Today's random bit of research has involved looking up the Dentists' Act of 1921, although I am still not clear why ex-service Clause (3(5)) should have been viewed as particularly detrimental by ex-servicemen. #ww1 #fww #histmed #TheReturnoftheSoldier

Remember @hbuxton.bsky.social new book 'Disabled Empire: The Colonial Body in Girst World War Britain' has dropped with Uni of Chicago Press. You can get 30% off the book through the end of the year with the code UCPNEW press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo... #milwelfhist #histmed #disabilityhist

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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This might be of great interest to Members of the Network. How about a military medical panel? #milwelfhist

Ciara Nic Ionnraic PhD #Health #Research #SciComms@chendirl.bsky.social · 2w ago

No plans for #Halloween #Samhain? Then pop in an abstract for @tcddublin.bsky.social @eurohealthhist.bsky.social Workshop: Negotiating Care: Health Systems & the Social Contract #CFP closes 5 August #CA22159 29-30 Oct 2026 - DETAILS👉 tinyurl.com/5dr8bh7m #HistMed #MedHums #ReproHist #NursingHist

Well done Matt. Entertainment = welfare #milwelfhist

Matt Eaton@matteatonmedia.bsky.social · 6d ago

There's nothing like holding a physical book, especially when it's your first to be published. A privilege to be able to write about this great lady's wartime contribution with her godson, Adam Fairclough. Madam V: Virginia Vernon's War will be on sale from 13 August from all the usual places.

This will be of great interest to many Members and Followers #milwelfhist #histmed #disabilityhist

Medieval Military Medicine@medmilmedicine.bsky.social · last wk.

** NEW VOLUME ** Following on from the first book, this new volume explores the diseases and wounds, both physical and psychological, suffered by soldiers between 1300 and 1550, alongside the treatments administered by those who looked after them.

@smh-historians.bsky.social @sochistorywar.bsky.social @sshmedicine.bsky.social @socialhistsoc.bsky.social @fwwsoc.bsky.social @vahs.bsky.social @aahmhistmed.bsky.social @aahnhistnursing.bsky.social @eahmh.bsky.social @eahnursing.bsky.social

Military Welfare History Network@milwelfhist.bsky.social · last wk.

20% off the new MWHN Edited Volume from Palgrave! Fourteen case studies and a new definition of 'military welfare history'. Full details at link.springer.com/book/9783032... #milwelfhist #histmed #histnursing #disabilityhist #military #veterans #skystorians

20% off the new MWHN Edited Volume from Palgrave! Fourteen case studies and a new definition of 'military welfare history'. Full details at link.springer.com/book/9783032... #milwelfhist #histmed #histnursing #disabilityhist #military #veterans #skystorians

Never let it be said that nurses aren’t prepared to give up own comforts for the greater good- here nurses in NZ give up Han, cake, fruit & scones for war effort paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/A...

1/2 Have some time for more #HistNursing Research & cane across some great snippets in the news papers. The 1st one very early in WW1 - 2 NZ nurses challenged by German Soldiers in Brussels paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/G...

Great to see so many MWHN Members listed in this wonderful book! Including Jessica Adler discussing US military healthcare and @johnmkinder.bsky.social discussing disabled veterans #milwelfhist #histmed #disability

Andrew J. Huebner@andrewhuebner.bsky.social · 3w ago

www.cambridge.org/core/books/c... So our Cambridge History of War and Society is out and available! My co-editor Jennifer Keene and I are so appreciative of all our authors—see list in the image. We’re very proud of this volume and it’s because of all the incredible scholars who contributed.

New Members: a big welcome to Drs Minyoung Kim and Anne Samson who have recently joined the Network. Check them out on our Members' Page to learn more about their scholarship on #India and #Africa in #WW1 #milwelfhist

wp.me/p9nqgh-3ly Thank you to Richard DeGrijs for his latest Health and Sea/Maritime Medicine article.

Bound Bowels at Sea: Obstipation and the Limits of Maritime Medicine - Global Maritime History

Last month, we talked about shipboard lavatories as part of our regular “Health at Sea in the Age of Sail” features. This month, we continue that theme by considering a very common affliction that cau...

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How were sailors were declared ‘unfit for service’ in the British navy? I’ll be giving a free online talk about this and more on June 2nd at 5.15pm GMT for the Maritime History and Culture Seminar hosted by Royal Museums Greenwich: www.rmg.co.uk/whats-on/onl... #navalhistory #maritimehistory

Unfit for service: disability and old age in the British Navy during the French Wars

Join us for a free online talk by Dr Manon C. Williams

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Great to see a few MWHN Members getting together at #SSHM2026

Manon C Williams@manoncwilliams.bsky.social · last mo.

Amidst the excellent #histmed panels at #SSHM2026, I was excited to organise a #maritimehistory panel on naval healthcare and welfare featuring new research from myself, @eliskabujokova.bsky.social and @catsbeck.bsky.social, chaired by Erica Charters. Another great @sshmedicine.bsky.social event!

History always gives us something new to learn & a recent visit to the Auckland War Memorial museum gave me an opportunity to learn about the Ngapuhi nursing sisters in 1900. Determined Wahine ( women) www.aucklandmuseum.com/discover/sto...

Precious moments with these precious volumes. I own volume 2 paid a fortune thanks to a recommendation and to see the other 2 was very special

@socialhistsoc.bsky.social @drmichaelreeve.bsky.social @historylabplus.bsky.social Mike Reeves giving his paper on smoking

@smh-historians.bsky.social @sochistorywar.bsky.social @sshmedicine.bsky.social @ghsptampere.bsky.social @vahs.bsky.social @socialhistsoc.bsky.social @aahmhistmed.bsky.social @aahnhistnursing.bsky.social @eahmh.bsky.social @eahnursing.bsky.social FYI! #histmed #histnursing #disabilityhist

Military Welfare History Network@milwelfhist.bsky.social · last mo.

Coming August 2027, the Military Welfare History Network's first edited volume. Courtesy of @paulhuddie.bsky.social @amyjay401.bsky.social @emmahuddlestone.bsky.social Order it now and use this promo code for 20% off. link.springer.com/book/9783032... #milwelfhist #military #welfare #veteran

Coming August 2027, the Military Welfare History Network's first edited volume. Courtesy of @paulhuddie.bsky.social @amyjay401.bsky.social @emmahuddlestone.bsky.social Order it now and use this promo code for 20% off. link.springer.com/book/9783032... #milwelfhist #military #welfare #veteran

This will be of great interest to many Members and Followers #milwelfhist

Dr Carrie Long@carrielong.bsky.social · last mo.

Looking forward to presenting a paper based on my latest Caird Fellowship research on Greenwich Hospital School at @lancasteruni.bsky.social for the @socialhistsoc.bsky.social 50th Anniversary conference next week ⚓️

A great opportunity for Members! The Extended Call for Paper Abstracts is open until June 26th at 11:59PM EST. #milwelfhist #histmed

Elaine Ayers@eayers0.bsky.social · last mo.

Call for abstracts for Joint Atlantic Seminar for the History of Medicine extended to June 26! Hosted by Johns Hopkins this year, this is a great opp for grad students to workshop their research, practice giving talks + meet others in the field. The JAS's are great. jashistofmed.wordpress.com

New Members: we are very happy to welcome Dr Balázs Juhász from Eötvös Loránd University - our first Hungarian member, and Dr Timothy Stapleton of the University of Calgary #milwelfhist

New Members: we are very happy to welcome @kateimy.bsky.social, Muhammed Junaid & Dr Florin Nicolae Ardelean of the University of Texas in Austin, the University of Hyderbad and Babeș-Bolyai University Cluj-Napoca #milwelfhist

I'm super biased, but this is a banger of a book (as academic edited collections go, anyway). Check out the amazing scholars who contributed to it and the nice thing reviewers have said here: kansaspress.ku.edu/9780700643530/. And while you're there, consider pre-ordering with the discount below. 🗃️

The end to a wonderful conference in Romania. Watch this space for information on the planned conference publication going forward. Where might we be in 2027? Wait and see. #milwelfhist #military #welfare #histmed #histnursing #veterans #pensions #disability

Our final panel of the conference we are joined by @matteatonmedia.bsky.social, Michael Robinson and Muhammed Junaid who have discussed entertainment welfare, moral trauma and religion #milwelfhist

Panel 6, paper 3, Shoji Nakamura is discussing US military welfare in #WW2

Panel 6, paper 2. Anri Delport is discussing South Africa wartime disability in #WW1 #milwelfhist #histmed #disability

Panel 6, paper 1 from Minyoung Kim who is discussing the #WW1 Indian soldiers' fund #milwelfhist

Day 3 of the 2026 conference at Cluj-Napoca, Romania. We open with the ANIMA project team who are discussing their project on Austro-Hungarian War dead "lost" in Rome from thr #WW1 #milwelfhist