Society for the Social History of Medicine (SSHM)

📣New issue now available online 📣 10 articles (7 open access) & 15 book reviews. Article topics include: asylums, T.B., death data, AIDS policy, & public hospitals with research exploring Britain, Denmark, Spain, Turkey and the Mediterranean covering 15-17th, 19th & 20th centuries!

Our annual #HSTM conference will be hosted by Armagh Observatory on Friday 16 April 2027. #SaveTheDate for this small, collegial, and welcoming event, if you are interested in #Science #Technology #Medicine #HistMed #HistSci #HistTech #HistHealth #HistMidwifery #HistNursing #ReproHist #CFP end Nov

#HistMed #HistNursing #USA NLM now have a virtual tour of their collections on healthcare workers - including #nurses @rcnhistory.bsky.social @eahnursing.bsky.social @ukahn.bsky.social circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov/2026/10/22/c...

A Cure for Lovesickness: Medicine and the Love Discourse in 13th & 14th Century Italian Poetry @csmbr-pisa.bsky.social online event 📆10 November 🕰️5 pm (CET) To register 👇 #histmed #histSTM

Congratulations to Sarah Crook, whose 'Unhappy mothers: Women, motherhood, and social change in postwar Britain' has been named joint winner of the Women's History Network/Women's History Association of Ireland Book Prize 2025. Read more: womenshistorynetwork.org/womens-histo...

𝐂𝐒𝐌𝐁𝐑—𝐁𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐬 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐅𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐀𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐲 𝐍𝐨𝐰: csmbr.fondazionecomel.org/.../csmbr-br... #CSMBR #Grants #Opportunities #DigitalHumanities

CSMBR ONLINE LECTURE SERIES 𝐁𝐄𝐘𝐎𝐍𝐃 𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐓𝐀𝐆𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝐑𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐇𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐋𝐞𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐚𝐥 𝐌𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐚𝐧 Anna Gili 𝐖𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡 𝐢𝐭 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞: www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIgV... #CSMBR #MedicalHistory #Leprosy

Well this is a lovely surprise! Very honoured to have been awarded the @urbanhistory.bsky.social Dyos Prize Thank you so much to the editors and judges #histmed #histSTM

Join us for our next seminar on 27 October, when @mcbresalier.bsky.social will be talking to us about Selective BCG vaccination in postcolonial Britain. Location: Online (link below) Time: 12:45 - 14:00 www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/e...

Andreas Vesalius 16th C book 'De humani corporis fabrica' is one of the most famous books in the history of medicine & art. It shows the human body with a previously unknown level of detail, accuracy & artistic flair. Discover more 👉 history.rcp.ac.uk/exhibitions/... #WorldAnatomyDay #Histmed

Fellowship in the history of science and medicine #histscie #histmed networks.h-net.org/group/announ...

Registrations are open for the 2026 AAHPSSS Dyason Lecture. events.humanitix.com/2026-aahpsss... Hans Pols will speak on Medicine without Physicians: Do-it-Yourself Doctoring in the Dutch East Indies Monday 2 Nov, 5 pm to 9 pm University of Sydney, or online @anzshm.bsky.social

History of Medicine Week is BACK! 🎉 Join us October 26-30 for a week of free, virtual events, thanks to the wonderful work of the Education & Outreach Committee. Check out the full schedule and register on the AAHM website! histmed.org/history-of-m...

Global Childhoods #HistSTM Symposium - Registration now open (see top of webpage for programme and travel/accomodation info) A three-day symposium and workshop at the @hpsleeds.bsky.social at @universityofleeds.bsky.social 📆16-18 Nov 2026 Keynote by Dr. Sebastián Gil-Riaño @emyang.bsky.social

Closing next Friday (16th): 'History and Archives in Practice' 2027. Calls for panels invited for our annual meeting of historians and archivists, with @ihr.bsky.social and TNA. HAP27 focuses on connecting past and future with sessions on advocacy & applied history bit.ly/3RGHbWy #Skystorians

Back from limbo! the relaunch of Hosprec, the Hospital Records Database, with which I was involved for so many years www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/professional... 1/2

(Call for applications) NIH History Post-Doc Opportunities histoiresante.blogspot.com/2026/10/post... #histmed

Amazing #postdoc opportunity on the @wellcometrust.bsky.social funded project "The Night Shift", run by @kristinhussey.bsky.social. #histmed #hospitals #sleep www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DTD047/r...

📢 Join us for CHSTM Postgraduate Seminar Series 26/27! 🗓️ Carmen Cao (University of Cambridge) “'The Fault Lay Entirely with the Shanghan 傷寒 Medication'?:Li Gao's Theory of Neishang 內傷 in the Siege of Daliang, 1232–1233” Tue 13 Oct, 1–2 pm (UK) · Zoom #HistSTM #HistMed

📣 Important Membership News 📣 Keep informed with latest issue of The Gazette (September 2026). This issue explains changes to membership management with a new system from November. Look out for your renewal letters arriving early December. #histSTM #histmed

📣Latest blog📣 @ukdishisthub.bsky.social reflect on two SSHM/@wellcometrust.bsky.social Networks Grant funded networking events to connect academics, researchers, heritage professionals, artists, activists, and others interested in histories of disabled, neurodiverse, and D/deaf people.

The #EarlyModern Recipes Online Collective annual transcribathon, w/ @wellcomecollection.bsky.social & @rcpmuseum.bsky.social, is 13 Nov. Guest speakers on old age and domestic care are @emmamarshall.bsky.social and Lynn Botelho. Hope you can join us! Details here: emroc.hypotheses.org/5254 #HistMed

Thrilled to see this out and open access! I was lucky enough to help Mark with some of the research for this piece. It's a fantastic read. What’s in a Name? The Inoculation of Smallpox in Early Eighteenth-Century Britain academic.oup.com/shm/article/...

If you have some time, you might be interested in this panel for the WHO on the past, present and future of sexual and reproductive health and rights. I had the pleasure of speaking to 2 smart and interesting women for it (and showing how the 18th c is relevant). youtu.be/v7At4l7UkLI?... #HistMed

Hans Pols will deliver the 2026 Dyason Lecture for @aahpsss.bsky.social, Nov 2, 5-9 pm (includes reception!) at CCW Museum, U of Sydney. 'Medicine without Physicians: Do-it-Yourself Doctoring in the Dutch East Indies' Register at: events.humanitix.com/2026-aahpsss... #histmed @anzshm.bsky.social

I will be convening a panel on The Medical Nude in the Long Nineteenth Century at AAH this year. Please come join me! forarthistory.org.uk/93-the-medic...

CSMBR ONLINE LECTURE SERIES 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐂𝐎𝐋𝐃 𝐅𝐄𝐌𝐀𝐋𝐄 𝐁𝐎𝐃𝐘 𝐈𝐍 𝐎𝐋𝐈𝐕𝐀 𝐒𝐀𝐁𝐔𝐂𝐎 𝐌𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐝, 𝐒𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐌𝐢𝐥𝐤 Jil Muller 7 October 2026 - 17.00 CEST 𝐓𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫: eu.jotform.com/build/261954... #CSMBR #Onlinelecture #OlivaSabuco #ColdBodies

Gentle reminder that our CFP deadline is fast approaching! Please submit your abstract here: sahms.wildapricot.org/submit #histmed #histsci #histpsych #histSTM #medhums

New issue of @sshmedicine.bsky.social just dropped - plenty of #HistSTM #HisMed, including #HistPsych 🗃️

Reminder ----------------------------- 𝐓𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞: eu.jotform.com/form/2619550... ----------------------------- #CSMBR #OnlineLecture #Contagion #Leprosy #Mediterranean

Some Friday night reading! 🎉 I have a new article out in Social History of Medicine on the history of the Billings ovulation method, a popular method of ‘natural’ family planning in 70s and 80s Ireland. Funded by @wellcometrust.bsky.social Open-access link here: academic.oup.com/shm/advance-...

(Call for papers) Inside/Insight: Popular and biomedical representations and the aesthetics of the inner body histoiresante.blogspot.com/2026/09/repr... #histbody #histmed

#CFP Only 2 WEEKS left to submit your abstract for our 2027 conference. Come join us at the University of Pittsburgh! We invite papers on a range of topics in #histmed #histsci #medhums #histSTM and allied fields. sahms.wildapricot.org/submit Questions? sahmsconference@gmail.com

Do you work with historic medical images? Join the launch of the new Ethics of Medical Photography Toolkit, a new resource for researchers, GLAM professionals, and anyone thinking about the challenges of working with historical medical photography

⏳ Two days left to apply The deadline for the BSHS Outreach & Engagement Project Grants is in two days. Grants of up to £500 are available to support creative public engagement with the history of science, technology, and medicine. Don't forget to submit your proposals! bshs.org.uk/oec/#project...

📣Call for Papers 📣 – International conference Who Cares ? Psychiatry in the English-speaking world #3 Circulations and Transfers 🏦Université Paris Nanterre 📆4-6 March 2027 Deadline for proposals 20 September 2026 #histmed #histSTM

(Talk) Hippocratic and Atomistic Influence in De meteoris microcosmi (1621) by Estevão Rodrigues de Castro histoiresante.blogspot.com/2026/09/linf... #histmed

Centre for the Global Histories Medicine, Disease and Health at Durham University is launching the History of Medicine Lab To facilitate discussion about new publications, films and documentaries relevant to #histmed open to anyone (incl. students) in the university & wider northeast #histSTM

The Call for Papers for the AAHM's 100th Annual Meeting is now open! 🎉 Submit your proposal and join us in Charleston, South Carolina, May 20-23, 2027! #AAHM2027 #HistMed The full CFP is on our website: histmed.org/charleston-2... Ready to submit a proposal? Visit cfp.sched.com/speaker/1DnO...

(Call for Papers) Environments of Healing: Art, Nature, and Medicine in Medieval Communities, East and West histoiresante.blogspot.com/2026/09/art-... #histmed #envhist

#HistNursing #HistMed

ICYMI: Environmental historians and humanists who work on plant medicines are encouraged to submit proposals to speak at Psychedelic Culture 2027: Beyond Consensus. Deadline: 10 October 2026 niche-canada.org/2026/08/27/c... #envhist #envhum #histmed #plantmedicines #psychedelics

Calling #HistSTM folks: If you or your colleagues have experience writing amicus briefs, the AAHM Education and Outreach Committee is planning to host a training session for History of Medicine week this October. Feel free to reply to this thread, DM me, or email me if you have any leads!

Thrilled to announce our upcoming symposium exploring the interconnected histories of medicine, science and technology in Japan, Korea and Taiwan in the 20th century. with @daneuhaus.bsky.social @dijtokyo.org & online (17-18.09.2026) #histmed #histsci #eastasia #sts #japan #korea #taiwan

𝐁𝐄𝐘𝐎𝐍𝐃 𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐓𝐀𝐆𝐈𝐎𝐍: 𝐑𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐇𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐋𝐞𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐚𝐥 𝐌𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐚𝐧 Anna Gili 22 September 2026, 5 pm CET eu.jotform.com/build/261955... #CSMBR #MedicalHistory #Leprosy #Mediterranean #Contagious

#hsmt #histmed #histsci @eccleshistsoc.bsky.social @sshmedicine.bsky.social #sts #churchhistory #history #hps @aahmhistmed.bsky.social @bshsnews.bsky.social @historyscience.bsky.social @durhamimh.bsky.social #health #religion #theology #ethics #blackhistory #Kirchengeschichte #Theologie

Please circulate! Calling all PhDs and ECRs working on themes related to health, welfare, and community in the early modern maritime world: submit abstracts by 30 September to join this one-day workshop at the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich on 14 January 2027. www.rmg.co.uk/collections/...