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Christos Lynteris @visualplague.bsky.social · 10h

So great to see the special issue on "Invasive Species, Global Health, and Colonial Legacies" that @julesskotnesbrown.bsky.social & I edited published today! A big thanks to all contributors & to JHMAS editors & reviewers for their support & guidance in this process academic.oup.com/jhmas/issue/...

Volume 80 Issue 4 | Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences | Oxford Academic

Publishes original research on the written beginnings of medicine in all its aspects. It focuses on what practitioners of the healing arts did or taught, and how their peers, as well as patients, rece...

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Melina Antonia Buns @melinabuns.bsky.social · 22d

I am really excited to announce the call for the PhD Course in Energy Humanities!

Held at the @greenhouseuis.net from 1-5 December.

Applications are welcome until 24 October.

#envhum #envhist #energyhistory

Poster showing a wind turbine from frog perspective. The picture is in light pink and blue nuances and announces a PhD course in energy humanities. More information can be found in this website. https://www.uis.no/en/research/collaboration/the-greenhouse-centre-for-environmental-humanities/humanities/apply-for-phd

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Jules Skotnes-Brown @julesskotnesbrown.bsky.social · 8d

I am thrilled to announce that I have been awarded a Wellcome Trust Career Development Grant. Over the next five years I'll be directing the research project "Conserving Global Health: Biodiversity Protection and the Prehistory of Planetary Health".

Poster depicting an owl hunting gerbils in a field, juxtaposed with an image of the zoonotic cycle of plague. Arrows connect a rat with fleas, and a man sleeping in a bed. The image reads 'Friend of the Farmer Conserve Owls'.

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Jack El-Hai @jackelhai.bsky.social · 7d

"Strange."

Today's article pick from Damn History, a free monthly newsletter for readers/writers of #popularhistory. Congrats to writer @davidkphd.bsky.social & @nursingclio.bsky.social!

Read/subscribe to Damn History: damn-history-16d93f.beehiiv.com/subscribe

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The Strange Case of Henrietta Wiley: A Habitual Drunkard’s Journey Through Guardianship and the Asylum

In the 1880s, a court declared that Henrietta Wiley – a wealthy New York heiress and socialite – was a habitual drunkard and put her under guardianship. Her court-appointed guardian subsequently co…

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Ogechukwu Williams @ogewilliams.bsky.social · Aug 23

It is official! My book, Birth Politics, has been released @JHUPress. Hopeful that it makes an impactful contribution to conversations around improving maternal health care in Nigeria. Happy to honor invited talks to discuss the book and my research. #maternalhealth #reproductivehealth #Nigeria

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NiCHE Canada @nichecanada.bsky.social · 11d

Applicants Sought for Editor of Environmental History
- @envirohistory.bsky.social

@aseh.bsky.social & @foresthistory.bsky.social seek applicants to serve as Editor(s) and a new institutional home for the journal Environmental History for a 5-year term.

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Applicants Sought for Editor of Environmental History

The American Society for Environmental History and the Forest History Society seek applicants to serve as Editor(s) and a new institutional home for the journal Environmental History for a five-year t...

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Kristin Brig-Ortiz 💧 @poxygraduate.bsky.social · 14d

Eram Alam's important new book on immigrant physicians is coming out! We'd *love* for someone to review it for @nursingclio.bsky.social

www.press.jhu.edu/books/title/...

The Care of Foreigners

How Immigrant Physicians Changed US Healthcare

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Laura Ansley @lmansley.bsky.social · 18d

COVID and flu shots ✅

Have you scheduled yours yet?

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Nursing Clio @nursingclio.bsky.social · 19d

An important advisory from AAUP. The advisory contains information for immediate support, tips for engaging with social media, and online digital tools. www.aaup.org/news/advisor...

Advisory to Academic Workers

In a moment when it is becoming increasingly difficult to predict the consequences of our online speech and choices, the AAUP and Faculty First Responders are issuing guidance to AAUP members and othe...

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Nursing Clio @nursingclio.bsky.social · 29d

Our book is out!! Happy publication day to our fantastic team of editors and authors.

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PBS News @pbsnews.org · Sep 7

If you're looking to get the latest COVID-19 vaccine, epidemiologist Katelyn Jetelina has two recommendations: call your doctor, and call your insurance company.

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Dr. Ayah Nuriddin @ayahnerd.bsky.social · Sep 3

Just got my author copy of the NursingClio reader! Please everyone get like 12 copies and support the incredible work of @nursingclio.bsky.social!!

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Pratik Chakrabarti @pratik-hstm.bsky.social · Sep 2

Isis, November 2025.

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Grist @grist.org · Sep 2

Can climate fiction deliver climate justice?

Although cli-fi has exploded in popularity, few of its writers treat climate justice as a central issue. But when they do, their words may have more power than even they could imagine

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#ClimateFiction #Fiction #Solarpunk #Books

Can climate fiction deliver climate justice?

When writers treat justice as a central issue, their words may have more power than they could even imagine.

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Kristin Brig-Ortiz 💧 @poxygraduate.bsky.social · Sep 1

Happy to say I've got another new article out to end the summer: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Thanks to the SAHJ's fabulous editors and peer reviewers - they truly gave this piece new life!

Crafting Uneven Waterscapes: The Well, the Tank, and the Racialised Contestation of Early Water Infrastructure in Colonial Durban, 1854–1898

Following borough incorporation in 1854, Durban took control of and built on the existing spiderwebbed networks of wells and tanks to maintain a clean water supply until the introduction of piped w...

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Justin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social · Aug 30

Senator Bernie Sanders ( @sanders.senate.gov) pens New York Times op-ed calling for RFK Jr. to resign: "Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the secretary of health and human services, is endangering the health of the American people now and into the future. He must resign." www.nytimes.com/2025/08/30/o...

Opinion | Bernie Sanders: Kennedy Must Resign

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Dr. Penelope K Hardy @pkhardy.bsky.social · Aug 29

Just got this book in for H-Oceans. Message me if you'd like to review it for us and we'll get it headed your way!

Canal Dreamers

In the 1820s, there was a little-known quest to unite the world by building a waterway between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. As Spanish American nations d...

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Journeydude @scottishinsider.org · Aug 29

🪬🧿 There is no amount of money, oil, or gold in the world that is worth more than having bees, trees, and clean water.

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Tina Smith @smith.senate.gov · Aug 28

I dare you to go to Annunciation School and tell our grieving community, in effect, guns don’t kill kids, antidepressants do.

Just shut up. Stop peddling bullshit. You should be fired.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Aug 28

RFK Jr on the mass shooting in Minnesota: "We're launching studies on the potential contribution of some of the SSRI drugs and some of the other psychiatric drugs that might be contributing to violence."

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Melanie A. Kiechle @melaniekiechle.bsky.social · Aug 28

Deadline TOMORROW! Your scholarship about health & the urban environment has never been more pressing—workshop your ideas and get them ready for publication! 🗃️ 📗 #histmed

Melanie A. Kiechle @melaniekiechle.bsky.social · Aug 12

Health & the Urban Environment, a virtual working group hosted by the Consortium for the History of Science, Technology and Medicine, seeks submissions for 25-26. If you have a work-in-progress to share, this is a great, supportive, and interdisciplinary space. Apply here: forms.gle/SkdkEzVSnAe9...

Health & the Urban Environment Working Group, 2025-26

Health & the Urban Environment is a virtual working group hosted by the Consortium for the History of Science, Technology, and Medicine. Our meetings occur on the first Thursday of each month, 2-3:30 ...

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Society for the Social History of Medicine (SSHM) @sshmedicine.bsky.social · Aug 20

📣Annual Book Development Prize Competition 📣
Submissions are now invited for the 2026 Award, which funds authors to turn a proposal into a book in the Social Histories of Medicine series, published by @manchesterup.bsky.social Applications are accepted on a rolling basis until 16 Jan 2026.
#histmed

Annual Book Development Prize Competition

Rules and Entry Form The Society for the Social History of Medicine (SSHM) invites submissions to its Annual Book Development Award Competition. The Award Two awards of £2000.00 each will be given …

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Kristin Brig-Ortiz 💧 @poxygraduate.bsky.social · Aug 20

As I write the AI blurbs on my syllabi, I'm reminded of just how deeply this stupid thing impacts day-to-day work, from research to teaching to service.

If you're as over it all as I am, consider writing a piece that puts AI in context. It's time to talk about this in the world of #histmed

Nursing Clio @nursingclio.bsky.social · Aug 13

🚨🚨SERIES PITCH CALL: Maintaining CertAInty.

We are looking for articles that address:
How AI is affecting the practices of history, health and/or medicine
Challenges you’re facing in the classroom or in public conversations thanks to ambiguous data
Alternative views provided by AI
And more!

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Nursing Clio @nursingclio.bsky.social · Aug 15

We are still accepting applications for new staff members! Applications close on September 15.

Nursing Clio @nursingclio.bsky.social · Jul 2

Nursing Clio is seeking three new staff members: one Book Reviews Editor and two new Editors!

We are a volunteer-run, open access, collaborative blog project that ties historical scholarship to current political, social, and cultural issues related to gender and medicine.

Please share widely!

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Nursing Clio @nursingclio.bsky.social · Aug 13

Today for NC, Katherine McKenna explores how Jill Burke’s monograph HOW TO BE A RENAISSANCE WOMAN reveals centuries of cosmetic labour, resistance, and knowledge-sharing among women—from Venetian piazzas to 2025 mirrors. #beautyculture #historyofscience nursingclio.org/2025/08/13/b...

Beauty, Knowledge, Patriarchy, Power

Somewhere in Missouri, Spring 2025: It’s morning, and I’m rushing to pack a stack of books, notes, and binders into my stylishly tiny and oh-so-impractical backpack and get to class. Before braving…

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Kristin Brig-Ortiz 💧 @poxygraduate.bsky.social · Aug 13

Please do join us this year, esp if you haven't before! We're a welcoming and supportive group of all env health & urbanity scholars, no matter where you are in your career or research 🌱

Melanie A. Kiechle @melaniekiechle.bsky.social · Aug 12

Health & the Urban Environment, a virtual working group hosted by the Consortium for the History of Science, Technology and Medicine, seeks submissions for 25-26. If you have a work-in-progress to share, this is a great, supportive, and interdisciplinary space. Apply here: forms.gle/SkdkEzVSnAe9...

Health & the Urban Environment Working Group, 2025-26

Health & the Urban Environment is a virtual working group hosted by the Consortium for the History of Science, Technology, and Medicine. Our meetings occur on the first Thursday of each month, 2-3:30 ...

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