If you have a bit of time on your hands, why not have a read of my blog post about the potted history of alcohol sponsorship in British professional sport (mostly football, but there's some other sports in there too, I promise!)

Kicking the Habit@kthabitproject.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Next up in our series of project blogs, Jamie (@milkwknives.bsky.social) explores the history of alcohol sponsorship in British sport. You can read about it below: kickingthehabit.uk/blog/adverti... Whilst you’re there, check out our digital map too!: kickingthehabit.uk/digital-map/

Next up in our series of project blogs, Jamie (@milkwknives.bsky.social) explores the history of alcohol sponsorship in British sport. You can read about it below: kickingthehabit.uk/blog/adverti... Whilst you’re there, check out our digital map too!: kickingthehabit.uk/digital-map/

Advertising, Angling, and Alcohol-Free: a short history of alcohol sponsorship in British sport. - Kicking The Habit

In contrast to tobacco, the genesis of alcohol sponsorship in British sport stemmed from market forces rather than legislative necessity. Against a backdrop

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If you're interested in learning about the history of tobacco sponsorship in British sport, you're in luck! @d-oneill.bsky.social has written all about it in a great blog (linked below). Stay tuned for mine & @fabiolacreed.bsky.social upcoming blogs about alcohol and gambling sponsorship.

Kicking the Habit@kthabitproject.bsky.social · 4mo ago

In the first of three blogs exploring each of the project’s strands, @d-oneill.bsky.social takes us through a short history of tobacco sponsorship in British professional sport. Read more about Dan’s research here: kickingthehabit.uk/blog/cavalie...

Good to see a very early review for the US edition of Outcast from Kirkus. Will be out with @graywolfpress.bsky.social in July! I like a "philosophically charged journey". www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...

OUTCAST | Kirkus Reviews

A philosophically charged journey through the little-known world of leprosy and its victims.

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Delighted that our project website is now live! You can find out more about the project, and look at our digital map of public submissions of "addictive sponsorship" branded memorabilia. Please circulate widely / consider making a submission (link is below)!

Kicking the Habit@kthabitproject.bsky.social · 6mo ago

We're delighted to announce the launch of our project website! This includes a Digital Map, using public submissions to chart ‘addictive sponsorship’ in British sport through branded memorabilia. Please visit us/circulate widely/repost/make a submission! kickingthehabit.uk/memorabilia-...

Join us for our next seminar on Wednesday 15 October, when @rebwright.bsky.social and @sexhistorian.bsky.social will be examining the historical framing of accidental deaths from hypothermia in post-war Britain. Details below: Location: Online. Time: 12:45 - 14:00 www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/e...

Health or energy crisis? The politics of framing hypothermia | LSHTM

This presentation explores the historical framing of accidental deaths from hypothermia in post-war Britain, examining how these were increasingly framed as an ‘energy-management’ issue. Its target

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Congrats Faby. This looks amazing!

Dr Fabiola Creed@fabiolacreed.bsky.social · 11mo ago

📙 Bluesky is the only platform where I haven’t circulated my book, as I’d recently joined and was waiting for the physical copy. So here it is (last book post, I promise) 📙 ☀️ Sunbed in Britain: Tanning Culture from Fad to Fear is free to download via: dx.doi.org/10.5040/9781...

Do consider submitting an abstract to the workshop I'm helping to organise below, if you're interested! You've got just under two weeks left!

Kicking the Habit@kthabitproject.bsky.social · 12mo ago

REMINDER: There’s just under a month left until the CfP for 'Historicising CDoH' closes. Please do share & circulate widely/consider submitting an abstract by 13 October 2025 if you’re interested.

Thank you to everyone who came to our first project Advisory Board meeting yesterday. We had some really fantastic conversations about our research, and meaningful ways of disseminating it. Really looking forward to everyone's input over the course of the project.

Delighted that the CfP for the first @kthabitproject.bsky.social workshop is now live! Please do circulate freely, and consider submitting an abstract if of interest. Also more than happy to answer any queries you might have about the workshop, etc.

Kicking the Habit@kthabitproject.bsky.social · last yr.

CfP: Excited to announce our first workshop, exploring histories of Commercial Determinants of Health. Workshop to be held at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine on 15 April 2026. Please circulate widely/consider submitting an abstract by 13 October 2025.

CfP: Excited to announce our first workshop, exploring histories of Commercial Determinants of Health. Workshop to be held at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine on 15 April 2026. Please circulate widely/consider submitting an abstract by 13 October 2025.

Here's the first blog for our new project: 'Kicking the Habit: ‘Addictive’ Sport Sponsorship in Britain, 1965-2025'. It explores the tobacco, alcohol and gambling industries' sponsorship of sport in Britain. Like @fabiolacreed.bsky.social, I'm so happy to be working with such an amazing team!

Kicking the Habit@kthabitproject.bsky.social · last yr.

Thanks to @the-polyphony.bsky.social for posting a blog introducing our project, 'Kicking the Habit: ‘Addictive’ Sport Sponsorship in Britain, 1965-2025', on the tobacco, alcohol and gambling industries’ sponsorship of football, rugby, cricket, F1 & tennis. Funded by @wellcometrust.bsky.social

Providing keen insight into how local narratives about absinthe shaped what quickly became a global reputation, Studer provides a panoptic view of the French Empire’s influence on absinthe’s fall from grace 📚 buff.ly/v73pbBr @drninastuder.bsky.social @mcgillqueensup.bsky.social @uksdn.bsky.social

Join us for our next CHIPH seminar on Tuesday 8th April, when Dr Manikarnika Dutta will be talking about British seamen and tropical medicine in the 1800s. Details and event listings (inc. Zoom link) are below: Location: G40, Keppel St. Time: 12:45 - 14:00 www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/e...

British naval surgeons and tropical hygiene in the long nineteenth century |

This presentation explores how the treatment of British seamen aided the development of tropical hygiene in the long nineteenth century. The paper will be of interest to staff and students who want to

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It's been a busy month of researching, thinking, learning and writing for @claireljones.bsky.social and I, so much so that we are excited to share TWO new posts on our project website... 🖋️📖 research.kent.ac.uk/buzzers-for-...

📢 Job opportunity 📢 Lecturer in History of Medicine & Health University of Manchester #histmed

Lecturer in History of Medicine and Health (Teaching and Research) at The University of Manchester

An opportunity for an academic position as a Lecturer in History of Medicine and Health (Teaching and Research) is available, as advertised on jobs.ac.uk. Apply now and explore other academic job open...

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My new book "The Hour of Absinthe: A Cultural History of France's Most Notorious Drink", published by McGill-Queen's University Press as part of their "Intoxicating Histories" series, is out today! #MedicalHistory #HistoryOfMedicine #ColonialHistory #histbookchat #Absinthe #Historians #historysky

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Does anyone know if there's a #drinkhistory or history of intoxication/social history of alcohol and drugs starter pack on here?

Inevitably, I've made a Drinking Studies Network starter pack based on the DSN's members list (drinkingstudies.wordpress.com/members-2/) If you don't want to be included, or if you see people I've missed and could add, please let me know! go.bsky.app/4zgBneK

#Historians of bluesky: I'm looking for scholarship on the history of matrimonial/personal adverts - there's plenty on the late 19C but I'm struggling to find anything looking at the 1830s-40sn

CFPs for JOINT workshop, University of Warwick (15th Feb), please send a 250-word abstract + short bio, to jamie.banks@warwick.ac.uk by close of Monday 15 January 2024. Please include an indication of whether you require further support with travel costs/ additional accommodation.