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Dr Jieun Kim

@jinikim.bsky.social

Associate Professor of East Asian Studies at the University of Leeds. PI of the Hematopolitics Project (hematopolitics.org; @hematopolitics.bsky.social).

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Hematopolitics@hematopolitics.bsky.social · 11mo ago

At the heart of the event is a one-hour live storytelling performance by Matthew Bellwood. Please spread the words to anyone who may be interested! festivalofsocialscience.com/events/amazi...

Amazing Blood Ties! | Events | Festival of Social Science

A 5-hour interactive drop-in session introducing Amazing Blood Ties!, a children’s book on blood donation co-created by sociocultural anthropologist Dr Jieun Kim and textile artist…

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Hematopolitics@hematopolitics.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Our sessions will run twice in person: first at the Thackray Museum of Medicine on 28 October 2025 (10:30–15:30), and again at Moor Allerton Library on 1 November 2025 (10:30–15:30). Children can enjoy hands-on activities throughout the day, including crafting, colouring, quizzes, and games.

Leeds Arts and Humanities Research Institute@lahri.bsky.social · last yr.

If you're not sure what to do this Bank Holiday weekend, why not pop down to the Thackray Museum of Medicine and check out this exhibition, including art installations by Gemma Wood, that forms part of our colleague @jinikim.bsky.social Hematopolitics project. thackraymuseum.co.uk/event/blood/

Blood: Ties and Tensions - Thackray Museum of Medicine

An exhibition on how deep blood runs   Beneath our skin-deep differences, blood is something that we all share. It flows,...

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Hematopolitics@hematopolitics.bsky.social · last yr.

EXTENDED DEADLINE We've extended the deadline on our call for papers to midday (BST), 2 May 2025. Please share widely!

Hematopolitics@hematopolitics.bsky.social · last yr.

CALL FOR PAPERS We are delighted to share the CFP for our second symposium, ‘The Politics of Blood Donation and Transfusion: Histories, Controversies, and Futures’. Details on how to apply, including a link to our submission site, can be found via our website: hematopolitics.org/symposium/

The Politics of Blood Donation and Transfusion: Histories, Controversies, and Futures 6 June 2025, Thackray Museum of Medicine (Leeds, UK) Keynote Speaker: Dr Jenny Bangham (University of Edinburgh) From early transfusion experiments and wartime blood banking to contemporary controversies over donor eligibility and the global plasma economy, blood has been a site of both solidarity and division. At the same time, new developments in synthetic blood, xenotransfusion, and bioengineered alternatives challenge existing frameworks of donation and transfusion, raising questions about the future of blood governance, ethics, and access. This symposium seeks to examine the historical, social, and political dimensions of blood donation and transfusion, focusing on how they have been governed, contested, and reimagined across time and space. We invite contributions from scholars in anthropology, history, sociology, medical humanities, Science and Technology Studies, bioethics, and related fields. This symposium is held in conjunction with the special exhibition Blood: Ties and Tensions at the Thackray Museum of Medicine and will feature a keynote lecture by Dr. Jenny Bangham, author of Blood Relations: Transfusion and the Making of Human Genetics (2020, University of Chicago Press). Panellists will also have the opportunity to explore the exhibition, fostering further discussions around its curated themes. A limited number of bursaries will be available to support domestic travel for postgraduate, early career researchers, and independent scholars.
Hematopolitics@hematopolitics.bsky.social · last yr.

Thank you so much to everyone who attended tonight’s exhibition launch! We had an amazing time networking with everyone involved in the production of ‘Blood: Ties and Tensions’. We can’t wait to see what you all think of it!

Three Hematopolitics researchers stood outside an art installation within the exhibition space.
Jack Gann@jackgann.bsky.social · last yr.

The first blood collection in 1930s Britain was stored in reused milk bottles. The milk bottle design remained standard until the NHS introduced blood bags in 1975. The bottles were nicknamed "the Janet Vaughan" after the doctor who helped set up the first national blood bank.

A photo of a single bottle in a museum display case. The case is entangled in a web of blood red threads framing the object within. It is a glass milk bottle-style receptacle with a rubber stopper and orange rubber tubing poking through it.
Dr Jieun Kim@jinikim.bsky.social · last yr.

It is all getting so real! Blood: Ties and Tensions exhibition is opening this Saturday! Thank you everyone at Thackray Museum of Medicine and the wonderful Hematopolitics team for making this happen! Special thanks to my colleagues and collaborators in Leeds, Japan and Korea for all the support!

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