:
www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

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Sex, Health and the Anglo-Jewish Body
This paper will explore the history of discourses around sexual health in Britain's Jewish community across the 20th century.
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October 7, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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🔜 Soutenance de thèse de doctorat en sciences, techniques et sociétés de Celia Mir Alvarez "Building public health inaction. The chase for air quality data in Morocco"
🗓️ 16 octobre 2025
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October 6, 2025 at 11:36 AM
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📚 Journées d’étude « La culture psychologique : actualités d’un concept »
Comment les savoirs psy façonnent-ils nos sociétés ?
📅 18–19 nov. 2025 – Campus Condorcet
➡️ bit.ly/4mSUih0
October 6, 2025 at 1:22 PM