ESHHS Member Renato Foschi has just had a new book published, 'Racisms: The Hidden Logics of Prejudice'. It is available for purchase on the Springer online shop by following the QR code in the image. There is also a discount code "PALAUT" for 20% off your purchase!

Join us for our talk with Dr Cassie Osei, titled 'Mammy’s Tricks: Maids & Madames, Buckling Hierarchies, and the Badger Thief ‘Panic’ in Urban Brazil, 1948–1954' ⏰: The seminar will take place on Tuesday 4th August 2026, 4pm-5pm BST Sign up via our website: womenshistorynetwork.org/sign-up-for-...

Sign up for our next seminar, ‘Mammy’s Tricks: Maids & Madames, Buckling Hierarchies, and the Badger Thief ‘Panic’ in Urban Brazil, 1948 – 1954’

Sign up to our next seminar, ‘Mammy’s Tricks: Maids & Madames, Buckling Hierarchies, and the Badger Thief ‘Panic’ in Urban Brazil, 1948-1954′ where we will be join…

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We are hiring a new Editorial Fellow who specialises in pre-1800 CE history from any part of the globe 🌍 👉 this 2-year fellowship runs from October 2026 - September 2028 👉 this role is paid and part-time (3 hours per week) 👉 the application deadline is Friday 7 August Please share widely!

Call for Applications: Editorial Fellowship at History Workshop, 2026

History Workshop is seeking to appoint one Editorial Fellow in 2026, with specialism in pre-1800 CE history from any part of the globe.

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Submissions for the 2026 ESHHS Early Career Award are now open! Students and early career researchers who completed their PhD in the last 5 years are eligible to submit their conference paper from the 2025 Paris or 2026 Vienna conferences. See the website for more! www.eshhs.eu/2026/07/23/2...

The Tunnock Prize 2026 is now open! Entries should focus on the use and interpretation of Scottish archives both within Scotland and further afield. Find out more: www.scottisharchives.org.uk/latest/the-t...

The Tunnock Prize 2026 now open! - Scottish Council on Archives

29 June 2026

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Centaurus Vol. 67, No. 4 (2025) www.brepolsonline.net/content/jour... @brepols.net @eshhs.bsky.social #openaccess Academic Workspaces as Sites of Production, Adaptation, and Circulation of Knowledge @thomabr.bsky.social

ESHHS 2025 Early Career Award winners: Jimin Choi - 'Putting Psychoanalysis in Its Place: The Ambiguity of Telephone Use in Freudian Psychoanalytic Training in South Korea, 1980–2010'; Cecile Hauser - 'Specimen of Reality: Eibl-Eibesfeldt and Aggression in the Kalahari'. Congratulations to both!

I have a new article published today! Written with my fellow OCD-ist. Accepted a couple of years ago, the piece envisions theoretical directions for critical OCD studies through approaching order/control through a social and experiential lens. www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/10.3828/...

The Paradox of Purity: Envisioning Theoretical Directions for Critical OCD Studies: Journal of Literary & Cultural Disability Studies: Vol 20, No 1

This article imagines some theoretical directions for what is deemed as “critical OCD studies.” Obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD) is characterized in both clinical and cultural discourse as a preoccupation with order. This article moves beyond the ...

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Great to see this! Such an interesting piece. Tagging @kristinhussey.bsky.social 🙌

The Polyphony @the-polyphony.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Kristin D. Hussey and Hannah Star Rogers draw on Science and Technology Studies (STS) to think through how the ‘lab’ is being employed across the medical humanities. thepolyphony.org/2026/03/05/l...

So excited to see this out in the world!

Chris Millard@chrismillard83.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Oh my god it is actually out - like actually now. Over a week early! They snuck it out without telling me! lol. Well, here it is people, and you can download the whole thing for free - thanks to @wellcometrust.bsky.social Fill your boots: www.taylorfrancis.com/books/oa-mon...

I just came across "How Psychology Can Benefit From the Academic Study of Esotericism" by Júlia Gyimesi. The abstract looks fascinating! Sharing mostly for my own future reading but also for anyone else who might find it interesting. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

How Psychology Can Benefit From the Academic Study of Esotericism

The paper reviews and summarizes the historical research that has been carried out in recent decades to explore the connections between esotericism and psychology while highlighting the typical histo...

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The deadline of abstract submissons for the 45th ESHHS conference has been extended until 15th March. The conference will be held from June 30th to July 3rd, 2026, hosted by Sigmund Freud University, Vienna. For more information please visit our website: www.eshhs.eu/wordpress-3....

Wishing all a Happy New Year with the publcation of the Call for Papers for the upcoming ESHHS conference to be held between June 30th - July 3rd, 2026 in Vienna. Deadline for submissions: 1st March 2026. Please find more information on our website: www.eshhs.eu/wordpress-3....

The board of the ESHHS, together with JHBS, invite submissions for the 2025 Early Career Award (ECA).  Submissions are due on 15 October, 2025.  Details and submission guidelines can be found on our website: www.eshhs.eu/wordpress-3.... Looking forward to receiving your submissions!

ESHHS has selected Katie Joice’s paper entitled ‘Bulls, Crocodiles and Other Scientific Instruments: Margaret Lowenfeld and the Alternative History of Child Psychotherapy‘ as the recipient of the ESHHS Early Career Award 2024. Congratulations! www.eshhs.eu/wordpress-3....

Two weeks ago the Three Societies Meeting commenced at the American University Paris. It was filled with fascinating talks around the theme of Milieux and Places in the History of the Human Sciences. Thank you to all who contributed to the success of the conference. Hope to see you next year!

Great to have the European Society for the History of Human Science on Bsky- give them a follow @eshhs.bsky.social ! Also pleased that I'm now the ESHHS archivist- I've previously written about the richness of their archive for the @the-polyphony.bsky.social: thepolyphony.org/2022/09/13/i...

‘It was like world politics but on a small scale’: The Early History of Cheiron-Europe

What are academic societies for? Intellectual exchange? Networking with like-minded scholars? Eva Surawy Stepney reflects on how the European Society for the History of Human Sciences forged connec…

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