Harriet Cooper
@harrietcooper.bsky.social
Lecturer, UEA Medical School, #DisabilityStudies, #MedHums
Associate Editor, @bmj.com Medical Humanities journal
Research/writing on:
the figure of the disabled child, shame and stigma in health and illness, lived experience and memoir culture.
She/her
Associate Editor, @bmj.com Medical Humanities journal
Research/writing on:
the figure of the disabled child, shame and stigma in health and illness, lived experience and memoir culture.
She/her
Petition:
🚨 BREAKING: Reports say the UK is preparing to hike #NHS drug prices - a move pushed by Donald Trump & Big Pharma so they can pocket even bigger profits.
If this goes ahead, more NHS funds will be siphoned from care to corporate greed.
Take action now: actionnetwork.org/petitions/ke...
If this goes ahead, more NHS funds will be siphoned from care to corporate greed.
Take action now: actionnetwork.org/petitions/ke...
Keir Starmer: stand up to Trump’s attacks on our NHS!
Donald Trump is using global tariff threats to force countries to gut the protections that keep medicine prices in check. The UK has agreed to review the pricing of drugs on the NHS in order to strike...
actionnetwork.org
October 10, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Petition:
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💊✨ JOIN OUR BOARD ✊💊
We’re looking for new Board members to help guide the next chapter of Just Treatment’s fight for health justice.
Find out more and apply by 26 October ⬇️
justtreatment.org/news/2025/10...
We’re looking for new Board members to help guide the next chapter of Just Treatment’s fight for health justice.
Find out more and apply by 26 October ⬇️
justtreatment.org/news/2025/10...
Join our board — Just Treatment
We’re recruiting new Board members to help guide the next chapter of Just Treatment’s fight for health justice.
justtreatment.org
October 10, 2025 at 10:00 AM
💊✨ JOIN OUR BOARD ✊💊
We’re looking for new Board members to help guide the next chapter of Just Treatment’s fight for health justice.
Find out more and apply by 26 October ⬇️
justtreatment.org/news/2025/10...
We’re looking for new Board members to help guide the next chapter of Just Treatment’s fight for health justice.
Find out more and apply by 26 October ⬇️
justtreatment.org/news/2025/10...
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Medact is recruiting a Fundraising Manager: Trusts & Grants! Join the fight for health justice. This is a part-time, fixed term contract, to help Medact secure essential funding over the next year. Applications close on 10th November. www.medact.org/2025/blogs/f...
Fundraising Manager: Trusts & Grants - Medact
Apply now to be Medact's Fundraising Manager.
www.medact.org
October 8, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Medact is recruiting a Fundraising Manager: Trusts & Grants! Join the fight for health justice. This is a part-time, fixed term contract, to help Medact secure essential funding over the next year. Applications close on 10th November. www.medact.org/2025/blogs/f...
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www.crassh.cam.ac.uk/events/48078...
I will be hosting a reading group on the work of Lauren Berlant Oct.-Nov. @crasshlive.bsky.social. Berlant's writing on sentimentality and the public sphere has lots to say to the current moment we're living through + anyone in Cambridge should please join us!
I will be hosting a reading group on the work of Lauren Berlant Oct.-Nov. @crasshlive.bsky.social. Berlant's writing on sentimentality and the public sphere has lots to say to the current moment we're living through + anyone in Cambridge should please join us!
Lauren Berlant: A Michaelmas Reading Group - CRASSH
In an early talk about Cruel Optimism, Lauren Berlant describes their critical object: namely, the “desire”, which they perceive as endemic to capitalism, “to have a cluster of feelings in lieu of hav...
www.crassh.cam.ac.uk
October 3, 2025 at 9:10 AM
www.crassh.cam.ac.uk/events/48078...
I will be hosting a reading group on the work of Lauren Berlant Oct.-Nov. @crasshlive.bsky.social. Berlant's writing on sentimentality and the public sphere has lots to say to the current moment we're living through + anyone in Cambridge should please join us!
I will be hosting a reading group on the work of Lauren Berlant Oct.-Nov. @crasshlive.bsky.social. Berlant's writing on sentimentality and the public sphere has lots to say to the current moment we're living through + anyone in Cambridge should please join us!
"In many ways, UKVI and Home Office policy pushes universities towards the sorts of risk management practices that consumer law was designed to rule out.
But [universities may also over-recruit] on terms that attempt to ensure they are protected, while students are not."
wonkhe.com/blogs/visa-o...
But [universities may also over-recruit] on terms that attempt to ensure they are protected, while students are not."
wonkhe.com/blogs/visa-o...
Visa oversubscription at UCL may be more than just a PR problem
Jim Dickinson explores how UCL’s oversubscription crisis has left hundreds of international students in limbo - raising fresh questions about whether UK universities are operating within consumer law
wonkhe.com
October 5, 2025 at 8:59 AM
"In many ways, UKVI and Home Office policy pushes universities towards the sorts of risk management practices that consumer law was designed to rule out.
But [universities may also over-recruit] on terms that attempt to ensure they are protected, while students are not."
wonkhe.com/blogs/visa-o...
But [universities may also over-recruit] on terms that attempt to ensure they are protected, while students are not."
wonkhe.com/blogs/visa-o...
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10 days until the #CFP deadline for the online workshop *Object Stories in Health and Medicine 1700-1900*.
We invite proposals for 15-minute talks on a single object related to health or medicine during the 18th & 19th centuries #histmed #histpsych #medhums
www.birmingham.ac.uk/events/objec...
We invite proposals for 15-minute talks on a single object related to health or medicine during the 18th & 19th centuries #histmed #histpsych #medhums
www.birmingham.ac.uk/events/objec...
Object Stories in Health and Medicine, 1700-1900 - University of Birmingham
x9artsandlaw-event,x9history-event,x9historycultures-event,x9clemt-event
www.birmingham.ac.uk
September 26, 2025 at 2:06 PM
10 days until the #CFP deadline for the online workshop *Object Stories in Health and Medicine 1700-1900*.
We invite proposals for 15-minute talks on a single object related to health or medicine during the 18th & 19th centuries #histmed #histpsych #medhums
www.birmingham.ac.uk/events/objec...
We invite proposals for 15-minute talks on a single object related to health or medicine during the 18th & 19th centuries #histmed #histpsych #medhums
www.birmingham.ac.uk/events/objec...
"[Kafka's] parables [..] [ask] whether [..] we can still expect justice from the law, or whether legal process diverges so dramatically from the path of justice that we can only now tell stories about how the expectation of justice is vanquished by legal proceeding"
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
Kafka-land at UC Berkeley
The 160 members of the university notified that their names were forwarded to the DOE’s Office for Civil Rights were not informed of any specific allegations against them.
www.thenation.com
September 28, 2025 at 12:37 PM
"[Kafka's] parables [..] [ask] whether [..] we can still expect justice from the law, or whether legal process diverges so dramatically from the path of justice that we can only now tell stories about how the expectation of justice is vanquished by legal proceeding"
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
This looks great!
CfP: Excited to announce our first workshop, exploring histories of Commercial Determinants of Health. Workshop to be held at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine on 15 April 2026. Please circulate widely/consider submitting an abstract by 13 October 2025.
September 15, 2025 at 9:37 PM
This looks great!
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Our Sociology of Health & Illness editorial team is advertising for a PGR RA to drive our social media strategy. Apply with a CV + 1 page letter outlining your skills and approach by 26th September 5pm to Prof. Janice (dot) McLaughlin (at) Newcastle (dot) ac (dot) uk.
Come join us!
#medsoc #medhums
Come join us!
#medsoc #medhums
September 10, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Really like Christina's interrogation of the terms "town hall" and "circus" in this piece on listening exercises and the question of who is able to speak / who can be heard #DisabilityMatters
Christina Lee introduces the context behind Disability Matters' upcoming 'Online Town Hall Circus' event which will take place on the 19th of September.
thepolyphony.org/2025/09/05/t...
thepolyphony.org/2025/09/05/t...
Transforming Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Through Disability
Christina Lee introduces the context behind Disability Matters’ upcoming ‘Online Town Hall Circus’ event which will take place on the 19th of September.
thepolyphony.org
September 10, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Really like Christina's interrogation of the terms "town hall" and "circus" in this piece on listening exercises and the question of who is able to speak / who can be heard #DisabilityMatters
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A brief 🧵on the UK's cynical and conveniently shifting position on this.
news.sky.com/story/israel...
news.sky.com/story/israel...
Israel not committing genocide in Gaza, but casualties and destruction are 'utterly appalling', says UK government
Israel has strongly denied that its actions in Gaza amount to genocide, but is being challenged on the issue in a case at the International Court of Justice in The Hague.
news.sky.com
September 9, 2025 at 8:21 AM
A brief 🧵on the UK's cynical and conveniently shifting position on this.
news.sky.com/story/israel...
news.sky.com/story/israel...
Such a cool CfP! #MedHums
CfP for an online workshop on Object Stories in Health and Medicine, 1700-1900
@annafranjam.bsky.social and I can't wait to hear about your objects!
@annafranjam.bsky.social and I can't wait to hear about your objects!
September 9, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Such a cool CfP! #MedHums
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And the winner is …. UCL that increased its u/g offers by 65%. Where are you going to put all these students, UCL?!
These Russell Group unis are letting in way more students - and other unis aren't happy
One London uni is accepting 65 per cent more students than it did five years ago
thetab.com
August 26, 2025 at 8:51 AM
And the winner is …. UCL that increased its u/g offers by 65%. Where are you going to put all these students, UCL?!
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SRO is still accepting proposals for their next special issue!
The proposed special issue can be on any theme and should offer an exciting contribution to emerging sociological debates.
Submit by 24 September 2025. Details below.
www.britsoc.co.uk/media/26923/...
The proposed special issue can be on any theme and should offer an exciting contribution to emerging sociological debates.
Submit by 24 September 2025. Details below.
www.britsoc.co.uk/media/26923/...
August 28, 2025 at 7:58 AM
SRO is still accepting proposals for their next special issue!
The proposed special issue can be on any theme and should offer an exciting contribution to emerging sociological debates.
Submit by 24 September 2025. Details below.
www.britsoc.co.uk/media/26923/...
The proposed special issue can be on any theme and should offer an exciting contribution to emerging sociological debates.
Submit by 24 September 2025. Details below.
www.britsoc.co.uk/media/26923/...
I'm reading it too! It's so good. And there's a reading group on it coming up in September: www.feministduration.com
August 2, 2025 at 10:13 AM
I'm reading it too! It's so good. And there's a reading group on it coming up in September: www.feministduration.com
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No doctor today is worth less than they were 17 years ago, as Dr Melissa Ryan told Newsnight.
That’s why resident doctors in England have voted for industrial action.
There’s still time for the Government to listen and avert the strikes.
That’s why resident doctors in England have voted for industrial action.
There’s still time for the Government to listen and avert the strikes.
July 10, 2025 at 3:51 PM
No doctor today is worth less than they were 17 years ago, as Dr Melissa Ryan told Newsnight.
That’s why resident doctors in England have voted for industrial action.
There’s still time for the Government to listen and avert the strikes.
That’s why resident doctors in England have voted for industrial action.
There’s still time for the Government to listen and avert the strikes.
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Massacre after massacre, day after day - the deliberate annihilation of an entire civilian population.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Children queuing for supplements killed in Israeli strike in Gaza, hospital says
Eight children were among 15 people reportedly killed when a queue for nutritional supplements was hit in Deir al-Balah.
www.bbc.co.uk
July 10, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Massacre after massacre, day after day - the deliberate annihilation of an entire civilian population.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Join us! We are advertising two part-time, paid Editorial Fellowships at History Workshop in 2025-27.
Our fellowships support early career historians to develop expertise in public, radical and digital history & to gain experience of working in an editorial team.
www.historyworkshop....
Our fellowships support early career historians to develop expertise in public, radical and digital history & to gain experience of working in an editorial team.
www.historyworkshop....
Call for Applications: Editorial Fellowships at History Workshop, 2025
History Workshop is advertising two part-time, paid Editorial Fellowships in 2025, open to early career historians.
www.historyworkshop.org.uk
July 11, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Join us! We are advertising two part-time, paid Editorial Fellowships at History Workshop in 2025-27.
Our fellowships support early career historians to develop expertise in public, radical and digital history & to gain experience of working in an editorial team.
www.historyworkshop....
Our fellowships support early career historians to develop expertise in public, radical and digital history & to gain experience of working in an editorial team.
www.historyworkshop....
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BREAKING: Zeteo has released, globally, the film the BBC so controversially refused to air.
"Gaza: Doctors Under Attack" is now available to watch in full at gazadoctors.film and zeteo.com.
Here's the trailer:
"Gaza: Doctors Under Attack" is now available to watch in full at gazadoctors.film and zeteo.com.
Here's the trailer:
July 2, 2025 at 9:11 PM
BREAKING: Zeteo has released, globally, the film the BBC so controversially refused to air.
"Gaza: Doctors Under Attack" is now available to watch in full at gazadoctors.film and zeteo.com.
Here's the trailer:
"Gaza: Doctors Under Attack" is now available to watch in full at gazadoctors.film and zeteo.com.
Here's the trailer:
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In Parliament today I spoke about the truth behind rising welfare costs - and why I cannot support the Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill, which does not address these roots causes.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ap3x...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ap3x...
Labour MP explains why welfare costs are really rising (and why he's voting against cuts)
YouTube video by Clive Lewis
www.youtube.com
July 1, 2025 at 5:49 PM
In Parliament today I spoke about the truth behind rising welfare costs - and why I cannot support the Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill, which does not address these roots causes.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ap3x...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ap3x...
Delighted to be speaking at this symposium today, and to see my chapter for 'Recalibrating Stigma' in print!
June 26, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Delighted to be speaking at this symposium today, and to see my chapter for 'Recalibrating Stigma' in print!
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Tomorrow 👇🏼
Free symposium, 'Recalibrating Stigma', on 26.06.25 at at University of Edinburgh. Funded by SHI Foundation. Speakers: Katharine Cheston, Harriet Cooper, Fay Dennis, Janice McLaughlin, Jennifer Remnant, and more! Details: jumpshare.com/v/bzZYybtCP9.... Register by 30/04. Email at [email protected].
Recalibrating Stigma - Symposium.pdf
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June 25, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Tomorrow 👇🏼
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We started working on this in 2021 and there is *finally* a physical copy of the book in my hand. It feels great that other people can now read all the great work that's in this collection.
It is available as a free e-book and in paperback:
bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/recalibratin...
It is available as a free e-book and in paperback:
bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/recalibratin...
June 18, 2025 at 11:27 AM
We started working on this in 2021 and there is *finally* a physical copy of the book in my hand. It feels great that other people can now read all the great work that's in this collection.
It is available as a free e-book and in paperback:
bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/recalibratin...
It is available as a free e-book and in paperback:
bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/recalibratin...
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Are you working in #VisualMedicalHumanities with a specific focus on art, anatomy and medicine? The BMJ Medical Humanities has just released this CFP for articles on "visuality in medical practice and history". Looking forward to seeing how this moves the field forward!
mh.bmj.com/pages/topic-...
mh.bmj.com/pages/topic-...
Topic Collection: Visual Medical Humanities | Medical Humanities
mh.bmj.com
June 24, 2025 at 7:07 AM
Are you working in #VisualMedicalHumanities with a specific focus on art, anatomy and medicine? The BMJ Medical Humanities has just released this CFP for articles on "visuality in medical practice and history". Looking forward to seeing how this moves the field forward!
mh.bmj.com/pages/topic-...
mh.bmj.com/pages/topic-...
I finally created a profile on this website... Probably on here rather erratically though!
June 23, 2025 at 9:06 PM
I finally created a profile on this website... Probably on here rather erratically though!