Teaching "Einer wie Erika" (2018) today in our optional unit on #medicineandfilm. Very useful to talk about gender, medicine, paternalism, politics and sport. #gender #gendermedicine #histstm #histmed.

Bewerbt Euch für den Early Career Award! Prämiert werden drei Artikel, die kürzlich in der Schweiz oder im Ausland publiziert wurden, hohe Qualität aufweisen und Impulse über das eigene Fachgebiet hinaus gehen. Ich und meine Jury-Kolleg:innen freuen uns auf Eure Artikel! www.sagw.ch/de/foerderun...

On students, primary sources, and the evident interpretive dangers LLMs pose: www.hnn.us/article/ai-i...

AI Is an Anti-Primary Source Machine

Real voices from the past are threatened by chatbots designed to amplify — and ultimately become — the loudest voices in the room.

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Important short text for our syllabi: The "flattening" of history by AI bots, and the loss of nuance when looking at sources. Excellent little piece for all interested in history - #histmed #histstm

Jolyon Thomas@jolyonbt.bsky.social · last mo.

On students, primary sources, and the evident interpretive dangers LLMs pose: www.hnn.us/article/ai-i...

Sehr interessanter, kurzer Artikel, der anhand eines Fallbeispiels die Gefahren von GenAI für historische Quellen & ihre Wahrnehmung darstellt. Wirklich lesenswert, da es Verzerrungen & Halluzinationen inkl. deren Ursprüngen klar einordnet. Bitte nie ChatGPT & co für Quellen benützen!

Jolyon Thomas@jolyonbt.bsky.social · last mo.

On students, primary sources, and the evident interpretive dangers LLMs pose: www.hnn.us/article/ai-i...

🆕 Our new editorial in the European Journal of Public Health, by @tiagocorreia.bsky.social @martinmckee.bsky.social @chrischirp.bsky.social & me We use the Fauci diaries to discuss “collection, curation, & publication of records of decision-making during a crisis” academic.oup.com/eurpub/artic...

Extended Call for Posters: Joint Atlantic Seminar for the History of Medicine September 25-26, 2026 Johns Hopkins University A limited amount of space is available for poster presentations. For details 👇 #histSTM #histmed

UPCOMING SSHM SUPPORTED EVENTS

Extended Call for Posters: Joint Atlantic Seminar for the History of Medicine September 25-26, 2026 Johns Hopkins University The Institute of the History of Medicine at Johns Hopkins University wil…

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Our Intro (open-access) explains our aim to analyse the entanglements of medicine, science + imperialism across the 19th+20thc, showing how "health" both sustained + destabilised colonial rule through the circulation of knowledge + uneven governance of race, gender + class: doi.org/10.1093/shm/...

Ailing Empires: Medicine, Science and Imperialism

Abstract. This special issue explores the entanglements of medicine, science, and imperialism across the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, foregrounding

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Over the moon that the special issue of Social History of Medicine @sshmedicine.bsky.social I co-edited with Sam Goodman on "Ailing Empires: Medicine, Science and Imperialism" is finally out in the world. Endless gratitude to @fcondrau.bsky.social. All article links below: academic.oup.com/shm/issue

Issues | Social History of Medicine | Oxford Academic

The official journal of the Society for the Social History of Medicine. Publishes research concerned with all aspects of health, illness, and medical treatment in the past. Articles treat the social h...

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A few days left to apply for this. As the thread notes, this is the starting level but open to more senior people too.

Sadiah Qureshi 🦈@sadiahqureshi.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Permanent lectureship in Modern British History at the University of Manchester. FT, £42-58k, closing date 30 June 26, starting Sept 26 onwards. For international people, this is equivalent to a tenure-track Assistant Lectureship. www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai... #SkyStorians

#Gendermedizin #Medizingeschichte Kürzlich habe ich mit Carolin Lerchenmüller an einem Podcast zur Gendermedizin mitgewirkt, moderiert von Bigna Silberschmidt. open.spotify.com/episode/2TFn...

«Warum brauchen wir Gendermedizin?» | Prof. Dr. med. Carolin Lerchenmüller & Prof. Dr. Flurin Condrau

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As is characteristic of his generocity to colleagues & students, Guenter "requested this retrospective of his life be published after his passing in gratitude for all the people who influenced his life and assisted him in his academic career" www.gbrisse.com/blog

Really great article on Shere Hite - a history graduate nonetheless. Her pioneering role for #gendermedicine cannot be overestimated.

Juan Lejárraga@heroedesillon.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Balanced overview of Shere Hite's merits www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

Sad to learn of Guenter Risse‘s passing. He was a friend, mentor and supporter through crucial times in my career and took particular pleasure improving my English. I owe him a lot.

Warwick Anderson@wombatscholar.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Learned recently that Guenter Risse died in Seattle a few weeks ago aged 93. A fine historian of medicine, he could be strongly opinionated. But he was good to me. His commitment to medical history stayed strong. When I took over from him at UCSF he'd have been my age now - how senior he seemed!

This is the front cover of the new edition of @thelancet.com (thanks to @profstevegriffin.bsky.social for sharing) #HealthPolicy #Science 🧪🧵

One week left to enter @sshmedicine.bsky.social Roy Porter Essay Prize 2025/6 Deadline: Sunday 1 February #histmed #histSTM #medhumanities

Society for the Social History of Medicine (SSHM)@sshmedicine.bsky.social · 10mo ago

SSHM invites submissions to its 2025/6 Roy Porter Essay Prize for the best original and unpublished essay in #histmed 🏆£500 first prize Open to all students (registered at the deadline for entries or were awarded their degree in 2025). For the entry form and rules and eligibility see👇 #histmed

Looking forward to teaching the history of the #who on the day of a political explosion due to new alcohol guidelines in switzerland. #histmed

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Vote for competent leaders, not entertainers – that’s what I wish the Covid report could say | Devi Sridhar

To prevent a future pandemic we’d need agile leadership, smart decision-making, humility and trustworthiness. How does one build those into a political system, asks Prof Devi Sridhar, chair of global ...

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Hi @urbanhistorygroup.bsky.social CFP for @eurohealthhist.bsky.social session at European Association for Urban History conf in Barcelona (2-5 Sept 2026). Urban Healthcare Architecture: Networks and Exchanges in 20th Century www.eauhbarcelona2026.eu/sessions/#session83 deadline: 22 Oct 2025).

A weird German word in academic circles is Selbstzahler. When conferences organise dinners (or drinks) but expect you to pay your own way. But then again, I remember a wedding do in the UK with a cash bar. The same idea, different context.

#Gesundheitswesen #Gesundheitskosten #Schweiz Tolles Interview mit Andreas Kistler zu Gesundheitskosten. Marktwirtschaftliche Organisation ohne Regulierung (und Koordination) versagt. www.tagesanzeiger.ch/krankenkasse...

Chefarzt fordert radikalen Umbau: «Ich sehe keinen vernünftigen Grund, eine Vielzahl von Krankenkassen zu betreiben»

Andreas Kistler sieht in den Marktmechanismen im Gesundheitswesen einen Grund für die Kostenexplosion. Die Spitäler würde er in eine nationale Gesundheitsorganisation integrieren.

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#histmed reviewer 3: "Just a historical paper with limited scientific value" - and how is your Monday going?

We Ran the C.D.C.: Kennedy Is Endangering Every American’s Health William Foege and 8 other former CDC directors www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/o...

Opinion | We Ran the C.D.C.: Kennedy Is Endangering Every American’s Health

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Massive opportunity to work with us in Edinburgh on Medicine without Doctors. 5 full-time postdocs each for 5 years starting in April 2026. Please share widely!

Medicine without Doctors@medicinewithoutdoctors.org · last yr.

🚨JOB KLAXON🚨 We are recruiting five 5-year postdoctoral fellows to work with us. Each post will be attached to a specific case study on the project (Abortion Care, AI, Physician Associates and/or LGBTQ+ Health Activism). At:University of Edinburgh Starting: April 2026 Deadline: 2 October 2025

Your health has more to do with where you live than “what you individually do”, says Devi Sridhar on “Babbage”

Devi Sridhar: living a long life isn’t a solo endeavour

Our podcast on science and technology. Why government policy is key to increasing life expectancy

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Interesting new book by old friend and #histmed colleague Christoph Gradmann: Another Magic Mountain: Kibong’oto Hospital and African Tuberculosis, 1920-2000 (Ohio University Press, 2025). doi.org/10.2307/jj.2... www.ohioswallow.com/978082142633...

Another Magic Mountain

Kibong’oto Hospital, opened in 1926, is an East African tuberculosis treatment center located on the slopes of Mount Kilimanjaro. Its history is crucial to...

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Das "Zeitalter der Extreme" durch die Linse der Ernährung: Das ist das Thema meines vierten und letzten Podcasts zur ORF-Serie "Österreich - die ganze Geschichte". sound.orf.at/podcast/tv/o...

Österreich - die ganze Geschichte - Hunger, Überfluss, Identität – Österreichs Ernährungsgeschichte

Diese Episode zeichnet die Geschichte der Ernährung in Österreich nach: von der höfischen Überfülle bis zur Mangelwirtschaft der Weltkriege, von bäuerlichen Essgewohnheiten bis zur heutigen Überflussg...

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Switzerland raises, on average, 25% import duties on agricultural products. For cheese, meat & vegetables often in excess of 100%. Consumers pay this, and popular votes regularly confirm the pillars of protectionist policies. Info from here (in German): www.avenir-suisse.ch/blog-zollfes...

Zollfestung Schweiz: Sieben Fragen zum Agrarprotektionismus - Avenir Suisse

Kennen Sie Donald Trumps Lieblingswort? Es heisst «tariffs», also Zölle. Trumps Ankündigung, gegen fast jedes Land im Minimum 10% Zölle zu erheben, treibt

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Great opinion piece in the @mtlgazette.bsky.social on recent court decisions regarding Canadian pro hockey players. www.montrealgazette.com/opinion/colu...

Hanes: Sexual assault trials involving hockey players raise questions about locker-room bro culture

The Hockey Canada trial and two other recent cases had different outcomes, but troubling similarities.

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Open position⚠️ Come join us in Zurich as a pre-doc/research assistant in a diverse team working on a number of research projects on public finance, political economy and social wellbeing in Tanzania, DRC, Ecuador and Chile. Applications here: www.povertyactionlab.org/careers/pre-...