📣 There's still time to apply! We’re looking for two folks who want to help shape AAHM’s social media and grow our community. ✅ Paid opportunity ✅ Free AAHM Membership ✅ Free registration for the AAHM Annual Meeting

American Association for the History of Medicine@aahmhistmed.bsky.social · 6mo ago

It’s been an exciting week at AAHM! 🎉 We're hiring two Social Media Coordinators to support the day-to-day management of our social media channels & help drive digital engagement. Learn more here: histmed.org/join-aahm-as...

A new great and paid position at AAHM

American Association for the History of Medicine@aahmhistmed.bsky.social · 6mo ago

It’s been an exciting week at AAHM! 🎉 We're hiring two Social Media Coordinators to support the day-to-day management of our social media channels & help drive digital engagement. Learn more here: histmed.org/join-aahm-as...

Great opportunity!

American Association for the History of Medicine@aahmhistmed.bsky.social · 6mo ago

It’s been an exciting week at AAHM! 🎉 We're hiring two Social Media Coordinators to support the day-to-day management of our social media channels & help drive digital engagement. Learn more here: histmed.org/join-aahm-as...

great opportunity for a couple of media-savvy history of medicine grad students.

American Association for the History of Medicine@aahmhistmed.bsky.social · 6mo ago

It’s been an exciting week at AAHM! 🎉 We're hiring two Social Media Coordinators to support the day-to-day management of our social media channels & help drive digital engagement. Learn more here: histmed.org/join-aahm-as...

It’s been an exciting week at AAHM! 🎉 We're hiring two Social Media Coordinators to support the day-to-day management of our social media channels & help drive digital engagement. Learn more here: histmed.org/join-aahm-as...

The AAHM, in conjunction with the AAHN @aahnhistnursing.bsky.social, is pleased to share details about our 2026 Annual Meeting in Buffalo, NY. Join us for what promises to be a dynamic gathering of scholars! Learn more about our upcoming meeting here: histmed.org/buffalo-2026...

2026 Annual Meeting

American Association for the History of Medicine in conjunction with theAmerican Association for the History of Nursing   99th Annual Meeting   Buffalo, New YorkJune 3-7, 2026 Preliminary Program avai...

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Excited to share that "Viruses and Reproductive Injustice" has been shortlisted for the 2026 William H. Welch Medal. Thank you to @aahmhistmed.bsky.social for this consideration and congratulations to the author Ilana Lowy!

2026 William H. Welch Medal Shortlist

William H. Welch Medal Shortlist The William H. Welch Medal is awarded to one or more authors of a book (excluding edited volumes) of outstanding scholarly merit in the field of medical history published during the five calendar years preceding the award. We are thrilled to celebrate the finalists for the 2026 Welch Medal!    […]

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Two of our authors are shortlisted for the AAHM George Rosen Prize 🎉

American Association for the History of Medicine@aahmhistmed.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Learn more about the 2026 George Rosen Prize Shortlist here: histmed.org/2026-george-...

Congratulations to @bethlinker.bsky.social, whose book Slouch is shortlisted for @aahmhistmed.bsky.social's George Rosen Prize! Her work traces the surprising history of the so-called epidemic of bad posture in America, from eugenics and posture pageants to today’s “paleo posture”: hubs.ly/Q042mBX90

The AAHM is pleased to share the 2026 shortlists for the George Rosen Prize and the William H. Welch Medal. View the complete shortlists on the AAHM website (www.histmed.org). Congratulations to all the finalists on this significant achievement!

American Association for the History of Medicine

Founded in 1925, the American Association for the History of Medicine (AAHM) is a professional association of historians, physicians, nurses, archivists, curators, librarians, and others. The AAHM pro...

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Nominations for the Shryock Medal are open through February 15! Visit our website for information about essay guidelines as well as our past winners!

American Association for the History of Medicine@aahmhistmed.bsky.social · 7mo ago

The Shryock Medal, given for the best unpublished paper written by a graduate student, is also still accepting nominations: histmed.org/shryock-medal/ #histmed

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

Don't forget today's History of Medicine week event at 3 CT/4 ET - "Teaching as the University Burns: Practical Tips." Remember that this event is for AAHM members only. Registration links were emailed, but if you missed it, email Secretary Sarah H-C or Ed & Outreach Chair Scottie Buehler! #histmed

Starting today! Join us at 1 pm ET/12 pm CT for the first event of History of Medicine week! Registration links are in your email. Misplaced it? Didn't get it? Email us! histmed.org/history-of-m... #HistMedWeek #histmed

Are you ready for History of Medicine week? Join us October 6-10 for a week of conversations & community building for anyone interested in the history of medicine. And there's more - check our website for other events happening online and around the country! #histmed histmed.org/history-of-m...

The Committee on Student Affairs is hosting Virtual Co-working Hours, held Fridays between 3-5 ET on Zoom. Whether you're working on seminar papers, dissertation chapters, or abstracts, join the Student Affairs Committee on Zoom for some camaraderie in writing! #histmed histmed.org/committee-on...

The call for papers for the 2026 annual meeting of the American Association for the History of Medicine is live now! We hope you will join us in Buffalo! histmed.org/buffalo-2026/

The Miller Lifetime Achievement Award honors a retired scholar with a distinguished record of scholarly contributions to the field of the history of medicine. This year, our honoree was Jacqueline H. Wolf, author of three books & numerous articles on the history of women's health. Congrats, Jackie!

The Welch Medal honors outstanding scholarly work in the history of medicine. Out of a truly impressive shortlist, Elizabeth A. O'Brien won the Welch Medal for her book "Surgery & Salvation: The Roots of Reproductive Injustice in Mexico, 1770-1940," published by @uncpress.bsky.social. 🗃️

The George Rosen Prize honors a significant contribution to the history of public health or the history of social medicine. This year's honoree was @nursingclio.bsky.social for their "critical service to the profession and to humanity in the present political climate." 🗃️

We're excited to announce our partnership with Gale to offer three digital humanities fellowships to support research or teaching projects using Gale Primary Sources & use digital humanities methodologies. Applications due June 13, so check it out and apply! histmed.org/aahm-gale-di...

AAHM-Gale Digital Humanities Fellowships

The AAHM announces three non-residential Digital Humanities scholarships funded by Gale. The AAHM-Gale Non-Residential Fellowship will support research or teaching projects that rely on Gale Primary S...

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The Pressman-Burroughs Career Development award aids scholars in transforming their 20th c history of medicine work into a first book. This year's recipient is Marissa Nichols for her project, The Backbone of Rural Health: Nursing and Indigenous Healing in Oaxaca. We can't wait to read!

The Estes Prize is awarded for the best published paper in the history of pharmacology. This year's award went to Michael Stanley-Baker of Nanyang Technological University for his essay, “Mapping the Bencao: Laoguanshan at the Far End of the Yellow River Corridor,” Asian Medicine 18 (2024): 260-303.

The Shryock Medal goes to the best histmed essay by a history grad student. Emma Wathen, University of Wisconsin-Madison, won the Shryock Medal for her oustanding essay, “These ‘Children Won’t Become Women’: Depo-Provera, Intellectual Disability, and the Indian Health Service." Congrats, Emma!

The honorable mention for the Shryock Medal went to Jingwen Li of Princeton University for her essay, “’Glasses He Made Sent Dr. Rakusen into Court’: Disputing Vision Diagnosis in 1920s Global Shanghai." Great job, Jingwen!

This week, we honor our 2025 award winners! Zoe Kieu Bui Hahn from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine earned the Osler Medal for her exceptional essay, "She Doesn't Understand, She's Afraid, I Don't Think She Cares": The Irrigation Smear from 1962 - 1969." Congratulations! 🗃️

So pleased to see "Starved for Light" among these stellar titles featured by @uchicagopress.bsky.social for the AAHM @aahmhistmed.bsky.social 2025 conference this last weekend!

What a great @aahmhistmed.bsky.social conf! Highlights for me include seeing my @urochestersmd.bsky.social student Bella present her poster, sharing a panel w/ two brilliant art historians (Mary Hunter and @drfijohnstone.bsky.social), and seeing the galley prints of my monograph at the book exhibit!