Anna Greenwood
@profannagreenwood.bsky.social
Prof of Modern Health History @ University of Nottingham. Health Humanities, history of 20/21C health consumerism, and public health. Now researching the history of unhealthy sports sponsorship. Used to write on Empire. Account personal.
Fantastic tobacco historian @d-oneill.bsky.social giving a talk at Silverstone. Should be great! @kthabitproject.bsky.social @milkwknives.bsky.social
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Exciting News! The project's very own @d-oneill.bsky.social will be talking about tobacco sponsorship in F1 and its associated public health challenges at the Silverstone Museum next weekend. Do consider attending if interested. Info is in the linked post.
I'll be presenting at @silverstonemuseum.bsky.social on Saturday 18 October as part of their annual research forum. Hear me talk about the history of tobacco sponsorship in Formula One and the challenges this posed for public health. Info and tickets here: www.silverstonemuseum.co.uk/whats-on/eve...
October 10, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Fantastic tobacco historian @d-oneill.bsky.social giving a talk at Silverstone. Should be great! @kthabitproject.bsky.social @milkwknives.bsky.social
@sportshistory.bsky.social
@sshmedicine.bsky.social
@fabiolacreed.bsky.social
@bssh.bsky.social
@sportshistory.bsky.social
@sshmedicine.bsky.social
@fabiolacreed.bsky.social
@bssh.bsky.social
Do you have a paper that might work for this?
REMINDER: Just a week left now to submit abstracts to the CfP below.
CfP: Excited to announce our first workshop, exploring histories of Commercial Determinants of Health. Workshop to be held at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine on 15 April 2026. Please circulate widely/consider submitting an abstract by 13 October 2025.
October 6, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Do you have a paper that might work for this?
Reposted by Anna Greenwood
Thank you to everyone who came to our first project Advisory Board meeting yesterday. We had some really fantastic conversations about our research, and meaningful ways of disseminating it. Really looking forward to everyone's input over the course of the project.
October 2, 2025 at 7:51 AM
Thank you to everyone who came to our first project Advisory Board meeting yesterday. We had some really fantastic conversations about our research, and meaningful ways of disseminating it. Really looking forward to everyone's input over the course of the project.
And also here! @kthabitproject.bsky.social
You can also read the blog below on POINTS:
www.pointshistory.org/post/kicking...
www.pointshistory.org/post/kicking...
Kicking the Habit: 'Addictive' Sport Sponsorship in Britain, 1965-2025
Today's post comes to us from the Wellcome-funded project, "Kicking the Habit." Read on for the biographies of the impressive team of historians leading this project and a preview of the research to c...
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April 15, 2025 at 2:39 PM
And also here! @kthabitproject.bsky.social
Our first project launch article. Please follow our project @kthabitproject.bsky.social - and you can watch it unfold!
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
Funded by @wellcometrust.bsky.social
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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thepolyphony.org/2025/04/04/k...
April 15, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Our first project launch article. Please follow our project @kthabitproject.bsky.social - and you can watch it unfold!