Forthcoming: Marius Turda's book on the history of race in modern Hungary. www.bloomsbury.com/uk/race-and-...
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Prof Daniel Kevles (Yale University), Prof Alice Kessler-Harris (Columbia University) and Prof Marius Turda (Oxford Brookes University) on their way to the symposium on #eugenics.
Join author @schuneke.bsky.social and moderator Rachel Jones for the launch of I Will Not Abandon You: Queer Women in Nazi Germany! Fri, Apr 3, 12:30pm, @georgemasonu.bsky.social Register: bit.ly/472u0ns #QueerHistory #BookLaunch
Psychiatry after Kraepelin: Ambition Images Practices 1926-2026 (eds. George Ikkos and Thomas Becker) is now available on #OpenAccess. Marius Turda has contributed a chapter on #eugenics and #degeneration! link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
Psychiatry after Kraepelin
This Open Access book lays out the ambiguities relating to E. Kraepelin’s legacy and highlights developments in psychiatry since his death.
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I'm looking forward to celebrating the achievements of historian of science Dan Kevles in Oxford next week. I'll be talking about the mercurial associations between the pursuit of eugenics through the 20th century and ideas about sex selection. #histbio #histsci #sts @oxmedhum.bsky.social 🗃️
Confront-Eugenics@confronteugenics.bsky.social · 5mo agoProf Dan Kevles is visiting Oxford Brookes next week, hosted by Prof Marius Turda (Centre for Medical Humanities). www.confront-eugenics.org/2026/03/04/i... @torchoxford.bsky.social @oxmedhum.bsky.social @rossbrooks.co.uk
A one-day workshop hosted by the Centre for Medical Humanities (Oxford Brookes University), exploring the history and legacy of eugenics and commemorating Daniel Kevles’ major contribution to the field. 📅 Thursday 19 March 2026
Prof Dan Kevles is visiting Oxford Brookes next week, hosted by Prof Marius Turda (Centre for Medical Humanities). www.confront-eugenics.org/2026/03/04/i... @torchoxford.bsky.social @oxmedhum.bsky.social @rossbrooks.co.uk
In the Name of Eugenics: A Reappraisal (19 March 2026)
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Check out the Think Human 2026 Eventbrite collection now! There are 12 free events that you can attend between 15-18 April. Use this link to book your ticket today- www.eventbrite.com/cc/think-hum... #ThinkHuman #OxfordBrookes #Humanities #Festival #FreeEvents #Oxford
The Think Human Festival 2026 programme is live! Join us from 15-18 April for a fantastic line up of free events. There will be craft workshops, guided tours of Oxford, political discussion and much more. Sign up to save your place: www.eventbrite.com/cc/think-hum...
Think Human Festival 2026
Think Human Festival 15-18 April 2026. A programme of free events demonstrating the value and relevance of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences research and teaching at Oxford Brookes University. Ever...
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My first book, Darwin and the Queer Origins of Life, will be published by Yale University Press on 11 August (UK) and 8 September (US). Please help spread the word! 🙏 UK: yalebooks.co.uk/book/9780300... @yalebooks.bsky.social 🏳️🌈📚🐵 US: yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300... @yalepress.bsky.social 🏳️⚧️ 🗃️🦋
This article by Debbie Challis, Inderbir Bhullar and Marius Turda is now available to read online. royalsocietypublishing.org/rsnr/article...
Public Engagement with Eugenics in the Academy Exhibitions and Events across Higher Education Institutions
Abstract. This collective report details the authors’ engagement with the legacies of eugenics through curating exhibitions and events at higher education
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A one-day workshop hosted by the Centre for Medical Humanities (Oxford Brookes University), exploring the history and legacy of eugenics and commemorating Daniel Kevles’ major contribution to the field. 📅 Thursday 19 March 2026
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Reflections on a Century: The Legacy of the American Eugenics Society
The American Eugenics Society (AES) marked its 100th anniversary recently, prompting reflection on its complex and controversial history. Founded in 1926, the AES aimed to promote eugenics, a movement...
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The Acumen Group's @drshantella.bsky.social and Dr. Sophia Johnson-Sparks joined Oxford-Brookes professor Marius Turda to discuss the history and global reach of the American Eugenics Society on the anniversary of its founding, 100 years ago. www.youtube.com/watch?v=AP_u...
ACUMEN TALKS - The American Eugenics Society... 100 Years Later
YouTube video by THE ACUMEN GROUP
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Marius Turda's major work on the history of #race and #racism in modern #Romania is forthcoming with @amsterdamupress.bsky.social www.aup.nl/en/book/9789...
In Search of the Perfect Romanian
This is the English translation of In cautarea romanului perfect. Specific national, degenerare rasiala si selectie sociala in Romania moderna published in 2024 (second illustrated edition 2025). The ...
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New article on 'Public Engagement with Eugenics in the Academy Exhibitions and Events across Higher Education Institutions' published in @royalsociety.org's Notes and Records! royalsocietypublishing.org/rsnr/article...
A very good piece by Megan Molteni and Anil Oza, detailing the the hollowing out of NHGRI’s communication and education programs on the history of eugenics and genetics! www.statnews.com/2025/12/18/t...
As dangerous eugenic ideas spread, NIH falls silent
Federal research agencies are pulling back from fostering public discussions about science after the hollowing out of government communications offices.
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Check out the insightful critique on the racialization of Roma in Europe by Marius Turda and Bolagi Balogun. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
The Racialization of Roma as “Black” in Interwar Romania and Beyond | Slavic Review | Cambridge Core
The Racialization of Roma as “Black” in Interwar Romania and Beyond - Volume 84 Issue 3
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Explore the #legacies of #eugenics through the lens of this powerful exhibition. www.youtube.com/watch?v=MigO...
“We are not alone”: Legacies of Eugenics
YouTube video by Marius Turda
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#CfP for the Journal of Bioethical Inquiry! "The Role of the History of Eugenics within Contemporary Ethical Debates over Human Enhancement" (eds. Andrew Moeller, Jose Maria Andres Porras, and Heloise Robinson) link.springer.com/collections/...
The Role of the History of Eugenics within Contemporary Ethical Debates over Human Enhancement
This symposium issue invites interdisciplinary contributions examining how the history of eugenics informs current ethical, legal, and social debates on human ...
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Explore the #legacies of #eugenics through the lens of this powerful exhibition. www.youtube.com/watch?v=MigO...
“We are not alone”: Legacies of Eugenics
YouTube video by Marius Turda
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“What is now needed is to place eugenics within a new framework, and see it as interconnected with other paradigms within global racism, social and health inequities. We must put an end to the eugenic dehumanisation of many people of colour, of those individuals with learning disabilities and so on”
Confront-Eugenics@confronteugenics.bsky.social · 9mo ago“Eugenics is an integral aspect of our global scientific and political culture:” interview with Marius Turda “Eugenics is an integral aspect of our global scientific and political culture:” An interview with Marius Turda published in @scielo.org www.scielo.br/j/hcsm/a/k8j...
This piece by Saskia Baron for @communitylivingmagazine.com has lost none of its relevance! communitylivingmagazine.com/making-scien...
Making ‘Science and The Swastika’ – Hitler’s war against disabled people
Documentary film-maker Saskia Baron looks back at the production of the Channel 4 series about the Nazi eugenics era, in which she brought to public attention the campaign of mass-killing against peop...
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Tonight in London. wienerholocaustlibrary.org/event/findin...
Finding Ivy exhibition talk: Disability, Dehumanisation and Extermination, with Prof Marius Turda - The Wiener Holocaust Library
Held as part of the Finding Ivy: a life worthy of life exhibition events series. In this talk Marius Turda will discuss the eugenically-driven and state-sponsored determination to eugenically ‘purify’...
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“Eugenics is an integral aspect of our global scientific and political culture:” interview with Marius Turda “Eugenics is an integral aspect of our global scientific and political culture:” An interview with Marius Turda published in @scielo.org www.scielo.br/j/hcsm/a/k8j...
“Eugenics is an integral aspect of our global scientific and political culture:” interview with Marius Turda
Abstract Despite public condemnation after the defeat of Nazism, eugenic ideas continue to...
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Don't miss this important travelling exhibition which tells the stories of disabled British-born victims of Nazi persecution in the wider context of the Nazis’ T4 ‘euthanasia’ programme! wienerholocaustlibrary.org/exhibition/t...
Travelling exhibition - Finding Ivy: A Life Worthy of Life - The Wiener Holocaust Library
This important travelling exhibition tells the stories of disabled British-born victims of Nazi persecution in the wider context of the Nazis’ T4 ‘euthanasia’ programme. It features previous unseen do...
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Upcoming talk by the historian of eugenics Marius Turda! 👉 wienerholocaustlibrary.org/event/findin... 🗓 Tuesday 4th November, 6.30pm, London
Finding Ivy exhibition talk: Disability, Dehumanisation and Extermination, with Prof Marius Turda - The Wiener Holocaust Library
Held as part of the Finding Ivy: a life worthy of life exhibition events series. In this talk Marius Turda will discuss the eugenically-driven and state-sponsored determination to eugenically ‘purify’...
wienerholocaustlibrary.org