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Claire L Jones @claireljones.bsky.social · 20h

The man is deranged. To think, it was only a few years ago I used to see him on campus having lunch on his own

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Claire L Jones @claireljones.bsky.social · 22h

This is the problem. No university employee is seen as a 'worker.'

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Society for the Social History of Medicine (SSHM) @sshmedicine.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

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

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Home | Global Childhoods HSTM

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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Sewers are one of the most transformational interventions to human health in history, yet they are rarely understood or recognised for their impact. So we are holding an event about them next Tuesday. In person in London or watch online! www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/events/searc...

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The secret life of sewers

From the Big Stink to the fatberg, London's history has always flowed through what (and how) we flush away. Sewers are one of the most transformational, yet least recognised interventions in the histo...

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Andrew McGettigan @amcgettigan.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

the 2016 settlement was really the point at which it became clear that we had moved from a high trust system to a low trust system in 20 years. HE Expansion did not produce the envisioned productivity gains - the problem must have lain with universities

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The Sutton Trust @suttontrust.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

🚨 NEW: Poorer students have the most to gain from university, but they’re the least likely to go. Our brand-new best practice guide argues universities should redouble efforts to support disadvantaged students 🧵

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Liesbeth Corens @onslies.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

ah, this is going to be SO GOOD! And we're luring Aditya Chakrabortty to Mile End! Do join if you've got even just a passing interest in #SocialHistory, #BritishHistory, #UrbanHistory, history of photography, or a bunch of cool brains in one room. #SkyStorians

How do we write histories of small towns in the post-1945 period? Towns such as Halifax in the Calder Valley feature little in an otherwise thriving historiography of contemporary Britain. Yet for an earlier generation of social historian, most notably E. P. Thompson, who wrote The Making of the English Working Class while living there, such towns were crucial to understanding the processes of industrialisation and capitalist modernity. How can we include such places in more purposeful narratives of the more recent past? How do we write inclusive histories of belonging for the residents of these towns that do not consign them to being ‘left behind’, as though their histories are only considered to explain their ‘unmaking’ and marginalisation: towards an overdetermined present of post-Brexit Britain, flags and Reform?

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Mary Fissell @maryfissell.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Delighted to share that the British version of my book is now out in paperback! hurstpublishers.com/book/abortion/ Thanks, @hurstpublishers.bsky.social, still LOVE that cover.

Cover of a book about the history of abortion with images of plants from a 17th century manuscript.

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Dr Hannah J. Elizabeth @sexhistorian.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

There's still plenty of time to apply for this fantastic funded #PhD studentship on the history of unorthodox health activism in Britain after 1948! Interested? Know someone great who should apply? Get in touch! #AcademicSky www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DSR502/p...

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PhD Studentship: Unorthodox health activism in Britain after 1948 at University of Strathclyde

Explore a PhD Studentship: Unorthodox health activism in Britain after 1948 on jobs.ac.uk. Discover more PhD opportunities and apply today!

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Society for the Social History of Medicine (SSHM) @sshmedicine.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

📣 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

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Stay Informed with The Gazette of SSHM

The Gazette of the SSHM launched in 1990 to keep subscribers of Social History of Medicine informed about professional events within as well as outside the SSHM. It not only provides a means to com…

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Claire L Jones @claireljones.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

"But did you know, Women's nose." The lyrics to Seal's Kiss from a Rose according to the 6 year old

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Dewie @judgedewie.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

OMG I had to check my work emails regarding an extra case in court tomorrow and I've just read this from an HR person. "on a knee to nose basis" A KNEE TO NOSE BASIS 😳

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Claire L Jones @claireljones.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

"But did you know, Women's nose." The lyrics to Seal's Kiss from a Rose according to the 6 year old

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RCP museum @rcpmuseum.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Visit the 'Patient voices' exhibition at the RCP Museum until 23 July 2027. Check out our website for opening details & exhibition themed events. Next Thurs 8 October you can join our Museum Late to explore after hours with free talks! history.rcp.ac.uk/exhibitions/... @rcphysicians.bsky.social

Exhibition graphic showing a black and white photo of a female patient sitting up and smiling in a hospital bed. The text reads:
Patient voices: power, truth, understanding
Exploring the lived experience of healthcare
14 September 2026 – 23 July 2027
Exhibition| Free entry

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Dr Vanessa @hpsvanessa.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

#JobFairy alert for #histSTM and modern british historians - 60 month post-doc at Newcastle Uni on the Wellcome Trust funded "The Night Shift 1850-present: Reimagining Sleep, Work and Wellbeing for Healthcare Professionals in English and Scottish Hospitals" 🗃️ www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DTD047/r...

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Research Assistant/Associate (Modern British History) at Newcastle University

Explore an exciting academic career as a Research Assistant/Associate (Modern British History). Don't miss out on other academic jobs. Click to apply and explore more opportunities.

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Claire L Jones @claireljones.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Was on the same bill as punkdISCO on Friday and can't get this bassline out of my head. Love it soundcloud.com/punkdisco/i-...

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I Can Dance

Listen to I Can Dance by punkdISCO #np on #SoundCloud

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Claire L Jones @claireljones.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Was on the same bill as punkdISCO on Friday and can't get this bassline out of my head. Love it soundcloud.com/punkdisco/i-...

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I Can Dance

Listen to I Can Dance by punkdISCO #np on #SoundCloud

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Claire L Jones @claireljones.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Just amazing how many problems there are when people just don't read their emails properly

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

'At least eight universities have announced industrial action for the coming year'. Edinburgh: 5 weeks, £140m cuts, 90 degree programmes, 1,800 potential job losses. Dundee, Essex, Exeter, Glasgow Caledonian, Heriot-Watt, Nottingham, Sussex and where next?

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UK Universities Set to Strike in ‘Last-Ditch Fight Over Existential Cuts’

'It is carnage'.

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Natalia Cecire @ncecire.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

The fragility of senior managers as they literally destroy whole careers and fields of study has really been something to behold. Is it hot in that kitchen?

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Claire L Jones @claireljones.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Yes! And Lincoln in the Bardo is one of my favourite books

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Neil Chadborn @neilchadborn.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Today & tomorrow are first days of strike as Uni council makes final decisions on massive cuts of courses &staff. Please show your #solidatity by sharing this, to encourage management to take our alternative financial proposals seriously. Compulsory redundancies not necessary!! @uonucu.bsky.social

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Claire L Jones @claireljones.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Um, I'd actually like to do all three myself.....

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Claire L Jones @claireljones.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Sort of baffled by award winning history books that have just rehashed old material without much reinterpretation

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James Butler @piercepenniless.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

When was the last time our Secretary of State for Culture displayed anything approaching this degree of public enthusiasm for our world-class arts industry? Has she been seen anywhere? Given impending charter renewal... did she even bother to visit a single prom?

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Dr Vanessa @hpsvanessa.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Cannot tell you how much I hate this & how ashamed & angry I am that @ukri.org have taken this step. We KNOW this sort of gAI is socially biased, we KNOW it favours slopAI output over human-written. Our research landscape is falling apart due to underfunding, & they do this? it's *appalling*

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Mic Wright @brokenbottleboy.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

The idea of being ‘proud’ of being English is barking to me. It’s the very definition of an accident of birth. I had no choice or role in it. I’m proud of things I’ve actually achieved.

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Princeton University Press @princetonupress.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

A revelatory portrait of Shakespeare’s life before he achieved fame. @loughnrv.bsky.social's Shakespeare at Thirty publishes 20 October. Enter to win 1 of 10 free copies at Goodreads: www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sho... #Shakespeare #Literature

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Society for the Social History of Medicine (SSHM) @sshmedicine.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

📣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!

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Volume 39 Issue 3 | Social History of Medicine | Oxford Academic

The official journal of the Society for the Social History of Medicine. Publishes research concerned with all aspects of health, illness, and medical treatment in the past. Articles treat the social h...

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Claire L Jones @claireljones.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I was persuaded into buying axolotls. The stress of looking after them! I feel like I have a new born again

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William Carruthers @williamcarruthers.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Good thread (suspect this will happen more and more)

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Dr Beckie Rutherford (she/her) @beckierutherford.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

"Including disabled people in the story of Britain, which is what the book grandly tries to do, is about showing that disabled people are always there and that disability isn’t some kind of modern trend." Extremely timely reflections from @profdavidturner.bsky.social's new book project ...

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David Turner: “Disabled people have always been part of history"

The historian on his landmark new book ‘Disability: A History of Resistance’

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Dr Beatriz Pichel @beapichel.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Obviously the toolkit will be available then! Join us to discuss the toolkit, how to use it, and what's next for The Ethics of Medical Photography Network!

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Sexy Plato's Cave @andrewblair.co.uk · 16/09/2026

The arts industry in the UK: we contribute so much money to the economy but we are dying, please help Lisa Nandy: Village Parish Council: we held a pretend referendum Lisa Nandy: I'm listening

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Claire L Jones @claireljones.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

This is really upsetting. I want to give this woman a hug

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Alex Winter @alexwinter.com · 16/09/2026

True story.

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Caitríona Beaumont @caitbeaumont.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

📣 Excellent new resource for academics, ECRs, PGRs & students interested in #historyofexperience. Fully OA & drawing on rich experience of colleagues in @hexhistory.bsky.social it includes oral history, ego documents, institutional records, fiction & photos. #skystorians 📣

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Sources and Methods for the History of Experience

This open access book explores what kinds of sources and methodologies are needed for a history of experience.

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Lisa Smith @historybeagle.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Looking for some light lunch reading? Rachel Rich and I wrote a bit about how 18th c British food was complex, multicultural and flavourful. theconversation.com/british-food... #HistFood @uclpress.bsky.social +

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British food was complex, multicultural and flavourful in the 18th century – despite what you might think

The King’s table was full of flavours from the British empire and beyond.

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