Peder Clark
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The “love thugs”: Ecstasy, Homosociality, and the Decline of Football-Related Violence in 1990s England
rdcu.be
new chapter from me on the folk legend around Ecstasy and football-related violence (or "hooliganism", if you prefer)
rdcu.be/esUdJ
rdcu.be/esUdJ
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'“There is a generation of young scholars who are finding themselves stuck in what feels like a period of protracted adolescence,” wrote one young academic earlier this year, in a series of blogs on the early career researcher experience published by the Society for the Study of French History.' 1/3
Early career researchers feel sharp end of jobs crisis.
As universities shed jobs, those setting out in academia are feeling pain of diminished prospects.
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-u...
As universities shed jobs, those setting out in academia are feeling pain of diminished prospects.
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-u...
November 12, 2025 at 10:23 AM
'“There is a generation of young scholars who are finding themselves stuck in what feels like a period of protracted adolescence,” wrote one young academic earlier this year, in a series of blogs on the early career researcher experience published by the Society for the Study of French History.' 1/3
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📙 Bluesky is the only platform where I haven’t circulated my book, as I’d recently joined and was waiting for the physical copy. So here it is (last book post, I promise) 📙
☀️ Sunbed in Britain: Tanning Culture from Fad to Fear is free to download via: dx.doi.org/10.5040/9781...
☀️ Sunbed in Britain: Tanning Culture from Fad to Fear is free to download via: dx.doi.org/10.5040/9781...
October 8, 2025 at 11:05 AM
📙 Bluesky is the only platform where I haven’t circulated my book, as I’d recently joined and was waiting for the physical copy. So here it is (last book post, I promise) 📙
☀️ Sunbed in Britain: Tanning Culture from Fad to Fear is free to download via: dx.doi.org/10.5040/9781...
☀️ Sunbed in Britain: Tanning Culture from Fad to Fear is free to download via: dx.doi.org/10.5040/9781...
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We are thrilled to announce that @joannabourke.bsky.social and Tracey Loughran will be helping us to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the @cshhh.bsky.social. Come along on the 29th of October to hear two fantastic public lectures and to raise a glass with us. Register here:
tinyurl.com/4k98rn7w
tinyurl.com/4k98rn7w
October 6, 2025 at 11:11 AM
We are thrilled to announce that @joannabourke.bsky.social and Tracey Loughran will be helping us to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the @cshhh.bsky.social. Come along on the 29th of October to hear two fantastic public lectures and to raise a glass with us. Register here:
tinyurl.com/4k98rn7w
tinyurl.com/4k98rn7w
to borrow a line from steve albini, "some of your friends are this fucked"
“Cataclysmically bad”
This new series of ECR blog posts on the French History Network makes for grim reading, perhaps grimmer even than some in UK #FrenchHistory might have realised.
1st post, anon ECRs in French History on what it’s like right now out there:
frenchhistorysociety.co.uk/6691/
🗃️
This new series of ECR blog posts on the French History Network makes for grim reading, perhaps grimmer even than some in UK #FrenchHistory might have realised.
1st post, anon ECRs in French History on what it’s like right now out there:
frenchhistorysociety.co.uk/6691/
🗃️
ECR in 2025: Part One- What is it like? – SSFH
frenchhistorysociety.co.uk
September 17, 2025 at 7:05 PM
to borrow a line from steve albini, "some of your friends are this fucked"
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Aphex Twin, a Brixton squat and a load of wet mattresses: revisiting Telepathic Fish, the heart of the 90s chillout boom
Aphex Twin, a Brixton squat and a load of wet mattresses: revisiting Telepathic Fish, the heart of the 90s chillout boom
Before it became naff music for health spas, chillout was cool – and this London club night was key. As a new generation carry its spirit forward, the originators remember the beats and bedding
www.theguardian.com
August 29, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Aphex Twin, a Brixton squat and a load of wet mattresses: revisiting Telepathic Fish, the heart of the 90s chillout boom
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@pederclark.bsky.social is telling "an emotional history of Ecstasy before rave" so also before this song
#eahmh25
#eahmh25
The Shamen - Ebeneezer Goode HD
YouTube video by themosttogain
www.youtube.com
August 29, 2025 at 7:54 AM
@pederclark.bsky.social is telling "an emotional history of Ecstasy before rave" so also before this song
#eahmh25
#eahmh25
there are wardrobes of examples of these t-shirts
My favourite childhood outfit: ‘I was an innocent Muslim girl – and a walking endorsement for ecstasy’
My favourite childhood outfit: ‘I was an innocent Muslim girl – and a walking endorsement for ecstasy’
At 14, on a family road trip to Europe, I mixed traditional shalwar kameez and trendy T-shirts. Unfortunately, I didn’t really understand what was on my shirt ...
www.theguardian.com
August 27, 2025 at 4:16 PM
there are wardrobes of examples of these t-shirts
I can’t in good faith defend ‘Human Traffic’ as a piece of cinema, but it did make culturally visible an entire lifestyle. John Simms: “To me, it’s like a time capsule: it perfectly captures the end of the 90s. That’s what it was like for millions of people every single weekend.”
Human Traffic review – one-crazy-night 90s clubbing comedy provides euphoric rush of nostalgia
Human Traffic review – one-crazy-night 90s clubbing comedy provides euphoric rush of nostalgia
This loved-up ensemble piece is cheerfully apolitical, pro-drugs and pro-hedonism – and features a very funny film debut from Danny Dyer
www.theguardian.com
July 17, 2025 at 11:41 AM
I can’t in good faith defend ‘Human Traffic’ as a piece of cinema, but it did make culturally visible an entire lifestyle. John Simms: “To me, it’s like a time capsule: it perfectly captures the end of the 90s. That’s what it was like for millions of people every single weekend.”
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Inside the race to turn 5-MeO-DMT, one of the most powerful psychedelic drugs in the world into a pharmaceutical.
Who Will Own the ‘God Molecule’?
Inside the race to turn 5-MeO-DMT, one of the most powerful psychedelic drugs in the world into a pharmaceutical.
nymag.com
June 19, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Inside the race to turn 5-MeO-DMT, one of the most powerful psychedelic drugs in the world into a pharmaceutical.
late to this but easily the best thing that's been written on the history of ketamine to date. i dream of visiting john lilly's archive at stanford...
June 26, 2025 at 9:31 AM
late to this but easily the best thing that's been written on the history of ketamine to date. i dream of visiting john lilly's archive at stanford...
new chapter from me on the folk legend around Ecstasy and football-related violence (or "hooliganism", if you prefer)
rdcu.be/esUdJ
rdcu.be/esUdJ
The “love thugs”: Ecstasy, Homosociality, and the Decline of Football-Related Violence in 1990s England
rdcu.be
June 23, 2025 at 1:10 PM
new chapter from me on the folk legend around Ecstasy and football-related violence (or "hooliganism", if you prefer)
rdcu.be/esUdJ
rdcu.be/esUdJ
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‘Even academics with secure jobs don’t feel secure. Meanwhile, those of us on fixed-term contracts sit and wait for our funding to run out.’
Ed Kiely on precarity in higher education: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Ed Kiely on precarity in higher education: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Ed Kiely · Short Cuts: University Finances
Universities’ reliance on international students is only the most recent attempt to solve a broader problem, one that...
www.lrb.co.uk
June 13, 2025 at 5:10 PM
‘Even academics with secure jobs don’t feel secure. Meanwhile, those of us on fixed-term contracts sit and wait for our funding to run out.’
Ed Kiely on precarity in higher education: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Ed Kiely on precarity in higher education: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
very apposite that this is getting re-issued simultaneously with @mikejay.bsky.social's book about Thomas Beddoes and the discovery of laughing gas... yalebooks.co.uk/book/9780300...
May 27, 2025 at 9:59 AM
very apposite that this is getting re-issued simultaneously with @mikejay.bsky.social's book about Thomas Beddoes and the discovery of laughing gas... yalebooks.co.uk/book/9780300...
for a brief history of this: thepolyphony.org/2024/06/10/e...
May 21, 2025 at 6:27 PM
for a brief history of this: thepolyphony.org/2024/06/10/e...
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We stand in solidarity with trans women and the trans community and we will always be a space that recognises the importance of trans history.
Read on for a selection from our archive 🧵 1/8
Read on for a selection from our archive 🧵 1/8
April 21, 2025 at 9:40 AM
We stand in solidarity with trans women and the trans community and we will always be a space that recognises the importance of trans history.
Read on for a selection from our archive 🧵 1/8
Read on for a selection from our archive 🧵 1/8
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Did you know the UK has the worst record on homelessness in the OECD? Some reflections on both the numbers and the people who lay behind them
I grew up without a stable home. The thousands of families living like that today deserve better from a Labour government.
🖊️ Andrew Seaton: The shame of Britain’s hidden homeless
🖊️ Andrew Seaton: The shame of Britain’s hidden homeless
The shame of Britain’s hidden homeless
I grew up without a stable home. The thousands of families living like that today deserve better from a Labour government.
www.newstatesman.com
April 28, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Did you know the UK has the worst record on homelessness in the OECD? Some reflections on both the numbers and the people who lay behind them
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"Psychedelic Imaginaries," a special issue of SAQ edited by Ramzi Fawaz, collates fresh and theoretical perspectives on the contemporary psychedelic renaissance.
View the TOC: buff.ly/sYpPsmt
Buy this issue: buff.ly/QnCxi44
View the TOC: buff.ly/sYpPsmt
Buy this issue: buff.ly/QnCxi44
April 25, 2025 at 5:01 PM
"Psychedelic Imaginaries," a special issue of SAQ edited by Ramzi Fawaz, collates fresh and theoretical perspectives on the contemporary psychedelic renaissance.
View the TOC: buff.ly/sYpPsmt
Buy this issue: buff.ly/QnCxi44
View the TOC: buff.ly/sYpPsmt
Buy this issue: buff.ly/QnCxi44
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PhD Fellowship -- "The relationship between pharmaceuticals and society – including medical cannabis and psychedelics – has attracted sustained attention..."
⭐May 26 2025, review of initial apps
⭐June 9 2025, international candidates
⭐June 30 2025, domestic candidates
aihp.org/announcement...
⭐May 26 2025, review of initial apps
⭐June 9 2025, international candidates
⭐June 30 2025, domestic candidates
aihp.org/announcement...
Announcement - PhD Studentship on the History of Pharmacy, Psychoactive Substances, and Pharmaceuticals at UW-Madison - American Institute of the History of Pharmacy
Advancing knowledge and understanding of the history of pharmacy and medicines.
aihp.org
April 16, 2025 at 1:15 PM
PhD Fellowship -- "The relationship between pharmaceuticals and society – including medical cannabis and psychedelics – has attracted sustained attention..."
⭐May 26 2025, review of initial apps
⭐June 9 2025, international candidates
⭐June 30 2025, domestic candidates
aihp.org/announcement...
⭐May 26 2025, review of initial apps
⭐June 9 2025, international candidates
⭐June 30 2025, domestic candidates
aihp.org/announcement...
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@alexdymock.bsky.social has guest curated an exhibition for the Museum of Sex in NYC drawing on her research. The exhibition draws on hidden histories to illustrate how our 21st century understanding of sex is shaped by the "altered states" brought about and inspired by psychedelic substances.
In NY? The Museum of Sex exhibit "Higher Love: The Psychedelic Roots of Modern Sexuality" features a clip of Annie Sprinkle's "In Search of the Ultimate Sex Experience" from Rites of Passion (Candida Royalle, 1987). @anniesprinkle.bsky.social
Info: www.museumofsex.com/exhibitions/...
Info: www.museumofsex.com/exhibitions/...
April 9, 2025 at 7:13 PM
@alexdymock.bsky.social has guest curated an exhibition for the Museum of Sex in NYC drawing on her research. The exhibition draws on hidden histories to illustrate how our 21st century understanding of sex is shaped by the "altered states" brought about and inspired by psychedelic substances.
do i know anyone going to the Wellcome library in the next week or two that wouldn't mind photographing a couple of pages of a book for me?
April 10, 2025 at 10:36 AM
do i know anyone going to the Wellcome library in the next week or two that wouldn't mind photographing a couple of pages of a book for me?
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Cannabis: Global Histories Network CFP
“Cannabis in Flux: Markets, Medicines, and Movements”
Deadline for Proposals: 20 April 2025
Online & In Person Symposium: 23 & 24 October 2025
Learn more at docs.google.com/document/d/1...
#history #histmed #cannabis #policy #marijuana #health
“Cannabis in Flux: Markets, Medicines, and Movements”
Deadline for Proposals: 20 April 2025
Online & In Person Symposium: 23 & 24 October 2025
Learn more at docs.google.com/document/d/1...
#history #histmed #cannabis #policy #marijuana #health
Cannabis GH CfP.docx
Cannabis: Global Histories Network CFP “Cannabis in Flux: Markets, Medicines, and Movements” October 23-24, 2025. University of Wisconsin – Madison Building on the foundation of Cannabis: Global Hist...
docs.google.com
March 18, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Cannabis: Global Histories Network CFP
“Cannabis in Flux: Markets, Medicines, and Movements”
Deadline for Proposals: 20 April 2025
Online & In Person Symposium: 23 & 24 October 2025
Learn more at docs.google.com/document/d/1...
#history #histmed #cannabis #policy #marijuana #health
“Cannabis in Flux: Markets, Medicines, and Movements”
Deadline for Proposals: 20 April 2025
Online & In Person Symposium: 23 & 24 October 2025
Learn more at docs.google.com/document/d/1...
#history #histmed #cannabis #policy #marijuana #health
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Today I'll be lecturing about the history of this:
theconversation.com/in-depth-out...
theconversation.com/in-depth-out...
In Depth Out Loud podcast: Ritalin – the biography of a mercurial medicine
An audio version of an in depth article on the history of Ritalin, and what the future holds for the drug.
theconversation.com
March 13, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Today I'll be lecturing about the history of this:
theconversation.com/in-depth-out...
theconversation.com/in-depth-out...
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If interested in changing attitudes to motherhood, radio as health comms, women's voices & medic's expanding responsibilities, my new article explores “Woman’s Hour or Mother’s Hour”: Postnatal Depression Narratives, Treatment and Reception on BBC Radio, 1946–85 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
“Woman’s Hour or Mother’s Hour”: postnatal depression narratives, treatment and reception on BBC radio, 1946–1985
Launched in 1946, Woman’s Hour became one of Britain’s first women-organised radio programmes, predominantly targeting mothers. In 1960, Woman’s Hour transmitted the first mass media broadcast on “...
www.tandfonline.com
March 6, 2025 at 10:34 AM
If interested in changing attitudes to motherhood, radio as health comms, women's voices & medic's expanding responsibilities, my new article explores “Woman’s Hour or Mother’s Hour”: Postnatal Depression Narratives, Treatment and Reception on BBC Radio, 1946–85 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
coming soon - just in time for the end of the football season in May, i have a chapter in this on Ecstasy and the decline of "hooliganism" link.springer.com/book/9783031...
Pop Cultures and Ecstatic States of the Body Since World War II
This book explores the historical ties between pop culture and euphoric bodies from the 1950s to the 1980s, offering new insights.
link.springer.com
March 4, 2025 at 11:09 AM
coming soon - just in time for the end of the football season in May, i have a chapter in this on Ecstasy and the decline of "hooliganism" link.springer.com/book/9783031...