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Bernhard Leitner @bmleitner.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Monday at Seoul National University

Bernhard Leitner @bmleitner.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

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

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Bernhard Leitner @bmleitner.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

New archive unlocked! Great to be back in the wonderful city of Taipei and at Academia Sinica for the first time, conducting archive research on neuropsychiatric treatment methods in colonial and postcolonial Taiwan. #histmed #histpsy #neuro #taiwan #transwar

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Bernhard Leitner @bmleitner.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

Editor-in-Chief Eric Engstrom has recently announced a relaunch of the History of Psychiatry journal with a new title, scope, and look. Exciting news for anyone working in #histpsy #histmed #histsci #history Check out what's changed: journals.sagepub.com/home/hpy

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Bernhard Leitner @bmleitner.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

I just prepared a presentation on possession and exorcism for a seminar in medical history and the file has exactly 6,66mb!

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Bernhard Leitner @bmleitner.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

How were emerging medical disciplines and transnational networks connected to colonial racism in 20th c. East Asia? Dive into my new #OpenAccess article, "Neurologically Speaking: Racial Science and Medicine at Keijō Imperial University" #HistSci #HistMed #EastAsia doi.org/10.1163/2666...

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Bernhard Leitner @bmleitner.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

I love how the National Taiwan University Library Special Collections brochure looks like a menu. And they do have delicate stuff, I can tell you that...

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Bernhard Leitner @bmleitner.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

Spendet bitte für die tollen ehrenamtlichen Helfer*innen von www.changesforwomen.at Sie unterstützen ungewollt Schwangere bei Schwangerschaftsabbrüchen und sind der einzige Verein in Österreich, der sich dieser wichtigen Aufgabe annimmt!

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Bernhard Leitner @bmleitner.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

Save the date! I am thrilled to announce our first Neuburger Lecture in 2025, at the Josephinum @meduniwien.ac.at on June 2nd in Vienna. Andreas Heinz (Charité Berlin) will give a talk on "The Colonised Brain" [in German]. www.josephinum.ac.at/.../max-neub... #histmed #histpsy #histsci #vienna

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Bernhard Leitner @bmleitner.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

The Medical University of Vienna went into eXile and is new to @bsky.app, follow @meduniwien.ac.at for news on medical research and education! #MedUniWien #medsky

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Bernhard Leitner @bmleitner.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

Working at a medical university as a historian comes with challenges, but also with perks: Today I took part in a brain dissection, which gave me a real grasp of something I've only read about. The experience of holding a brain in your hands is perhaps only comparable to seeing the Earth from space.

A brain ready for dissection, held in hands with purple rubber gloves (image for illustration purposes, taken from the Guardian newspaper).

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Bernhard Leitner @bmleitner.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

Great opportunity to work at the wonderful #NRI. This is a quiet retreat where you can truly get to research without distractions (except for the stunning garden and occasional furry visitors). Also Darwin College is a great place with lots of #histsci people. Apply! www.nri.org.uk/Lloyd_Dan_Da...

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Bernhard Leitner @bmleitner.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

Herwig Czech put forward an extended study of Hans Asperger's entanglement with the Nazi medical regime. It is a highly nuanced account of his involvement in child murders at the notorious 'death' ward 'Am Spiegelgrund' in Vienna based on previously neglected documents and medical expertise.

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Bernhard Leitner @bmleitner.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

Memorial for the 800 children murdered by Nazi euthanasia at the Viennese psychiatric ward "Am Spiegelgrund". One light for every child. Also see the online exhibition on the history of the "Steinhof", a center of Nazi medical crimes in Vienna #histmed #neveragain www.gedenkstaettesteinhof.at/en

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Bernhard Leitner @bmleitner.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

Would you play with the Radioactive Atomic Energy Lab Kit with Uranium (1950)? It does look pretty neat, but I guess not even in the 50s... thebulletin.org/virtual-tour...

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Bernhard Leitner @bmleitner.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

The island of Okunoshima, top secret site of Japan's largest chemical weapons factory during WWII, was quite literally erased from maps. As illustrated by this section of a 1938 map of Japan, the island and its surrounding area is completely covered in white. #histsci #histtech #history #WWII #maps

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Bernhard Leitner @bmleitner.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

The eerie island of Okunoshima 大久野島, popular among tourists as the cute "rabbit island" harboring hundreds of friendly fluffy residents, has a sinister history as a main Japanese production site of wartime poison gas. Watch this great short film by @fotografritz.bsky.social here: okunoshima.video

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Bernhard Leitner @bmleitner.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

Take a moment and read about "radium girl" Katherine Schaub, who pioneered worker's rights and contributed to the classification of radium as toxic, saving the lives of future workers. A Time article from 1930 reveals, that she was als a pretty cool character. ↓ time.com/archive/6745...

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Bernhard Leitner @bmleitner.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

狂った一頁 [Kurutta Ichipeiji] "A Page of Madness" (1926) is the earliest Japanese avantgard movie touching the topic of mental illnes and psychiatric institutionalisation. Script by Kawabata Yasunari et al. Still a much recommended watch, especially the iconic dance scene. Enjoy below↓ #histmed #histpsy

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Bernhard Leitner @bmleitner.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

This is a haiku by a long term patient of a psychiatric ward in Japan (feat. in documentary "Seishin" 精神, 2008), it reads: bitten by a mosquito I also want to eat pork curry It is by far my most favourite haiku and this guy is a genius!

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