Dr Stephen E. Mawdsley
@smawdsley.bsky.social
Historian of modern American medicine and disability
Faculty of Arts, Law and Social Sciences, University of Bristol
https://research-information.bris.ac.uk/en/persons/stephen-e-mawdsley
Faculty of Arts, Law and Social Sciences, University of Bristol
https://research-information.bris.ac.uk/en/persons/stephen-e-mawdsley
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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 👇
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:…
sshm.org
November 24, 2025 at 12:55 PM
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 👇
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 👇
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🗣️ TONIGHT: Join Prof Beth Johnson (@leedsunimedia.bsky.social) for the final #AutumnArtLecture as she examines how deep inequalities in the TV industry shape both production & representation on screen
📍 Wills Memorial Building
⏰ 6.30-8pm
🎟️ brnw.ch/21wXs2k (free, all welcome!)
📍 Wills Memorial Building
⏰ 6.30-8pm
🎟️ brnw.ch/21wXs2k (free, all welcome!)
November 13, 2025 at 11:29 AM
🗣️ TONIGHT: Join Prof Beth Johnson (@leedsunimedia.bsky.social) for the final #AutumnArtLecture as she examines how deep inequalities in the TV industry shape both production & representation on screen
📍 Wills Memorial Building
⏰ 6.30-8pm
🎟️ brnw.ch/21wXs2k (free, all welcome!)
📍 Wills Memorial Building
⏰ 6.30-8pm
🎟️ brnw.ch/21wXs2k (free, all welcome!)
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For this week's CMS seminar, we are lucky enough to be joined by Bristol's own Dr Kathleen Thompson for a paper on 'Leperhouses and Lordship: Some Ideas from Medieval Bristol'. We can't wait to find out more! #medievalsky #skystorians
November 12, 2025 at 3:31 PM
For this week's CMS seminar, we are lucky enough to be joined by Bristol's own Dr Kathleen Thompson for a paper on 'Leperhouses and Lordship: Some Ideas from Medieval Bristol'. We can't wait to find out more! #medievalsky #skystorians
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Check out new new #histmed CFPs added to our page:
'Life Histories in Mind: Mental ILL Health and Learning Disability in Context'
Manchester Metropolitan University, 21 July 2026
Deadline for abstracts: 15 January 2026
Organised by Rob Ellis and Rebecca Ball
@re-histories.bsky.social
#DisHist
'Life Histories in Mind: Mental ILL Health and Learning Disability in Context'
Manchester Metropolitan University, 21 July 2026
Deadline for abstracts: 15 January 2026
Organised by Rob Ellis and Rebecca Ball
@re-histories.bsky.social
#DisHist
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] Intimate States: New Histories of Medicine, Welfare, and Care under Socialism Location…
sshm.org
November 12, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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I think lots of you all will be as excited as I am to see Jess Moody’s “Plants, Enslavement and Public History” project website
and you can sign up for the mailing list in the little box in bottom right corner
plantpublichistory.blogs.bristol.ac.uk
🗃️🌿🪴
and you can sign up for the mailing list in the little box in bottom right corner
plantpublichistory.blogs.bristol.ac.uk
🗃️🌿🪴
Plant Public History – Plants, Enslavement and Public History: Re-imagining green spaces as places of heritage and healing
plantpublichistory.blogs.bristol.ac.uk
November 7, 2025 at 6:53 AM
I think lots of you all will be as excited as I am to see Jess Moody’s “Plants, Enslavement and Public History” project website
and you can sign up for the mailing list in the little box in bottom right corner
plantpublichistory.blogs.bristol.ac.uk
🗃️🌿🪴
and you can sign up for the mailing list in the little box in bottom right corner
plantpublichistory.blogs.bristol.ac.uk
🗃️🌿🪴
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'There’s a global awareness that something significant is happening with Asian art.'
Dr Zehra Jumabhoy (History of Art) speaks to GQ India about her new co-curated exhibition, Krishen Khanna at 100: The Last Progressive
Read about the exhibition which opens today 👇
www.gqindia.com/content/kris...
Dr Zehra Jumabhoy (History of Art) speaks to GQ India about her new co-curated exhibition, Krishen Khanna at 100: The Last Progressive
Read about the exhibition which opens today 👇
www.gqindia.com/content/kris...
Krishen Khanna at 100: Zehra Jumabhoy and Kajoli Khanna on celebrating the last Progressive
Co-curators Zehra Jumabhoy and Kajoli Khanna join hands with NGMA Mumbai for ‘Krishen Khanna at 100: The Last Progressive’, on view from November 10 to December 10
www.gqindia.com
November 10, 2025 at 9:10 AM
'There’s a global awareness that something significant is happening with Asian art.'
Dr Zehra Jumabhoy (History of Art) speaks to GQ India about her new co-curated exhibition, Krishen Khanna at 100: The Last Progressive
Read about the exhibition which opens today 👇
www.gqindia.com/content/kris...
Dr Zehra Jumabhoy (History of Art) speaks to GQ India about her new co-curated exhibition, Krishen Khanna at 100: The Last Progressive
Read about the exhibition which opens today 👇
www.gqindia.com/content/kris...
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Join us for More-than-Human Sensory Worlds, the first in our hybrid 'More-than-Human/ities' seminar series, a new collaboration between UoB's CEH & EUC at York University, Toronto.
Come explore the shared sensory worlds of human and nonhuman animals! 🦅🐇🌃
Wed 19th Nov
17:45–19:00
Online & in-person
Come explore the shared sensory worlds of human and nonhuman animals! 🦅🐇🌃
Wed 19th Nov
17:45–19:00
Online & in-person
November 10, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Join us for More-than-Human Sensory Worlds, the first in our hybrid 'More-than-Human/ities' seminar series, a new collaboration between UoB's CEH & EUC at York University, Toronto.
Come explore the shared sensory worlds of human and nonhuman animals! 🦅🐇🌃
Wed 19th Nov
17:45–19:00
Online & in-person
Come explore the shared sensory worlds of human and nonhuman animals! 🦅🐇🌃
Wed 19th Nov
17:45–19:00
Online & in-person
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We’re SO excited about this!
I think lots of you all will be as excited as I am to see Jess Moody’s “Plants, Enslavement and Public History” project website
and you can sign up for the mailing list in the little box in bottom right corner
plantpublichistory.blogs.bristol.ac.uk
🗃️🌿🪴
and you can sign up for the mailing list in the little box in bottom right corner
plantpublichistory.blogs.bristol.ac.uk
🗃️🌿🪴
Plant Public History – Plants, Enslavement and Public History: Re-imagining green spaces as places of heritage and healing
plantpublichistory.blogs.bristol.ac.uk
November 7, 2025 at 7:18 AM
We’re SO excited about this!
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Day one of the Extractive Natures/Natures of Extraction workshop, organised by @melinabuns.bsky.social as part of her @britishacademy.bsky.social fellowship here at Bristol @uobrisceh.bsky.social . Great papers that spanned resource extraction from medieval Europe to modern day Australia
November 6, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Day one of the Extractive Natures/Natures of Extraction workshop, organised by @melinabuns.bsky.social as part of her @britishacademy.bsky.social fellowship here at Bristol @uobrisceh.bsky.social . Great papers that spanned resource extraction from medieval Europe to modern day Australia
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Was great to celebrate Electric Wind with friends and colleagues @uobrisceh.bsky.social @uobrishistory.bsky.social . I was most excited about the book-cake. Cake-book. A book made of cake!!!!
November 6, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Was great to celebrate Electric Wind with friends and colleagues @uobrisceh.bsky.social @uobrishistory.bsky.social . I was most excited about the book-cake. Cake-book. A book made of cake!!!!
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Here’s @dudleymarianna.bsky.social introducing her new book to the world, in conversation with CEH co-director Paul Merchant. Everyone go read: ‘Electric Wind: An Energy History of Modern Britain’! manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526182968/
November 6, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Here’s @dudleymarianna.bsky.social introducing her new book to the world, in conversation with CEH co-director Paul Merchant. Everyone go read: ‘Electric Wind: An Energy History of Modern Britain’! manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526182968/
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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
#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...
bcatimelines.org
November 6, 2025 at 8:20 AM
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
#histmed
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🤩 Check out the shiny new website of Bristol's world-class Centre for Medieval Studies (@bristolcms.bsky.social), home to over 35 full-time medievalists and over 160 research students and research associates: medievalstudies.blogs.bristol.ac.uk 🤩 @uobartsmatter.bsky.social #medievalsky #skystorians
CMS; Bristol; University of Bristol; Medieval Studies; MA degree;
medievalstudies.blogs.bristol.ac.uk
September 24, 2025 at 7:44 AM
🤩 Check out the shiny new website of Bristol's world-class Centre for Medieval Studies (@bristolcms.bsky.social), home to over 35 full-time medievalists and over 160 research students and research associates: medievalstudies.blogs.bristol.ac.uk 🤩 @uobartsmatter.bsky.social #medievalsky #skystorians
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'Shamanism is enjoying a double boom in the modern world.'
Prof Ronald Hutton (@uobrishistory.bsky.social) reviews two new books on the subject - Shamanism: The Timeless Religion by @manvir.bsky.social & Shamans by Max Carocci - in a new piece for The TLS
Read 👇
www.the-tls.com/religion/rel...
Prof Ronald Hutton (@uobrishistory.bsky.social) reviews two new books on the subject - Shamanism: The Timeless Religion by @manvir.bsky.social & Shamans by Max Carocci - in a new piece for The TLS
Read 👇
www.the-tls.com/religion/rel...
Shamanism across many cultures
Shamans were real: they were the magico-religious specialists of Siberian peoples of the Tungus ethnic group, who used that name in their own language to
www.the-tls.com
October 31, 2025 at 3:06 PM
'Shamanism is enjoying a double boom in the modern world.'
Prof Ronald Hutton (@uobrishistory.bsky.social) reviews two new books on the subject - Shamanism: The Timeless Religion by @manvir.bsky.social & Shamans by Max Carocci - in a new piece for The TLS
Read 👇
www.the-tls.com/religion/rel...
Prof Ronald Hutton (@uobrishistory.bsky.social) reviews two new books on the subject - Shamanism: The Timeless Religion by @manvir.bsky.social & Shamans by Max Carocci - in a new piece for The TLS
Read 👇
www.the-tls.com/religion/rel...
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We are very excited to be joined on Thursday by Professor Máire Ní Mhaonaigh (University of Cambridge) for our next CMS Research Seminar: 'The Place of History in the History of Place: Constructing the Literary Landscapes of Medieval Ireland'. We can't wait! #medievalsky #skystorians
November 3, 2025 at 2:37 PM
We are very excited to be joined on Thursday by Professor Máire Ní Mhaonaigh (University of Cambridge) for our next CMS Research Seminar: 'The Place of History in the History of Place: Constructing the Literary Landscapes of Medieval Ireland'. We can't wait! #medievalsky #skystorians
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You should read Electric Wind. Don't take my word for it -
Folks, I've said wow out loud twice reading the first page and at one point my jaw dropped. Blockbuster opening
October 24, 2025 at 1:19 PM
You should read Electric Wind. Don't take my word for it -
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🦋 Bridging Histories is a social enterprise which supports everyday people & communities to achieve they changes they want to see.
Led by Dr Joanna Burch-Brown (Philosophy), Bridging Histories hyper-local focus has had global impact, from Bristol to Bosnia & beyond
Watch the video 👉 bit.ly/4oCFh4c
Led by Dr Joanna Burch-Brown (Philosophy), Bridging Histories hyper-local focus has had global impact, from Bristol to Bosnia & beyond
Watch the video 👉 bit.ly/4oCFh4c
October 23, 2025 at 2:43 PM
🦋 Bridging Histories is a social enterprise which supports everyday people & communities to achieve they changes they want to see.
Led by Dr Joanna Burch-Brown (Philosophy), Bridging Histories hyper-local focus has had global impact, from Bristol to Bosnia & beyond
Watch the video 👉 bit.ly/4oCFh4c
Led by Dr Joanna Burch-Brown (Philosophy), Bridging Histories hyper-local focus has had global impact, from Bristol to Bosnia & beyond
Watch the video 👉 bit.ly/4oCFh4c
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📺 Prof Ronald Hutton (@uobrishistory.bsky.social) joins Rylan Clark & @profaliceroberts.bsky.social on #WitchesOfEssex to investigate the truth behind the British witch trials of the 16th & 17th centuries
Watch the full three-part series on Sky History & Now 👉 bit.ly/47l3e8X
Watch the full three-part series on Sky History & Now 👉 bit.ly/47l3e8X
October 24, 2025 at 10:59 AM
📺 Prof Ronald Hutton (@uobrishistory.bsky.social) joins Rylan Clark & @profaliceroberts.bsky.social on #WitchesOfEssex to investigate the truth behind the British witch trials of the 16th & 17th centuries
Watch the full three-part series on Sky History & Now 👉 bit.ly/47l3e8X
Watch the full three-part series on Sky History & Now 👉 bit.ly/47l3e8X
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We are SO excited to announce that applications are now open for this year's Medieval Studies Summer School! 🎉 Please do pass this information on to anyone you think might be interested!
We'll be sharing some highlights of last year's programme over the next few weeks!
#medievalsky #skystorians
We'll be sharing some highlights of last year's programme over the next few weeks!
#medievalsky #skystorians
October 23, 2025 at 9:36 AM
We are SO excited to announce that applications are now open for this year's Medieval Studies Summer School! 🎉 Please do pass this information on to anyone you think might be interested!
We'll be sharing some highlights of last year's programme over the next few weeks!
#medievalsky #skystorians
We'll be sharing some highlights of last year's programme over the next few weeks!
#medievalsky #skystorians
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'When sympathy with Chaucer's Christian beliefs can no longer be taken for granted, alternative philosophies are needed to make sense of Chaucer's ethics.'
Prof Ad Putter (@bristolunienglish.bsky.social) reviews Laura Ashe's Chaucer's Ethical Philosophy in The TLS
www.the-tls.com/literature/l...
Prof Ad Putter (@bristolunienglish.bsky.social) reviews Laura Ashe's Chaucer's Ethical Philosophy in The TLS
www.the-tls.com/literature/l...
Love trumps conventional ethics in Chaucer’s work
At the end of Troilus and Criseyde, Chaucer submits his poem to “moral Gower” and “philosophical Strode” for corrections. In this thoughtful and eloquent
www.the-tls.com
October 22, 2025 at 9:03 AM
'When sympathy with Chaucer's Christian beliefs can no longer be taken for granted, alternative philosophies are needed to make sense of Chaucer's ethics.'
Prof Ad Putter (@bristolunienglish.bsky.social) reviews Laura Ashe's Chaucer's Ethical Philosophy in The TLS
www.the-tls.com/literature/l...
Prof Ad Putter (@bristolunienglish.bsky.social) reviews Laura Ashe's Chaucer's Ethical Philosophy in The TLS
www.the-tls.com/literature/l...
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Exciting news! 📣 The CMS' own Dr Sig Sønnesyn (@sigsonnesyn.bsky.social) is giving a lecture tomorrow (Tuesday) on 'Meaning, Intelligibility, and Fusing Horizons: Medieval Thought as a Case Study' at 3:30pm in G.HO1, Arts Complex. All welcome. We can't wait! 😀 #medievalsky #skystorians
October 13, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Exciting news! 📣 The CMS' own Dr Sig Sønnesyn (@sigsonnesyn.bsky.social) is giving a lecture tomorrow (Tuesday) on 'Meaning, Intelligibility, and Fusing Horizons: Medieval Thought as a Case Study' at 3:30pm in G.HO1, Arts Complex. All welcome. We can't wait! 😀 #medievalsky #skystorians
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🎮 Video games are no longer just entertainment. They are tools for change.
The #BristolDigitalGameLab is pioneering this shift, asking not just what games are, but what they can do for society.
Watch the full video to learn more 👉 bit.ly/3KNNe7Q
@richardcole.bsky.social @mikesamuel8.bsky.social
The #BristolDigitalGameLab is pioneering this shift, asking not just what games are, but what they can do for society.
Watch the full video to learn more 👉 bit.ly/3KNNe7Q
@richardcole.bsky.social @mikesamuel8.bsky.social
October 13, 2025 at 1:09 PM
🎮 Video games are no longer just entertainment. They are tools for change.
The #BristolDigitalGameLab is pioneering this shift, asking not just what games are, but what they can do for society.
Watch the full video to learn more 👉 bit.ly/3KNNe7Q
@richardcole.bsky.social @mikesamuel8.bsky.social
The #BristolDigitalGameLab is pioneering this shift, asking not just what games are, but what they can do for society.
Watch the full video to learn more 👉 bit.ly/3KNNe7Q
@richardcole.bsky.social @mikesamuel8.bsky.social
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✨ COMING UP: Join Prof Justin Williams for a screening & discussion of a new documentary on Hip-Hop in Tanzania
Part of the Sounding East Africa project, the doc charts the development of hip-hop as part of East African musical history
📆 Thu 30 Oct, 6-9pm
📍 @wshed.bsky.social
🎟️ bit.ly/42oG7Ja
Part of the Sounding East Africa project, the doc charts the development of hip-hop as part of East African musical history
📆 Thu 30 Oct, 6-9pm
📍 @wshed.bsky.social
🎟️ bit.ly/42oG7Ja
October 7, 2025 at 8:39 AM
✨ COMING UP: Join Prof Justin Williams for a screening & discussion of a new documentary on Hip-Hop in Tanzania
Part of the Sounding East Africa project, the doc charts the development of hip-hop as part of East African musical history
📆 Thu 30 Oct, 6-9pm
📍 @wshed.bsky.social
🎟️ bit.ly/42oG7Ja
Part of the Sounding East Africa project, the doc charts the development of hip-hop as part of East African musical history
📆 Thu 30 Oct, 6-9pm
📍 @wshed.bsky.social
🎟️ bit.ly/42oG7Ja
A big thanks and congratulations to Bristol University PhD student Jenny Hutton for all her hard work on this important research project.
✈️ Our PGR internship series returns, as PhD @uobrishistory.bsky.social candidate Jenny Hutton tells us about working with Dr @smawdsley.bsky.social to examine the history of aircraft cabin air contamination
Read more about this important research with global reach 👉 bit.ly/3IHyV47
Read more about this important research with global reach 👉 bit.ly/3IHyV47
September 30, 2025 at 3:41 PM
A big thanks and congratulations to Bristol University PhD student Jenny Hutton for all her hard work on this important research project.
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Available now wherever you buy your #history of rickets books, including directly from the U. Chicago Press site! 🗃️https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/S/bo236934960.html
Starved for Light
A wide-ranging history of rickets tracks the disease’s emergence, evolution, and eventual treatment—and exposes the backstory behind contemporary worries about vitamin D deficiency. Rickets, a child...
press.uchicago.edu
November 25, 2024 at 3:48 AM
Available now wherever you buy your #history of rickets books, including directly from the U. Chicago Press site! 🗃️https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/S/bo236934960.html