In an exclusive interview, the senator laments the lack of resistance to Trump and describes her rescue in Iraq as a “gift.”

2024/5 ROY PORTER STUDENT ESSAY PRIZE COMPETITION 2024-roy-porter-prize-entry-formDownload Rules and Entry Form The Society for the Social History of Medicine invites submissions to its 2024/5 Roy …

2024/5 ROY PORTER STUDENT ESSAY PRIZE COMPETITION 2024-roy-porter-prize-entry-formDownload Rules and Entry Form The Society for the Social History of Medicine invites submissions to its 2024/5 Roy …

We, as historians of medicine, express our support for the federal agencies and regulations that protect and promote human health. We know the long-term value of health-related federal agencies and…

Professor and author Beth Linker reveals the surprising origins of our concerns over poor posture.

Inspired by the AHA's Guidelines for Broadening the Definition of Historical Scholarship, a dozen historians share the diverse ways they do history today.

Professor and author Beth Linker reveals the surprising origins of our concerns over poor posture.

historian of medicine, technology, and disability

The strange and surprising history of the so-called epidemic of bad posture in modern America—from eugenics and posture pageants to today’s promoters of “paleo posture”

The idea that we should all stand straight is widely accepted. But this modern obsession has dubious origins

The Institute is home to the largest private fellowship program in the historical study of science, medicine, and technology in the United States.

A revelatory look at modern liberalism’s historical evolution and enduring impact on contemporary politics and society.    Since the 1960s, American liberalism and the Democratic Party have been rema...

A powerful look at the changing cultural understanding of postpartum depression in America.   New motherhood is often seen as a joyful moment in a woman’s life; for some women, it is also their lowes...