Society for the Social History of Medicine (SSHM)
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The Society for the Social History of Medicine (SSHM) has pioneered interdisciplinary approaches to the history of health, welfare, medical science and practice https://sshm.org/ #histmed
SSHM has been asked to share a call for submissions for a special issue for Black Histories: Dialogues journal Editors Simon Buck and Ogundiran Soumonni Abstracts by 1 September with manuscripts due by 31 January 2027 All details 👇 #histmed #histSTM @eahmh.bsky.social
Medical histories in the Black Atlantic: Transversal perspectives
Examine the history of medicine in the Black Atlantic. Share research on health and healing in African and African diasporic contexts.
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A 🧵with an update on the wills project: #EarlyModern 🗃️
The Material Culture of Wills Project@materialwills.bsky.social · 12h ago📢PROJECT UPDATE📢 You may have seen the news that the University of Exeter, home of the wills project, has placed 500 academics at risk of redundancy. The project leader Prof. Jane Whittle & project co-investigator Dr Laura Sangha are both at risk, alongside almost all of the History department. 1/
Just a couple of days left to subnit an abstract. Funding to participant available - see #cfp for details #histmed #medhums
Ciara Nic Ionnraic PhD #Health #Research #SciComms@chendirl.bsky.social · 2w agoA robust response to this #Samhain edition #CA22159 workshop already which is brilliant! Being conference season we had some scholarly pleas to extend #CFP ** NOW EXTENDED to 5 AUGUST 2026 ** Gonna be a good one! #COSTAction #Speirgorm #Skystorians #History #Historians #MedHums #HistMed #Dublin
The latest issue of SSHM's The Gazette is available via the website (no. 111 July 2026). #histmed #histSTM CFPs, conference reports and the latest from the journal and book series.
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Don't forget to submit your abstract to this #CfP for #CA22159 in Madrid - call closes 31 July 2026 #HistMed #MedHums #ReproHist #GenderHist
COST Action CA22159 Euro Hist Health@eurohealthhist.bsky.social · last mo.#CFP #CA22159 Workshop: Sexuality and Regimes of Expertise: Bodies, Gender and Sexual Health in Southern and Eastern Europe (1940s-1990s) 21 - 22 January 2027 Madrid #CFP Closes 31 July 2026 - see Call here 👉 tinyurl.com/4k7uku62 #Skystorians #MedHums #HistMed #ReproHist
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
JOB: Head of Information, Research & Culturally Sensitive Collections at @wellcomecollection.bsky.social London wellcome.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/Wellcome/job... #archives #museum #HistMed #HistSci via @ncph.bsky.social
Head of Information, Research & Culturally Sensitive Collections
Salary: pay range £65,600-£82,000 Closing date: 18th August 2026 Contract type: Permanent Interview dates: W/C 7th September Wellcome Collection is a free museum and library. We believe everyone’s exp...
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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.
IHR Women's History Seminar Lightning Talks. Please post! @dralanagharris.bsky.social @lauragowing.bsky.social @sshmedicine.bsky.social @socialhistsoc.bsky.social @camunicampop.bsky.social @royalhistsoc.org
IHR Women@ihrwomen.bsky.social · last wk.Call for Participants for IHR Women's History Seminar Lightning Talks to be held Friday, 20th of November 2026.
📣CFPs - deadline 31 July📣 Symposium: Global Childhood(s) and Histories of Science, Technology, and Medicine 📆16-18 November 2026 🏛️The Centre for History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Leeds (UK) In-person with online presentation option #histmed #histSTM
History of Medicines CFPs
If you wish to share your CFPs on the SSHM website please contact the Exec Sec, Dr Justine Pick admin@sshm.org Symposium: Global Childhood(s) and Histories of Science, Technology, and Medicine Keyn…
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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
History of Medicine at UMN is hiring a one year Teaching Fellow for the upcoming academic year. Please share with anyone who may be interested! #histmed #histsci hr.myu.umn.edu/psc/hrprd/EM...
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This position is based on campus. Per UMN policy, work may be done remotely when appropriate and approved by your manager. All UMN employees are expected to follow applicable public health and safety procedures.
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CSMBR Upcoming Lecture: Fabrizio Bigotti talking on 'Galen's Remedies Beyond the Renaissance: Early Modern Traditions and Theories of Materia Medica' csmbr.fondazionecomel.org/events/onlin... #histmed #histstm
Galen's Remedies Beyond the Renaissance - CSMBR
Why did Galenic pharmacopoeia survive for nearly two millennia? This lecture explores the intellectual, cultural, and practical reasons behind its extraordinary resilience.
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@sshmedicine.bsky.social - one to promote for the health/environmental humanities folk 🗃️
Simone Gingrich@simonegingrich.bsky.social · 4w agoThe next European environmental history conference @eseh.bsky.social will be in Salzburg, Sept. 2027! Focusing on inter- and transdisciplinarity, it explicitly invites contributions from neighbouring fields 👉 eseh.org/cfp-14th-bie... #envhist @zug-wien.bsky.social @bokusec.bsky.social
Following the announcement of the Roy Porter Essay Prize 2025/6 winners at #SSHM2026 🎉 A few words from @monicamoradov.bsky.social who was awarded Highly Commended for her essay 'Sexing Early Modern Medicine; or, Indeterminacy as Method' Congratulations! #histmed #histSTM
Following Roy Porter Essay Prize 2025/6 announcement at #SSHM2026 @alexandreamchugh.bsky.social awarded Highly Commended for essay 'It would tend greatly to the Safety and Convenience of the Inhabitants’: Improvement Acts and Public Health in Eighteenth-Century Britain' tells us more! #histSTM
📣New CFPs added for #histmed events in September📣 Call for proposals deadline July 2026 Southern Association for the History of Medicine and Science (SAHMS) Virtual Student Conference The Difficulty of Empathy: Rethinking the Literary Arts and Healthcare Online Symposium
History of Medicines CFPs
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Thank you to @sshmedicine.bsky.social for having me at the amazing #SSHM2026 conference. I thoroughly enjoyed the fascinating panels and loved sharing my work on anorexia nervosa with fellow attendees, as well as being part of a fantastic panel with my colleague @helenaaeberli.bsky.social.
For South Asian Heritage Month, join us online for an inspiring session all about Dr Jamini Sen, a true Indian trailblazer and an integral part of our College’s history! 📆23 July 2026 🕐18:30 (BST) 📍Online 💷£5 🎫https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/dr-jamini-sen-an-indian-trailblazer-tickets-1992752231568
#jobfairy - there's something in the water in the USA. Four #histSTM posts - two hist med (one pre-modern) and two generalist HSTM (one senior). Some won't sponsor visas but if the US is safe for you to work in there are more options this year than for a while :/ 🗃️
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Attended my third and final conference of the month! Thank you to the University of Leeds and @sshmedicine.bsky.social for a lovely few days! #SSHM2026
Many thanks to @sshmedicine.bsky.social and to all the #sshm2026 organisers for a thoughtful, generous, and stimulating meeting. I am grateful for the opportunity to present my work on Giovanni Manardo, to hear excellent papers, and to take part in such rich discussions. #histmed #medievalsky
Good 2 meet @rebeccawynter.bsky.social @ciarab.bsky.social Prof Oonagh Walsh Dr Lynsey Cullen & many fab scholars - a very enriching few days! Great program, gorgeous campus, sunshine - thanks to organisers 4 all their hard work making a super event @sshmedicine.bsky.social @katrawling.bsky.social
#SSHM2026 has been fab as always. So lovely to see old friends and meet new ones! And great to be on such a lively panel discussing Therapeutic Environments this morning with Sasha Mullaly & Kay Simpson. Huge thanks to @katrawling.bsky.social and rest of Leeds team. Hope you are all now relaxing! 🍹
I had the best time on the heterodox healing panel at #SSHM2026 with the wonderful and sharp @kristofsmeyers.bsky.social and kitt price (adjectives apply to both)!
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!
Hello and goodbye #SSHM2026 from spiritual healing! We were (1) US spiritualists and antenatal thought (@nienkegroskamp.bsky.social), (2) René Allendy's esoteric medicine (kitt price) and (3) Belgian lay exorcists (you guessed it)
Society for the Social History of Medicine (SSHM)@sshmedicine.bsky.social · last mo.Good Morning on this final day of #SSHM2026 with panels on maritime healthcare; war & health; spiritual healing; decision making; therapeutic environments; pharmaceuticals; 19th C Britain; reproduction; sexual health; medical education; and care journeys! Conference closes after lunch. #histmed
#CfA: New fellowships in Dept. "Knowledge Systems and Collective Life" for researchers working on 📊 politics and practices of #Data, 📚️ histories of #Knowledge and collective life in Africa, or 🍂 #Environmental knowledge in times of crisis 🗓️ Deadline: Sep 15, 2026 🔗 tinyurl.com/mu5tend3 #HistSci
