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Dr Jieun Kim
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Associate Professor of East Asian Studies at the University of Leeds. PI of the Hematopolitics Project (hematopolitics.org; @hematopolitics.bsky.social).
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We're happy to share: Amazing Blood Ties! written by Jieun Kim (PI of Hematopolitics) and illustrated by Leigh Bowser. This children’s book introduces kids aged 5–8 to the stories behind blood donation and how we’re all connected. Freely available at: hematopolitics.org/amazing-bloo...
November 13, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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First session of ESRC Festival of Social Sciences with Leigh Bowser around our children's book, Amazing Blood Ties! At @thackraymuseum.bsky.social all day long today with storytelling by Matthew Bellwood at 13:30-14:30! Come along to discover how we are all connected in blood!
October 28, 2025 at 11:45 AM
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At the heart of the event is a one-hour live storytelling performance by Matthew Bellwood. Please spread the words to anyone who may be interested! festivalofsocialscience.com/events/amazi...
Amazing Blood Ties! | Events | Festival of Social Science
A 5-hour interactive drop-in session introducing Amazing Blood Ties!, a children’s book on blood donation co-created by sociocultural anthropologist Dr Jieun Kim and textile artist…
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September 24, 2025 at 12:41 PM
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Our sessions will run twice in person: first at the Thackray Museum of Medicine on 28 October 2025 (10:30–15:30), and again at Moor Allerton Library on 1 November 2025 (10:30–15:30). Children can enjoy hands-on activities throughout the day, including crafting, colouring, quizzes, and games.
September 24, 2025 at 12:40 PM
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So excited to share this with communities at Leeds over this half-term break!
hematopolitics.bsky.social Hematopolitics @hematopolitics.bsky.social · Sep 24
Hematopolitics are taking part in the ESRC Festival of Social Science! This event runs from 18th October to 8th November 2025. We will be introducing 'Amazing Blood Ties!', a children's book on blood donation that she co-created with textile artist Leigh Bowser.
An embroidered image of three mice, each holding a strand of red thread. The mice are smiling and looking towards the viewer. They are emerging from a red blood drop. At the top in red font reads 'Amazing Blood Ties!'.
October 22, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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We're all ready, looking forward to seeing you at #BeCurious2025 at the Refectory of U of Leeds, today 10-4pm! We've got braiding, colouring, quizzes and many more!
May 17, 2025 at 9:11 AM
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Here we come, #BeCurious2025! Really excited to showcase a picture book I've been working on with Leigh Bowser with lots of funny quizzes and crafting activities!
May 16, 2025 at 10:11 AM
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Please do consider coming along to this fantastic event we're hosting with Thackray Museum tomorrow!
jackgann.bsky.social Jack Gann @jackgann.bsky.social · May 8
On Saturday we'll be sharing some of the international stories behind our exhibition of blood, connections and division, alongside our partners @hematopolitics.bsky.social and the Korea Leukemia Patients Organization.

Come along, it's free.

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On a web of red thread hang two fabric blood bags stitched with images of hands and feet. They were made by a Korean leukaemia patient as part of artist Leigh Bowser's Blood Bag Project
May 9, 2025 at 9:14 AM
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This Friday, why not listen to @kingtekkers.bsky.social talking with @graemegooday.bsky.social about Physical Sciences on The Science of 1875 podcast. open.spotify.com/episode/5Dln...
1.8 - Physical Sciences with Graeme
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May 9, 2025 at 10:04 AM
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If you're not sure what to do this Bank Holiday weekend, why not pop down to the Thackray Museum of Medicine and check out this exhibition, including art installations by Gemma Wood, that forms part of our colleague @jinikim.bsky.social Hematopolitics project.
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Blood: Ties and Tensions - Thackray Museum of Medicine
An exhibition on how deep blood runs   Beneath our skin-deep differences, blood is something that we all share. It flows,...
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May 2, 2025 at 9:26 AM
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'Connections: Part 1' is a striking display of fabric blood bags designed as part of a collaboration with The Blood Bag Project. @jinikim.bsky.social and Leigh Bowser travelled to Japan and Korea to host workshops where these blood bags were carefully crafted.

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Connections: Part One – Hematopolitics
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April 15, 2025 at 1:07 PM
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EXTENDED DEADLINE

We've extended the deadline on our call for papers to midday (BST), 2 May 2025.

Please share widely!
hematopolitics.bsky.social Hematopolitics @hematopolitics.bsky.social · Mar 6
CALL FOR PAPERS

We are delighted to share the CFP for our second symposium, ‘The Politics of Blood Donation and Transfusion: Histories, Controversies, and Futures’.

Details on how to apply, including a link to our submission site, can be found via our website:

hematopolitics.org/symposium/
The Politics of Blood Donation and Transfusion: Histories, Controversies, and Futures 6 June 2025, Thackray Museum of Medicine (Leeds, UK) Keynote Speaker: Dr Jenny Bangham (University of Edinburgh) From early transfusion experiments and wartime blood banking to contemporary controversies over donor eligibility and the global plasma economy, blood has been a site of both solidarity and division. At the same time, new developments in synthetic blood, xenotransfusion, and bioengineered alternatives challenge existing frameworks of donation and transfusion, raising questions about the future of blood governance, ethics, and access. This symposium seeks to examine the historical, social, and political dimensions of blood donation and transfusion, focusing on how they have been governed, contested, and reimagined across time and space. We invite contributions from scholars in anthropology, history, sociology, medical humanities, Science and Technology Studies, bioethics, and related fields. This symposium is held in conjunction with the special exhibition Blood: Ties and Tensions at the Thackray Museum of Medicine and will feature a keynote lecture by Dr. Jenny Bangham, author of Blood Relations: Transfusion and the Making of Human Genetics (2020, University of Chicago Press). Panellists will also have the opportunity to explore the exhibition, fostering further discussions around its curated themes. A limited number of bursaries will be available to support domestic travel for postgraduate, early career researchers, and independent scholars. Some key questions we seek to explore: • How have the politics of blood donation and transfusion changed over time, and how do these shifts reflect broader transformations in biomedicine, nationalism, and social imaginaries? • How has the history of blood banking shaped knowledge and discourses on race and ethnicity, class and caste, gender, sex, sexuality, and citizenship? • How do infrastructures of blood banking and the commercialization of blood products reproduce or mitigate global health inequalities? • What ethical and political challenges emerge with new blood technologies, such as synthetic blood, xenotransfusion, and stem cell-based alternatives? • How do patients, donors, and medical professionals experience and navigate the evolving landscape of blood donation and transfusion? • How do artistic, literary, and activist engagements with blood expose or reimagine the politics of donation and transfusion? Potential topics include, but are not limited to: • Historical and contemporary shifts in donor eligibility and exclusion • National blood donation policies and their political and ethical stakes • Racialised and gendered discourses surrounding blood donation and transfusion • Ethics and governance of blood banking, plasma economies, and commercialised donation • Technological futures: synthetic blood, xenotransfusion, and regenerative medicine • Stigma and discrimination in blood donation and patients receiving transfusion • Political, aesthetic, and activist engagements with blood donation and transfusion in media, art, and literature To apply: Please submit a 200–300 word abstract and a brief bio (100-150 word) via the Submission Point by 25 April. We hope the symposium will lead to contributions to a special issue or edited volume. For any inquiries, please contact Dr Jieun Kim (j.e.kim@leeds.ac.uk) or Dr Claire Turner (c.o.turner@leeds.ac.uk).
April 24, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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I'm delighted to share that I've been curating a digital exhibition, entitled '“It’s in our blood”: Identity, Blood Donation, and Transfusion', as part of my work with @hematopolitics.bsky.social. The first few pages are now live!

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Digital Exhibition – Hematopolitics
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February 28, 2025 at 11:08 AM
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I had a wonderful time at the launch of 'Blood: Ties & Tensions' last night! @hematopolitics.bsky.social have been working closely with @thackraymuseum.bsky.social to put together a brilliant display of objects, stories, and art pieces that bright to light the significance of our blood.
February 28, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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Thank you so much to everyone who attended tonight’s exhibition launch! We had an amazing time networking with everyone involved in the production of ‘Blood: Ties and Tensions’. We can’t wait to see what you all think of it!
Three Hematopolitics researchers stood outside an art installation within the exhibition space.
February 27, 2025 at 9:25 PM
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My article 'Between Moscow and Geneva: The Soviet Red Cross and the International Red Cross Movement' is out in the Journal of Global History. It explores the mutually beneficial relationship between the Soviet Red Cross & the League of Red Cross Societies during the Cold War tinyurl.com/yck3xzsc
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February 25, 2025 at 10:36 AM
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The first blood collection in 1930s Britain was stored in reused milk bottles. The milk bottle design remained standard until the NHS introduced blood bags in 1975.

The bottles were nicknamed "the Janet Vaughan" after the doctor who helped set up the first national blood bank.
A photo of a single bottle in a museum display case. The case is entangled in a web of blood red threads framing the object within. It is a glass milk bottle-style receptacle with a rubber stopper and orange rubber tubing poking through it.
February 27, 2025 at 9:07 PM
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hematopolitics.bsky.social
And that’s not the only exhibition launch…

We’re very proud to share the pilot version of our digital exhibition, ‘“It’s in our blood: Identity, Blood Donation, and Transfusion’.

Please share widely!

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Digital Exhibition – Hematopolitics
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February 27, 2025 at 9:34 PM
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It is all getting so real! Blood: Ties and Tensions exhibition is opening this Saturday! Thank you everyone at Thackray Museum of Medicine and the wonderful Hematopolitics team for making this happen! Special thanks to my colleagues and collaborators in Leeds, Japan and Korea for all the support!
February 6, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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claireturner.bsky.social
I can finally share news of the exhibition I've been working on as part of my postdoc with @hematopolitics.bsky.social! 'Blood: Ties and Tensions' will run from Feb - June 2025 and explores the social and cultural meanings behind blood donation and transfusion.

thackraymuseum.co.uk/event/blood/
February 3, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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Have you checked out our upcoming events? We're involved in some fantastic events taking place at @thackraymuseum.bsky.social over the coming months. Check them out via the link below!

hematopolitics.org/events/
Events – Hematopolitics
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February 4, 2025 at 10:42 AM