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Hilary Buxton
@hbuxton.bsky.social
Bodies, care + medicine in the British Empire // Associate Professor of History @ Kenyon College // Disabled Empire: The Colonial Body in First World War Britain (U Chicago Press, 2026)
Briefly returning to the wild world of social media to share that my new book, LITTLE WARS OF EMPIRE, is available and currently on sale from @manchesterup.bsky.social. manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526190468/
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Little wars of empire - Browse and buy the Hardcover edition of Little wars of empire by Taylor Soja
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We are dismayed to learn about further proposed HE cuts, this time at the University of Hertfordshire and the University of Exeter. In solidarity, please join us by signing and sharing the two urgent petitions below. 🚨🖊️ 1/3
Today @hbuxton.bsky.social joins us on @askhistorians.bsky.social to discuss her new book Disabled Empire: The Colonial Body in First World War Britain, new from @uchicagopress.bsky.social! Come check it out! www.reddit.com/r/AskHistori...
From the AskHistorians community on Reddit: I’m Hilary Buxton, a historian of medicine and the British Empire, here to talk about my new book Disabled Empire: The Colonial Body in First World War Brit...
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So excited this is accessible from the US!
Join the #MBS26 hybrid keynote tomorrow June 4, 5.30pm: Catherine Hall, 'Laying an axe to the roots': history writing for the present. Sign up link below, free to all www.birmingham.ac.uk/events/moder...
It’s official publication day for Disabled Empire! This was the best photo we could do, but buy and see the full cover here: press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
📢📢📢 It's US publication day!! Here is a 30% discount code for the Princeton University Press site (P329) for when copies cross the Atlantic! A bargain at less than £25 and the perfect beach read for summer.
This will be a great listen. Just remember that other books about #20s30s Seven Dials are available. manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526181954/
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Songs of Seven Dials - Browse and buy the Hardcover edition of Songs of Seven Dials by Matt Houlbrook
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What happens when a classic Agatha Christie story is reimagined with the memory of war? This month we are joined by Kemper Donovan, author and host of All About Agatha, to discuss Agatha Christie’s The Seven Dials Mystery and its recent Netflix adaptation ohwhatalovelypodcast.co.uk/podcast/agat...
Registration is now open for our summer symposium, “The Global History of Modern Science, 1400-1914” Join us at @sciencehistory.org in Philadelphia on August 6 & 7 to discuss how modern science has been shaped through global cultural exchange! www.sciencehistory.org/cainconference
The Global History of Modern Science, 1400–1914
The 2026 Cain Conference will address the major issues involved in understanding how modern science has been created through a process of global cultural exchange.
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Shamelessly getting back on the social media to say that my imperial history of military medicine is imminently about to be published: press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
Disabled Empire
Explores the minute interactions between military servicemen and medical caregivers during World War I to tell a broader story about race, colonialism, labor, and global health. Disabled Empire exami...
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Haven’t been about much lately but looking forward to joining this bright and early stateside!
Very excited to announce our first COLVET workshop on April 02. The theme is New Directions in Veteran History and our keynote will be the brilliant Jelena Ɖureinović. This is a hybrid event and all are welcome to attend. Registration required. Please share widely.