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Dr Hannah Blythe @hanblythe.bsky.social · Aug 27

Great to be in Berlin for #EAHMH25. Lots of fascinating papers in the programme!

A photo of Berlin with the TV Tower in the background and a blue sky

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whc-grace.bsky.social @whc-grace.bsky.social · Jul 1

Excited that my article on occupational psychiatry and management science at Roffey Park is out in History of the Human Sciences!
Read if you're curious about how different 'mental health awareness' at work could have been...

Thanks to editors @hanblythe.bsky.social and @sarahvmarks.bsky.social

Dr Hannah Blythe @hanblythe.bsky.social · Jun 27

A really interesting new article by @whc-grace.bsky.social is out in History of the Human Sciences

Rehabilitation at Roffey Park: Management and psychiatry in occupational mental health, 1943–83

journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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Mental Health Awareness Week: 10 films showing the evolution of mental healthcare in the UK

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Dr Hannah Blythe @hanblythe.bsky.social · Jun 27

Coincidentally, the article analyses a film about Roffey Park that features in this recent BFI blog post. Full film available via this link! www.bfi.org.uk/lists/mental...

Outdated attitudes but also pioneering compassion abound in these 10 path-finding documentaries about mental health from the 1940s to the 1990s.

www.bfi.org.uk

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Dr Hannah Blythe @hanblythe.bsky.social · Jun 27

A really interesting new article by @whc-grace.bsky.social is out in History of the Human Sciences

Rehabilitation at Roffey Park: Management and psychiatry in occupational mental health, 1943–83

journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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Dr Hannah Blythe @hanblythe.bsky.social · Jun 20

Is there some unspoken university policy where job rejection emails are sent late on a Friday afternoon, just as you’re trying to wind down and enjoy the weekend? Like guys, it’s miserable enough without you raining on my little Friday parade. Let me enjoy my ignorance for a few days.

Abandoning rehabilitation and reclaiming recovery: Methadone maintenance treatment and the undoing of a ‘boundary object’, 1966–74 - Ulrich Koch, 2025

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Rebecca Wynter @rebeccawynter.bsky.social · Jun 17

🚨Historians of drink, drugs, sex, crime, law, #police🚨

CfP 'Policing and #PublicHealth, c.1800-2000' workshop www.lshtm.ac.uk/research/cen...

[typo in description: we *may* be able to make a small travel contribution]

#HistSTM #LegalHist #HistSex #HistGender #HistMed

Two uniformed 1960s London police women looking to the left with metal and gauze masks over their mouths and noses.

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Dr Hannah Blythe @hanblythe.bsky.social · Jun 16

Fascinating article by @ulikoch.bsky.social out in History of the Human Sciences now:

Abandoning rehabilitation and reclaiming recovery: Methadone maintenance treatment and the undoing of a ‘boundary object’, 1966–74

journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

This article uses the early history of methadone maintenance treatment (MMT) as a lens to draw out the epistemic and ethical-political stakes of rehabilitation ...

Leon J. Saul, Aaron T. Beck, and the story of recovery inside the Beck Depression Inventory - Rachael I. Rosner, 2025

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Dr Hannah Blythe @hanblythe.bsky.social · Jun 13

Fascinating new article by Rachael I. Rosner is out in History of the Human Sciences

Leon J. Saul, Aaron T. Beck, and the story of recovery inside the Beck Depression Inventory

#histpsych #mentalhealth #histmed

journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...

This article offers historical context for psychiatrist Aaron T. Beck's creation of the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), a widely celebrated patient-rated ...

PhD in Human Geography - Where have you been? Exploring the historical geographies of The Art in Healthcare Collection at University of Glasgow on FindAPhD.com

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Dr Hannah Blythe @hanblythe.bsky.social · May 14

This project sounds fascinating! #phd #geography #healthhums

Hester Parr @hesterparr.bsky.social · May 14

We have a Human geography PhD place available via an AHRC studentship.

Fast deadline May 29th, 2025!

A wonderful project on the Art in Healthcare collection -supervised by Cheryl McGeachan and myself

www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

PhD Project - PhD in Human Geography - Where have you been? Exploring the historical geographies of The Art in Healthcare Collection at University of Glasgow, listed on FindAPhD.com

www.findaphd.com

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LSHTM Centre for History in Public Health @lshtmhistory.bsky.social · Apr 30

Join us for the next CHIPH seminar (in collab. with @psglshtm.bsky.social) on Thursday 15 May, when Dr. Rachell Sánchez-Rivera will be discussing state-sponsored population control in 20th century Mexico. Details below:
Location: G24, Keppel St.
Time: 12:45 - 14:00

www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/e...

State-sponsored population control programmes: A new ph(f)ace of eugenics in

In this seminar, Dr. Sánchez-Rivera discusses the changeover from eugenics to population control programs and capitalist ventures during the second half of the 20th Century in Mexico. Special

British naval surgeons and tropical hygiene in the long nineteenth century |

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Jamie Banks @milkwknives.bsky.social · Apr 14

Here's the first blog for our new project: 'Kicking the Habit: ‘Addictive’ Sport Sponsorship in Britain, 1965-2025'.

It explores the tobacco, alcohol and gambling industries' sponsorship of sport in Britain.

Like @fabiolacreed.bsky.social, I'm so happy to be working with such an amazing team!

Kicking the Habit @kthabitproject.bsky.social · Apr 14

Thanks to @the-polyphony.bsky.social for posting a blog introducing our project, 'Kicking the Habit: ‘Addictive’ Sport Sponsorship in Britain, 1965-2025', on the tobacco, alcohol and gambling industries’ sponsorship of football, rugby, cricket, F1 & tennis.

Funded by @wellcometrust.bsky.social

The Polyphony @the-polyphony.bsky.social · Apr 4

The researchers (@kthabitproject.bsky.social) leading the Wellcome-funded ‘Kicking the Habit’ project introduce us to its key themes, socio-historical contexts, and guiding ambitions.

@kthabitproject.bsky.social

thepolyphony.org/2025/04/04/k...

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LSHTM Centre for History in Public Health @lshtmhistory.bsky.social · Apr 2

Join us for our next CHIPH seminar on Tuesday 8th April, when Dr Manikarnika Dutta will be talking about British seamen and tropical medicine in the 1800s. Details and event listings (inc. Zoom link) are below:
Location: G40, Keppel St.
Time: 12:45 - 14:00

www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/e...

This presentation explores how the treatment of British seamen aided the development of tropical hygiene in the long nineteenth century. The paper will be of interest to staff and students who want to

Visualising spaces of pestilence: Malaria and the natural environment in late

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Dr Hannah Blythe @hanblythe.bsky.social · Mar 11

Seminar this week at the LSHTM Centre for History in Public Health! Details for joining are below #histmed

LSHTM Centre for History in Public Health @lshtmhistory.bsky.social · Mar 11

Join us for the next CHIPH seminar on Tuesday 18th March, when Dr Apurba Chatterjee will be speaking about the visualisation of malaria in British Colonial India. Details and event listings (inc. Zoom link) are below:
Location: G40, Keppel St.
Time: 12:45 - 14:00
www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/e...

This paper explores the visualisation of Malaria in late colonial India and its reshaping of the natural environment. It will be of interest to staff and students interested in the history of Malaria,

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Dr Hannah Blythe @hanblythe.bsky.social · Mar 5

The LSHTM Centre for History in Public Health is now on Bluesky! Follow for info about events and research #histmed #histpsych #medhums #publichealth

LSHTM Centre for History in Public Health @lshtmhistory.bsky.social · Mar 3

The Centre for History in Public Health (CHIPH) at @lshtm.bsky.social is now on BlueSky!

Please follow us for details about our forthcoming seminars and other centre member-led events.

Details of forthcoming events can be found below: www.lshtm.ac.uk/research/cen...

Events | LSHTM

Uses and Abuses of the Past: the Role of Presentism in Cultural Memory

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Claire Boardman @claireboardman.bsky.social · Mar 1

👀 Funded PhD @ Coventry University:

Uses and Abuses of the Past: the Role of Presentism in Cultural Memory.

'The inquiry ... will select and investigate a series of objects or sites to explore the use of history as a tool for debating contemporary social and cultural issues' tinyurl.com/4zksy84y

This project explores the concept of ‘presentism’ in cultural representations of the past.

tinyurl.com

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Recovery Histories @recovery-histories.bsky.social · Feb 25

Stay up-to-date with our research and events by signing up to receive the Recovery Histories monthly newsletter. Just follow the link to add your email address!:

www.bbk.ac.uk/interests/se...

Register your interest - CSA Recovery Project - Birkbeck, University of Londonbirkbeck-owl icon

www.bbk.ac.uk

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Archives and Records Association UK and Ireland @araukie.bsky.social · Feb 17

If you are working in UK record-keeping secto and based in the Midlands - do give our Midlands group a follow here: @aramidlands.bsky.social

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Eva Surawy Stepney @evasurawy.bsky.social · Jan 12

I'll be doing two talks (Jan 25th, March 29th) at
@bethlemmuseum.bsky.social to accompany their current exhibition: Charlotte Johnson Wahl's paintings of what it was like undergoing early exposure therapy at the Maudsley hospital in 1974. The event is free: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/what-was-i...

What Was It Like? Anxious Compulsions and Behaviour Therapies of the 1970s

History of psychology researcher Eva Stepney discusses therapies being developed at the Maudsley when Charlotte Johnson Wahl was a patient.

www.eventbrite.co.uk

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Dr Hannah Blythe @hanblythe.bsky.social · Jan 10

I did the Health Humanities MA at UCL… quite a while ago now! Would recommend checking these courses out #histmed #healthhums

UCL Health Humanities Centre @uclhhcentre.bsky.social · Jan 9

Join the online open evening coming up for the MA Health Humanities and MA Philosophy Politics and Economics of Health
Monday January 20th 2025, 17:30 GMT (UK time)
Programme directors for both MAs will introduce you to the programs and answer your questions.
app.geckoform.com/events-embed...

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Dr Hannah J. Elizabeth @sexhistorian.bsky.social · Jan 7

Interested in the history of health, heating & hygiene? 🤒😷🔥🌡️🛀🧼

There's still time to APPLY for the funded PhD studentship on the 'Carbon Bodies' project.

⏰ Deadline 24th Jan ⏰

The project: wellcome.org/grant-fundin...

The job: www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

a cartoon of an astronaut looking through a telescope with the words " we 're hiring " below it

Alt: a cartoon of an astronaut looking through a telescope at a moon with the words "we're hiring" floating above in the dark sky

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Sarah Chaney @kentishscribbler.bsky.social · Jan 2

New year, new job? Why not come and work with me @rcnlibraries.bsky.social? We are a lovely team, great location and £34K is none too shabby for a museum assistant #MuseumJobs careers.rcn.org.uk/Vacancies/Va...

Museum and Events Assistant | Careers at the RCN | Royal College of Nursing

Museum and Events Assistant RCN UK HQ Office, 35 hours per week, Permanent At the Royal College of Nursing we’re an optimistic organisation. And we’ve got

careers.rcn.org.uk

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Dr Hannah Blythe @hanblythe.bsky.social · Dec 27

Yeah - sadly it’s grim!

Dr Hannah Blythe @hanblythe.bsky.social · Dec 27

Too true. It’s just wild having to pay that much to spend hours on unreliable trains