My copy of Dealing With Drugs. New Histories of Risk and Benefit has just arrived. Very pleased to see my chapter published in this wonderful volume!

I'm so pleased to see that this chapter has been published. It's in a wonderful open access collection, Sexual Violence in Medicine and Psychiatry: Addressing Harms Through Interdisciplinarity which emerged from the SHaME project at Birkbeck. Link here: link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

I am looking for someone fab to join me at Strathclyde on a funded PhD studentship on the history of unorthodox health activism. If you are that person, or know someone who is, there's a month left to apply! #HistMed www.strath.ac.uk/studywithus/...

Eduwis Preschool: We're Hiring

ALT: Eduwis Preschool: We're Hiring

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Notre département d'histoire contemporaine à l’université de Fribourg recrute un professeur.e open rank à 80%. Nous sommes un département dynamique avec de nombreux projets de recherche et une belle collaboration entre la partie francophone et germanophone! www.infoclio.ch/fr/node/192084

Excited to see this published! It's OA. academic.oup.com/tcbh/article...

Migration memories of sexual and reproductive health in late twentieth-century London

Abstract. This article examines the sexual and reproductive health experiences of eight people who migrated to London in the late twentieth century from Ke

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Next month, I'll be speaking at the Graduate Institute about the research I've been working on recently. I'll be looking at sexual and reproductive health experiences in three English cities and asking what they tell us about Britain's decolonising decades. www.graduateinstitute.ch/communicatio...

My review of Maud Bracke’s fantastic book is out in Women's History Review. It’s a must-read for anyone interested in reproductive politics! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

We are delighted to share our call for papers for Medical Humanities. @georgesevers.bsky.social, Naomi Samake-Bäckert and I are guest editing a topic collection titled “Race, Sexual and Reproductive Health: Histories, Inequalities, Futures. Deadline: 31 October 2026 mh.bmj.com/pages/topic-...

Topic Collection: Race, Sexual and Reproductive Health: Histories, Inequalities, Futures | Medical Humanities

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A new review of my book Responsible pleasure is out! Thank you @Barbara Gabeler www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Responsible pleasure: the Brook Advisory Centres and youth sexuality in postwar Britain

Published in Women's History Review (Ahead of Print, 2025)

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This week marks 4 years since the birth of my second son and my breast cancer diagnosis. It’s my annual reminder to be grateful for life, and also to encourage other women to check their breasts. Women with dense breast tissue are at higher of breast cancer — early detection truly saves lives.

📍En terrain connu : le 11 septembre, @carorusterholz.bsky.social‬, professeure d'histoire sociale, retourne dans son ancien lycée à Porrentruy. Un voyage dans le temps pour explorer l'histoire fascinante du contrôle des naissances et présenter ses recherches. 👉 www.science-et-cite.ch/agenda/detai...

Le 11 septembre, je retourne au lycée cantonal de Porrentruy pour présenter mes recherches. Pour celles et ceux qui sont au Jura, vous êtes les bienvenu.e.s www.science-et-cite.ch/agenda/detai...

Precarious contracts keep getting shorter. Until recently short-term associate lecturer contracts were for 10 months. Now UCL advertises for 7 months. What does it say about our field, about how we treat the new generation of scholars? www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNW277/a...

Associate Lecturer (Teaching) in Modern British History at UCL

Explore an exciting academic career as a Associate Lecturer (Teaching) in Modern British History. Don't miss out on other academic jobs. Click to apply and explore more opportunities.

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While Iran and Israel continue to attack each other, Israel continues the mass murder of Palestinians.

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BREAKING: Palestinian witnesses and hospitals say Israeli forces opened fire toward hundreds of people waiting for aid trucks in central Gaza, killing at least 25 people.

Our conference Race and Sexual and Reproductive Health in Historical Perspectives is next week. Join us in person if you can and register online please. www.graduateinstitute.ch/communicatio...

Tomorrow I will be giving a talk at Warwick University 'Population, South Asian and Sexual and Reproductive Health in 1980s Britain’. Come along if you can! warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/his...

I am very pleased that my book Women's medicine has been reviewed by @drcamillam.bsky.social alongside the work of brilliant colleagues and friends @histofsex.bsky.social @claireljones.bsky.social and Jessica Borges. What a thorough and beautiful review! Thanks academic.oup.com/shm/article-...

Donna J. Drucker, Contraception: A Concise HistoryClaire L. Jones, The Business of Birth Control: Contraception and Commerce in Britain before the Sexual RevolutionJessica Borge, Protective Practices:...

Looking back at the 2020s, historians of medicine might consider the decade a galvanising moment for research and publications about reproduction. Historie

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This is fantastic news! I hope Switzerland will follow soon. I accessed this privately as a follow-up to detect early recurrence, and it has made a massive difference to my well-being. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

‘Revolutionary’ DNA blood test to offer thousands in England tailored cancer care

Liquid biopsy, initially for lung and breast cancer patients, can rapidly match treatment to specific tumour

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We are excited about our forthcoming international workshop on Race and sexual and reproductive health in historical perspectives. For the entire program and registration process see www.graduateinstitute.ch/communicatio...

The entire program of the international workshop Race and sexual and reproductive health in historical perspective and the registration process are available here www.graduateinstitute.ch/communicatio...

SAVE THE DATE! 18–20 June Graduate Institute, Geneva – Auditorium A2 Race and Sexual and Reproductive Health in Historical Perspectives Join us for a two-day international workshop featuring a stellar line-up of scholars. Organised by the RE:SHARE team and supported by the SNSF

Do you want to learn about: 💊 A pioneering sexual health charity… ❌ …facing fierce opposition… 💌 …amidst changing sexual cultures in postwar Britain? Then immerse yourself in @carorusterholz.bsky.social’s captivating research. (and yes, it’s open access!) academic.oup.com/book/56382?u...

So excited about this book coming out! Congratulations @hannahcharnock.bsky.social

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‘Teenage Intimacies’ is now officially out in the world! It’s a history of teenage sexuality in postwar England that speaks to ideas of growing up, adolescence, friendship, family, identity, culture and education. It’s been a long time coming but I’m really proud of the end result! 🗃️ #histsex

Opportunity to join the editorial board of Oral History, working with me on the Public History section. Full details here, please share! www.ohs.org.uk/volunteering...

Oral History Journal: Public History Editor - Oral History Society

INVITATION FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST TO JOIN THE EDITORIAL TEAM AS AN EDITOR OF THE PUBLIC HISTORY SECTION Oral History has included a separate section on the making, doing and presenting of oral hi...

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A paper I've been working on for quite literally 10 years just came out It's a shitty time, for sure, but this paper is still cool and good, and I still want to you tell you all about it So gather 'round, folks, and hear the story of the 10 year paper! 1/n www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Thirty years of ‘strange bedmates’: The ICPD and the nexus of population control, feminism, and family planning

Widely credited with ending population control and ushering in a new era of reproductive rights, the 1994 International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) Programme of Action also incl...

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Hi historians! For a project on eating practices and agri-food industry lobbying in Switzerland (20th-21st centuries), I’m looking for funded projects on similar themes. I’m hoping to build a network and to organize workshops. If you know of relevant projects, please share them with me!

This week marks my three-year anniversary of being cancer-free! I've now entered a new phase of remission, where the risk of recurrence decreases. Someone once told me that anxiety lessens over time, and while it does, even just a little, this milestone feels like a huge achievement for me. :)

Pour les prochaines séances, de brillant·es collègues nous font le plaisir de présenter leurs recherches : @pauline-fv.bsky.social , @paulinemortas.bsky.social, Laurent Baronian, @drlauratx.bsky.social, Aicha Limbada et @carorusterholz.bsky.social larhra.fr/wp-content/u...