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Dorota Dias-Lewandowska @dorotadias.bsky.social · Aug 1

Post-doc position in Boundaries of Drinking project: 2 years, full time, research only. Closing date 1 September 2025. #academicjobs

iaepan.edu.pl/konkurs-na-s...

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Drinking Studies Network (DSN) @drinkingstudies.bsky.social · Jul 21

'Did alcohol facilitate the evolution of complex societies?' | @nature.com www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Did alcohol facilitate the evolution of complex societies? - Humanities and Social Sciences Communications

Humanities and Social Sciences Communications - Did alcohol facilitate the evolution of complex societies?

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Drinking Studies Network (DSN) @drinkingstudies.bsky.social · Jun 27

'The language of alcohol: Similarities and differences in how drinkers and policymakers frame alcohol consumption' | @dremmadavies.bsky.social @jamesmorris24.bsky.social et al for Drug & Alcohol Review onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

The language of alcohol: Similarities and differences in how drinkers and policymakers frame alcohol consumption

Introduction The primary objective of the paper was to compare semantic domains reported by drinkers and policymakers in their alcohol consumption narratives. The research question was ‘How do drink...

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James Kneale @jameskneale.bsky.social · Jun 26

www.bloomsbury.com/uk/temperanc...

Temperance Lives

This book explains how the rise of temperance life assurance affected ideas surrounding the dangers of drinking and abstinence between 1840 and 1918.James Kneal…

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Dorota Dias-Lewandowska @dorotadias.bsky.social · Jun 21

Looks fun at some point ;) interesting concept

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James Kneale @jameskneale.bsky.social · Jun 20

Of course my favourite representation of the drunkard's progress is this cracker, from (I think) the US in 1887

The progress of a drinker represented as a toboggan slide, starting with the popular hotel or drugstore, through saloons, into general 'doggery', then rapidly shotting through gambling, corruption and thenm into drunkard's graves

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James Kneale @jameskneale.bsky.social · Jun 20

Dorota Dias Lewandowska's examination of visual representations of drinking women in Poland collected an amazing set of images of different kinds, asking if we can ever come to close to actually-existing historical drinkers @dorotadias.bsky.social 2/3

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Pam Lock @pamplemoussepam.bsky.social · Jun 20

Second paper for the visualizing pleasures panel of #dangerouspleasures features one of our organisers, @dorotadias.bsky.social talking about how important it is to piece together different historical perspectives left to us by our predecessors to get a slightly more accurate picture

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Vanessa is the name of the Doctor! @hpsvanessa.bsky.social · Jun 3

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Rebecca Wynter @rebeccawynter.bsky.social · Jun 3

🚨Calling all #police historians. Come in, police historians🚨

#CfP 'Policing and Public #Health' history workshop, London, 17/09/2025!

Unsure if your work fits? Get in touch. We welcome all career stages, independent researchers, #GLAM and police sector folks. Hybrid is an option.

#HistSTM

Workshop Call for Papers: Policing and Public Health, c.1800-2000 | LSHTM

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Pam Lock @pamplemoussepam.bsky.social · May 22

Thanks to @kellygcb.bsky.social and @victoriabates.bsky.social for my first introduction to podcast recording. So fun to chat about our Think While You Drink talks series in local pubs and all the other great stuff that we are doing together with Prof Sam Goodman. Link to recording to follow.

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James Kneale @jameskneale.bsky.social · May 28

Delighted to see @drinkingstudies.bsky.social stalwart David Beckingham explaining Victorian/Edwardian laws on licensing and drunkenness to Ross Kemp on 'Who Do You Think You Are?'

Ross's story further strengthened my belief that drink runs through many family histories, not always in a good way..

David Beckingham showing Ross Kemp a list of 'habitual drunkards' from Birmingham on Who Do You Think You Are?

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Evan Rail @evanrail.bsky.social · May 29

For @vinepair.com, I asked historians about tariffs, int’l politics & alcohol. Key takeaways: (1) there are lots of historic examples, and (2) they can create changes that last a long time, often w/ unexpected results. HT @brewedculture.org, @dorotadias.bsky.social, and @justinwolfers.bsky.social.

How Today’s Tariffs Echo the Long, Strange History of Alcohol and Politics

If you’re having trouble following the news about U.S. tariffs on wine, beer, and spirits from Europe, count yourself in good company: On MSNBC this week, University of Michigan economics professor an...

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Dorota Dias-Lewandowska @dorotadias.bsky.social · May 22

Post-doctoral Fellowship @drinkingstudies.bsky.social in @ncn.gov.pl founded project www.boundariesofdrinking.pl

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Dorota Dias-Lewandowska @dorotadias.bsky.social · May 21

If you don't want to get drunk, grind a parsley seed into powder and pour it into your drink just before you take a sip. A 19th-century recipe for avoiding drunkenness – the result of our archive queries www.boundariesofdrinking.pl @ncn.gov.pl

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Dorota Dias-Lewandowska @dorotadias.bsky.social · May 12

„Scientific institutions and universities are encouraged to apply for funding that supports researcher mobility between Poland and France. This initiative is open to all scientific disciplines.”

Call for applications PHC Polonium 2025 is now open! - Research in Poland

The programme aims to support the mobility of researchers cooperating with foreign institutions. The call is organized by NAWA and Ambassade de France en Pologne – Service de Coopération et […]

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Dorota Dias-Lewandowska @dorotadias.bsky.social · May 7

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Women & Alcohol (DSN Research Cluster) @womenandalcohol.bsky.social · May 2

Our next @drinkingstudies.bsky.social
Women & Alcohol seminar will feature
@craigstafford.bsky.social talking about his newly contracted book on Female Offending & the Police Courts in Victorian Lancashire, online on 8 May at 12.00 UK time. More info here:
www.womenandalcohol.net/2025/03/dsn-...

DSN Women and Alcohol Seminar: Female Offending and the Police Courts in Victorian Lancashire

Project: Between the drunken ‘mother of destruction’ and the sober ‘angel of the house’.

www.womenandalcohol.net

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Drinking Studies Network (DSN) @drinkingstudies.bsky.social · Apr 16

'The language of alcohol: Similarities and differences in how drinkers and policymakers frame alcohol consumption' | @dremmadavies.bsky.social @jamesmorris24.bsky.social et al @apsad-dar.bsky.social via @drugwise.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

The language of alcohol: Similarities and differences in how drinkers and policymakers frame alcohol consumption

Introduction The primary objective of the paper was to compare semantic domains reported by drinkers and policymakers in their alcohol consumption narratives. The research question was ‘How do drink...

onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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Past and Present @pastpresentsoc.bsky.social · Apr 14

Past and Present is launching an e-newsletter.

It will be published quaterly in-line with the journal's publishing schedule.

The first issue will be published in May 2025.

Subscribe below, and please share with your network:

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About - Past and Present Society

The Past and Present Society: making cutting edge social history accessible since 1952. Our journal Past & Present is published by Oxford University Press. Click to read Past and Present Society, a Su...

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Dorota Dias-Lewandowska @dorotadias.bsky.social · Apr 4

Magnolias in Warsaw

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Dorota Dias-Lewandowska @dorotadias.bsky.social · Mar 31

I’m working on a book about women’s drinking in the 19th century Galicia (Poland) and while I’m digging a lot of archives I also went to the home village of my main heroine and I’m planning to do some ethnographical research. This is quite experimental and raise some ethical questions but exciting!

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Dorota Dias-Lewandowska @dorotadias.bsky.social · Mar 12

This is what a happy researcher looks like! Wandering through small villages and parish archives, preparing to write a book about women, alcohol and agency in 19th century Poland.
@ncn.gov.pl @womenandalcohol.bsky.social @drinkingstudies.bsky.social

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Łukasz Okruszek @lukaszokruszek.bsky.social · Mar 12

Już dziś o 18 zapraszam na premierę kolejnego odcinka "A o tym PAN słyszał?", w którym będę rozmawiał z @dorotadias.bsky.social o jej badaniach dotyczących historii kultury picia alkoholu! Zapowiada się świetnie, zapraszamy oczywiście do zadawania pytańw ramach Q&A! www.youtube.com/watch?v=jKuk...

"Pijany jak Polak"? Jak badać historię kultury picia alkoholu

YouTube video by Polska Akademia Nauk

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Dorota Dias-Lewandowska @dorotadias.bsky.social · Mar 10

Praca dla doktoranta/ki w projekcie www.boundariesofdrinking.pl

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Institute of Historical Research @ihr.bsky.social · Feb 26

Interested in researching migration and refugee narratives? This online research training session will introduce participants to a wealth of resources and is free to attend.

🗓 20 March 2025
🕰 14:00-15:30 BST
🖥 Online

Register today via: https://buff.ly/3ZgvjdC

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