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Flurin Condrau @fcondrau.bsky.social · 1d

Interesting piece. US institutions, and on the European continent also, university systems with fairly different funding structures face contraction, particularly but not exclusively in the humanities.

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Barry Doyle @profbarrydoyle.bsky.social · 2d

Hi @urbanhistorygroup.bsky.social
CFP for @eurohealthhist.bsky.social session at European Association for Urban History conf in Barcelona (2-5 Sept 2026). Urban Healthcare Architecture: Networks and Exchanges in 20th Century www.eauhbarcelona2026.eu/sessions/#session83 deadline: 22 Oct 2025).

Sessions - EAUH2026

Sessions go to quick Sessions’ overview Session 1 Main Session The Cities that made the Empire: Connectivity and Urban Networks from Late Republican to Imperial Times Organizers Noelia Cases MoraUnive...

www.eauhbarcelona2026.eu

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Flurin Condrau @fcondrau.bsky.social · 2d

A weird German word in academic circles is Selbstzahler. When conferences organise dinners (or drinks) but expect you to pay your own way. But then again, I remember a wedding do in the UK with a cash bar. The same idea, different context.

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Flurin Condrau @fcondrau.bsky.social · 16d

#Gesundheitswesen #Gesundheitskosten #Schweiz Tolles Interview mit Andreas Kistler zu Gesundheitskosten. Marktwirtschaftliche Organisation ohne Regulierung (und Koordination) versagt. www.tagesanzeiger.ch/krankenkasse...

Chefarzt fordert radikalen Umbau: «Ich sehe keinen vernünftigen Grund, eine Vielzahl von Krankenkassen zu betreiben»

Andreas Kistler sieht in den Marktmechanismen im Gesundheitswesen einen Grund für die Kostenexplosion. Die Spitäler würde er in eine nationale Gesundheitsorganisation integrieren.

www.tagesanzeiger.ch

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Flurin Condrau @fcondrau.bsky.social · Sep 10

Speaking as a journal editor, an academic teacher, examiner and mentor, yes.

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Flurin Condrau @fcondrau.bsky.social · Sep 10

I feel your pain

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Flurin Condrau @fcondrau.bsky.social · Sep 8

#histmed reviewer 3: "Just a historical paper with limited scientific value" - and how is your Monday going?

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Madhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · Sep 1

We Ran the C.D.C.: Kennedy Is Endangering Every American’s Health

William Foege and 8 other former CDC directors

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/o...

Opinion | We Ran the C.D.C.: Kennedy Is Endangering Every American’s Health

www.nytimes.com

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Lukas Engelmann @engelmal.bsky.social · Aug 26

Massive opportunity to work with us in Edinburgh on Medicine without Doctors. 5 full-time postdocs each for 5 years starting in April 2026. Please share widely!

Medicine without Doctors @medicinewithoutdoctors.org · Aug 26

🚨JOB KLAXON🚨

We are recruiting five 5-year postdoctoral fellows to work with us. Each post will be attached to a specific case study on the project (Abortion Care, AI, Physician Associates and/or LGBTQ+ Health Activism).

At:University of Edinburgh
Starting: April 2026
Deadline: 2 October 2025

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The Economist @economist.com · Aug 20

Your health has more to do with where you live than “what you individually do”, says Devi Sridhar on “Babbage”

Devi Sridhar: living a long life isn’t a solo endeavour

Our podcast on science and technology. Why government policy is key to increasing life expectancy

econ.st

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Carsten Timmermann @ctimmermann.bsky.social · Aug 15

Interesting new book by old friend and #histmed colleague Christoph Gradmann: Another Magic Mountain: Kibong’oto Hospital and African Tuberculosis, 1920-2000 (Ohio University Press, 2025).

doi.org/10.2307/jj.2...

www.ohioswallow.com/978082142633...

Another Magic Mountain

Kibong’oto Hospital, opened in 1926, is an East African tuberculosis treatment center located on the slopes of Mount Kilimanjaro. Its history is crucial to...

www.ohioswallow.com

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Ernst Langthaler @elangthaler.bsky.social · Aug 8

Das "Zeitalter der Extreme" durch die Linse der Ernährung: Das ist das Thema meines vierten und letzten Podcasts zur ORF-Serie "Österreich - die ganze Geschichte".

sound.orf.at/podcast/tv/o...

Österreich - die ganze Geschichte - Hunger, Überfluss, Identität – Österreichs Ernährungsgeschichte

Diese Episode zeichnet die Geschichte der Ernährung in Österreich nach: von der höfischen Überfülle bis zur Mangelwirtschaft der Weltkriege, von bäuerlichen Essgewohnheiten bis zur heutigen Überflussg...

sound.orf.at

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Flurin Condrau @fcondrau.bsky.social · Aug 7

Congratulations - amazing recognition of your work

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Flurin Condrau @fcondrau.bsky.social · Aug 7

Switzerland raises, on average, 25% import duties on agricultural products. For cheese, meat & vegetables often in excess of 100%. Consumers pay this, and popular votes regularly confirm the pillars of protectionist policies. Info from here (in German): www.avenir-suisse.ch/blog-zollfes...

Zollfestung Schweiz: Sieben Fragen zum Agrarprotektionismus - Avenir Suisse

Kennen Sie Donald Trumps Lieblingswort? Es heisst «tariffs», also Zölle. Trumps Ankündigung, gegen fast jedes Land im Minimum 10% Zölle zu erheben, treibt

www.avenir-suisse.ch

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Flurin Condrau @fcondrau.bsky.social · Jul 31

Great opinion piece in the @mtlgazette.bsky.social on recent court decisions regarding Canadian pro hockey players. www.montrealgazette.com/opinion/colu...

Hanes: Sexual assault trials involving hockey players raise questions about locker-room bro culture

The Hockey Canada trial and two other recent cases had different outcomes, but troubling similarities.

www.montrealgazette.com

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Flurin Condrau @fcondrau.bsky.social · Jul 29

Flagship article - congratulations!

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Dina Pomeranz @dinapomeranz.bsky.social · Jul 29

Open position⚠️
Come join us in Zurich as a pre-doc/research assistant in a diverse team working on a number of research projects on public finance, political economy and social wellbeing in Tanzania, DRC, Ecuador and Chile.

Applications here: www.povertyactionlab.org/careers/pre-...

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Flurin Condrau @fcondrau.bsky.social · Jul 10

So proud of the Swiss women‘s team tonight at the #euro2025 - fighting quality until the end.

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Flurin Condrau @fcondrau.bsky.social · Jul 3

An old dream - to see the NHS as a stop-gap solution until prevention and community health solve all problems. It failed before, and it does not take a rocket scientist to predict it will fail again. The real irony is how little the health secretary knows (or indeed cares) about history.

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Monica H Green @monicamedhist.bsky.social · Jun 30

Read this, bookmark it, download it (& print it, too, if you want to go all out). But make sure you & yours know that medical history ( #histmed) has a solid response to the nonsense our HHS secretary is spouting. nursingclio.org/2025/06/30/m... 🧪🗃️ And follow @nursingclio.bsky.social. #MiasmaTheory

Miasma Theory: A Primer

I recently received an unusual request—could I explain miasma theory to an NPR reporter? Miasma theory is suddenly newsworthy, roughly 150 years after germ theory displaced this explanation for the…

nursingclio.org

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History & Policy @historyandpolicy.bsky.social · Jun 30

At a time of crisis for the History departments across the UK @ihr.bsky.social has made available a unique archive of interviews with leading post-war British historians. They point to the importance of history & the urgent need to defend the profession. historyandpolicy.org/opinion-arti...

At a time of crisis for the profession, a unique collection of interviews demonstrates the importance of history. - History & Policy

At a time of crisis for the History departments across the UK, the Institute of Historical Research has made available a unique archive of interviews with some of the profession's leading post-war Bri...

historyandpolicy.org

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Flurin Condrau @fcondrau.bsky.social · Jun 27

Letzter Aufruf: Ich suche zur Verstärkung unseres Teams in Zürich Doktorand:in in Medizingeschichte - I look for one doctoral student for medical history to join us in Zurich. Deadline 30.6.2025. Details: jobs.uzh.ch/job-vacancie...

UZH: Assistant History of Medicine

The History of Medicine Group within the Institute of Biomedical Ethics and History of Medicine and the Center for Medical Humanities at the University of Zurich, led by Professor Flurin Condrau, seek...

jobs.uzh.ch

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GWMT @gwmt.bsky.social · Jun 26

Herzlich Willkommen auf Bluesky, @driburgerkreis.bsky.social !

#histsci #histmed #histtech

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GWMT @gwmt.bsky.social · Jun 24

📢 "ANIMAL-BASED: Historische Perspektiven auf Tiere in Medizin, Wissenschaft und Technik"

Das Programm der Jahrestagung 2025 an der @tudresden.bsky.social ist jetzt online.

Programm und Anmeldungen auf www.gwmt.de

#gwmt2025 #histsci #histmed #histtech

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Flurin Condrau @fcondrau.bsky.social · Jun 24

"The Mask" by @brunostrasser.bsky.social and #thomasschlich is out today. I have listened to talks and seen some papers and cannot wait to read this.

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