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Society for the Social History of Medicine (SSHM)
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The Society for the Social History of Medicine (SSHM) has pioneered interdisciplinary approaches to the history of health, welfare, medical science and practice https://sshm.org/
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Society for the Social History of Medicine (SSHM) @sshmedicine.bsky.social · Dec 18
SSHM invites submissions to its 2025/6 Roy Porter Essay Prize for the best original and unpublished essay in #histmed
🏆£500 first prize
Open to all students (registered at the deadline for entries or were awarded their degree in 2025).
For the entry form and rules and eligibility see👇
#histmed
Roy Porter Prize 2025-2026
Deadline for entries is 1 February 2026. Rules and Entry Form The Society for the Social History of Medicine invites submissions to its 2025/6 Roy Porter Student Essay Prize Competition. Downl…
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Excellent reviews of 2025 Hist of Med in Southeast Asia (HoMSEA) meeting in Jogjakarta. Thanks Mai Thi My Vi, @ngamvaseenont.bsky.social, and Vivek Neelakantan. Congrats @hanspols.bsky.social, Prof Yayi, & team!
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Health and Medicine in the Colonial, Postcolonial and Global Worlds (10th History of Medicine in Southeast Asia (HOMSEA) Conference)
Mai Thi My Vi (National Cheng Kung University); Krittapak Ngamvaseenont (University of Manchester); Dr Vivek Neelakantan Report 1 The tenth International Conference on the History of Medicine in So…
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January 31, 2026 at 11:47 PM
sshmedicine.bsky.social
Please join the friends and members of the Military Welfare History Network @milwelfhist.bsky.social
#online
Monday 2 February 11:00 to 17:30 (Dublin time)
The 3rd event supported by Wellcome-SSHM Network Grants
For programme see 👇 & for Zoom link contact [email protected]
#histmed
Wellcome-funded Conference Series
Thanks to the generous funding of the Wellcome Trust, through the Society for the Social History of Medicine, in 2025-26 the MWHN will run a three-part series of events. Two fo these will be in-per…
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January 27, 2026 at 4:33 PM
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One week left to enter @sshmedicine.bsky.social Roy Porter Essay Prize 2025/6
Deadline: Sunday 1 February
#histmed #histSTM #medhumanities
sshmedicine.bsky.social Society for the Social History of Medicine (SSHM) @sshmedicine.bsky.social · Dec 18
SSHM invites submissions to its 2025/6 Roy Porter Essay Prize for the best original and unpublished essay in #histmed
🏆£500 first prize
Open to all students (registered at the deadline for entries or were awarded their degree in 2025).
For the entry form and rules and eligibility see👇
#histmed
Roy Porter Prize 2025-2026
Deadline for entries is 1 February 2026. Rules and Entry Form The Society for the Social History of Medicine invites submissions to its 2025/6 Roy Porter Student Essay Prize Competition. Downl…
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January 26, 2026 at 2:18 PM
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beapichel.bsky.social
Great call for papers in #photohist and #histmed!
alexandreklein.bsky.social Alexandre Klein @alexandreklein.bsky.social · 11d
(Appel à contributions) Dedans/Dehors : photographier la vie en institution (1840-1980) histoiresante.blogspot.com/2026/01/phot... #histSTM
January 21, 2026 at 1:45 PM
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fancynahyan.bsky.social
Following up with the first 2 adverts for our new @wellcometrust.bsky.social funded project on the history of smallpox and measles. The ads are linked below along with a write-up on the project. Both are effectively a fully funded PhD position, for those so inclined. 1/4 bsky.app/profile/fanc...
January 23, 2026 at 10:35 AM
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museumofhealthcare.bsky.social
Thanks to 101.9 CFRC for featuring our name change!

Listen below👇

#CaandianMuseumofHealthCare #Histmed
Museum of Health Care renamed as the Canadian Museum of Health Care
The Museum of Health Care is entering a new chapter, announcing it will now be known as the Canadian Museum of Health Care. Located in the Ann Baillie Building on the Kingston General Hospital site…
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January 23, 2026 at 2:10 PM
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jakubochocinski.bsky.social
This Wednesday (28 Jan) we are back again reading Forman and Napier. Dm if you’d like to join! @laurenkassell.bsky.social @hpscasebooks.bsky.social #skystorians #casebooks
January 26, 2026 at 12:56 PM
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📣New Issue 📣 With 9 articles (7 #OpenAccess) plus book reviews. Explores Greco-Roman medical tradition; medieval medical manuscripts; 19th c public health in Greek State; Japanese colonial policy for Ainu health; the women's health movement in India; and Leprosy control in colonial Nigeria
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Volume 38 Issue 4 | Social History of Medicine | Oxford Academic
The official journal of the Society for the Social History of Medicine. Publishes research concerned with all aspects of health, illness, and medical treatment in the past. Articles treat the social h...
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January 26, 2026 at 8:03 AM
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eurohealthhist.bsky.social
Working Group 1 seminar 23 January 2026 1pm CET
Known and trusted’: Treating patients in secret during the Irish War of Independence by Kevin Finnan (Dublin City University, Ireland) - zoom link via the news bulletin #EuroHistHealth #HistMed #MedHums #Skystorians
January 19, 2026 at 4:20 PM
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prosanitate.bsky.social
PUBLICATION: Petros Bouras-Vallianatos has published a long, annotated bibliography on Byzantine medicine in Oxford Bibliographies!

This resource looks very useful for both teaching and research.

#histmed #history
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January 20, 2026 at 12:06 AM
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prosanitate.bsky.social Premodern Healthscaping @prosanitate.bsky.social · 24d
We're hosting a hybrid conference in July!

"Health and the Environment in the Preindustrial World: Multidisciplinary Approaches" will explore traditional and recent themes converging on public health history.

To be notified when registration opens, fill out this form: forms.gle/5dMU4rNd8d5q...
Conference poster: Health and the Environment in the Preindustrial World: Multidisciplinary Approaches 23–24 July 2026, Virtual and at Monash University Rest of text doesn't fit in alt text, see link here: https://premodernhealthscaping.hcommons.org/?p=1656
January 20, 2026 at 12:23 AM
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SAHMS @histmedsouth.bsky.social update.
Event is now online
Deadline for proposals now 6 February 👇
#histmed #histSTM
histmedsouth.bsky.social SAHMS @histmedsouth.bsky.social · 12d
📢 UPDATE SAHMS 2026:
The event is now ONLINE, on April 9-10. This gives us the opportunity to showcase scholars who could not have been able to make the trip otherwise.

CFP is BACK ON! Please consider submitting an abstract: sahms.wildapricot.org/submit

Questions: [email protected]
SAHMS - Call for Proposals
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January 21, 2026 at 11:31 AM
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hstmnetworkireland.bsky.social
Tomorrow the #CFP closes for #HSTM2026. If you are working on any aspect of the #History of #Science #Technology #Medicine or #Philosophy then pop in an abstract and join us in #Limerick in April #AcademicChatter #ECR #Skystorians ##MedHums #HistMed #Tech #SciFi
hstmnetworkireland.bsky.social HSTM Network Ireland #HSTM @hstmnetworkireland.bsky.social · 19d
#HSTM2026 #CFP Extended Now Due 22 Jan 👉 shorturl.at/2c6KW
👉 The History of Knowledge in Ireland: Where do we Stand Today?

The organisers seek papers asking fundamental questions about how knowledge is understood #Science #Tech #Medicine #Speirgorm #Skystorians #MedHums #HSTM #Ireland #STM
January 21, 2026 at 10:27 AM
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Early modern view on tobacco 'the smoke of it is held to be a great antidote against venom and pestilential diseases'

Find out more in our exhibition ‘Hooked’ www.rcpe.ac.uk/heritage/hoo...
An open book with an illustration on the title page of a man seated at a desk smoking a pipe
January 19, 2026 at 8:47 AM
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rcpmuseum.bsky.social
Visit the exhibition to discover more about the wide range of topics in our library, the disasters its survived (including plague, theft, fire & bombs!) & much more. You can visit free during our opening hours & at special Late openings 👉 history.rcp.ac.uk/visit-us
#BodyOfKnowledge #histmed
Exhibition graphic showing colourful pages from the books in the background and the following text: A body of knowledge Discover 500 years of book collecting at the RCP 10 September 2025 - 23 July 2026 Exhibition | Free entry
January 16, 2026 at 12:13 PM
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nichecanada.bsky.social
Call for Papers - Space, Place, and Patients
2nd Annual Virtual Conference for Graduate Students and Early Career Researchers - @aahnhistnursing.bsky.social
February 19-21, 2026, via Zoom
Abstract Deadline: January 23, 2026

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#envhist #histmed #histnursing
Call for Papers - Space, Place, and Patients
The American Association for the History of Nursing (AAHN) invites submissions for a virtual conference on space, place, and patients from senior undergraduate students, graduate students, and early c...
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January 17, 2026 at 2:36 PM
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sexhistorian.bsky.social
Very excited for the @cshhh.bsky.social upcoming seminar series. #HistMed & #HistSex folks should come along if they can! Keep an eye on the page as we've to come! www.strath.ac.uk/humanities/d...
The image is text reading 'Centre for the Social History of Health & Healthcare Seminar' with University of Strathclyde, Glasgow Caledonian University and Wellcome Trust Logos on the right of the image.
January 16, 2026 at 10:38 AM
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The Shryock Medal, given for the best unpublished paper written by a graduate student, is also still accepting nominations: histmed.org/shryock-medal/ #histmed
Shryock Medal
Shryock Medal Graduate students are invited to enter the Shryock Medal Essay Contest. The medal honors Richard Harrison Shryock (1893–1972), a pioneer among historians interested in the history of med...
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January 14, 2026 at 1:16 PM
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There's also still time to apply for the Osler Medal, which is awarded for the best essay in the history of medicine written by a medical student: histmed.org/william-osle... #histmed
William Osler Medal
William Osler Medal About the William Osler Medal   Osler Medal Essay Contest, 2026   The William Osler Medal is awarded annually for the best-unpublished essay on a medical historical topic written b...
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January 14, 2026 at 1:16 PM
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There's still time to get your materials in for some AAHM prizes! If you're an early career scholar, consider applying for the Pressman-Burroughs Early Career Development award by Jan 31: histmed.org/pressman-bur... #histmed
Pressman-Burroughs Wellcome Fund Career Development Award
Pressman-Burroughs Wellcome Fund Career Development Award Jack D. Pressman-Burroughs Wellcome Fund Career DevelopmentAward in 20th Century History of Medicine or Biomedical Sciences   This award honor...
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January 14, 2026 at 1:16 PM
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monicamedhist.bsky.social
Update 14 Jan re: "The Science of Natural Properties: Knowledge, Transmission, and Practice (6th -15th century)": Bologna, 17-19 June 2026, we are pleased to announce that the deadline for abstract submission has been extended to January 26, 2025, at 12:00 PM (GMT+1)." #histSTM #histmed
January 14, 2026 at 2:31 PM
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eayers0.bsky.social
Job at my beloved undergrad alma mater: VAP in #histsci #histmed at UW-Madison, due Jan 28.

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Visiting Assistant Professor in Medical History/History of Science - Madison, Wisconsin, United States
Current Employees: If you are currently employed at any of the Universities of Wisconsin, log in to Workday to apply through the internal application process.Job Category:Academic StaffEmployment Type...
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January 15, 2026 at 12:59 AM
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bharchives.bsky.social
We have been watching #Amadeus and the opening titles piqued our interest. The animations show the making of catgut, a material used for both musical instruments and for surgical suturing. We've paired some stills with images from our collection to show how catgut was made 🧵🪡

CW: Gore, needles
January 15, 2026 at 11:36 AM
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eurohealthhist.bsky.social
Coming up in February, is the jointly organised #ECR Training School hosted by our gracious colleagues at the University of Granada. Thank you to WG2 & WG3 for their collective efforts. Zoom link sent to REGISTERED participants who are tuning in for this hybrid event. #ECR #Skystorians #HistMed
January 15, 2026 at 9:46 PM
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#Spain is where all the action is in 2026!! Following our Madrid event, our University of Granada hosts welcome #ReproHist scholars to #HistMed #MedHums workshop. Zoom link will issue to registered attendees only. #HistNursing #HistMidwifery #Skystorians #GenderHist #WomensHistory #HistHealth
January 15, 2026 at 9:51 PM