Ruth Beecher

@ruthbeecher.bsky.social

Historian (mainly of medicine and child abuse), sea swimmer, greyhound guardian from the People’s Republic of Cork

Yesterday we posted posters and cards to survivors’ organisations across Ireland, Wales, Scotland & England with the hope that we will reach people who are not on social media and who might like to record their oral histories with us. We will preserve them & value them. Let us know if you can help.

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A fantastic opportunity to work with the wonderful @ailise-bulfin.bsky.social in Dublin. I mean obviously it is only the second city in Ireland with the first city being Cork. BUT a great job in a lovely team doing important work.

Ailise Bulfin@ailise-bulfin.bsky.social · 8mo ago

We are hiring a part time Research Assistant to work on the @csarepsprojectucd.bsky.social, ideally to start in January 2026, please see link for details & email me with any questions ailise.bulfin1@ucd.ie universityvacancies.com/university-c...

NEW: ProPublica has found multiple cases of women with underlying health conditions who died when they couldn’t access abortions. Tierra Walker, a 37-year-old mother, was told by doctors there was no emergency before preeclampsia killed her.

“Ticking Time Bomb”: A Pregnant Mother Kept Getting Sicker. She Died After She Couldn’t Get an Abortion in Texas.

Walker is one of several women ProPublica found with underlying health conditions who died when they couldn’t access abortions.

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We would love to see you at the launch of Ruth Beecher’s new book, Community Health Practitioners and Child Sexual Abuse in the Family, 1970s-2010s, exploring the different ways doctors, health visitors, and mental health practitioners responded to child sexual abuse.

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After last week’s Newcastle extravaganza we’re keen to think about *how* to write about internationalism(s) (& how not to), about the forgotten voices & sources & archives & readers. If you have been thinking about these questions do send us a short abstract by 5 May @bbkhistorical.bsky.social

Ria Kapoor@riakapoor.bsky.social · last yr.

Hot on the heels of the first AHRC Rethinking Internationalisms conference on ‘Counter-hegemonic Internationalisms’, here is the CfP (5 May deadline) for our next ONLINE workshop ‘New Methods for New Histories’, with @jessicareinisch.bsky.social , @drmargottudor.bsky.social , Daniel Laqua and me.