iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Reposted by Dr Claire Martin

Lola Dickinson @loladickinson.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Really pleased to share the comic by the fantastic @karriefransman.bsky.social on Sex Work and AIDS Activism in Edinburgh. Research by me and based on an oral history interview with Ruth Morgan Thomas of Scot-PEP.

21610

Reposted by Dr Claire Martin

George Severs @georgesevers.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Incredible opportunity to work with Dr Hannah Elizabeth @sexhistorian.bsky.social on a funded PhD project exploring unorthodox forms of health activism in postwar Britain. Full details here, do share widely! www.strath.ac.uk/studywithus/...

strath.ac.uk

Unorthodox health activism in Britain after 1948 | University of Strathclyde

0911

Reposted by Dr Claire Martin

Mereida ✸ @mereida.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

It's been incredibly rewarding working with Aysha Haddington-Ahmed and Elizabeth Evens on this comic about clinical staff working in healthcare with patients that have experienced sexual violence. The comic explores the barriers that both patients and staff may face in addressing these issues. 1/3

33113

Reposted by Dr Claire Martin

George Severs @georgesevers.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

My latest article has just been published in The Historical Journal. It looks at the ways in which HIV/AIDS was positioned as not just an urban problem, but one that was antithetical to rural spaces. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

cambridge.org

HIV/AIDS and the English Countryside | The Historical Journal | Cambridge Core

HIV/AIDS and the English Countryside

04722

Reposted by Dr Claire Martin

Zara Slattery aka Inksplattery @zaraslattery.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

'Battle of the Brows, an adaptation of @lejhouston.bsky.social incredible research. This project is part of UofB's Sexual Health: Past, Present and Future created by @claireplmartin.bsky.social & @drannehanley.bsky.social Part 1 of the project includes...

Introductory cover of Battle of the Brows

2157

Reposted by Dr Claire Martin

Dr Anne Hanley @drannehanley.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

So excited to see the amazing comics developed from research presented at our 2025 workshop, #SexualHealth: Past, Present and Future. @claireplmartin.bsky.social amd I are thrilled that our @ukri.org project, 'Histories of Sexual Health in Britain', was able to support these creative collaborations.

2166

Reposted by Dr Claire Martin

Mo Moulton @momoulton.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

The MA in Gender & Sexuality at the University of Birmingham is a rare thing: a chance to explore cutting-edge interdisciplinary research in queer, trans, feminist, and gender studies, with a practical placement built-in. #queerhistory #womenshistory www.birmingham.ac.uk/study/postgr....

birmingham.ac.uk

Gender and Sexuality MA - University of Birmingham

Course information for prospective postgraduate students on our MA Gender and Sexuality taught masters degree programme at the University of Birmingham.

12616

Reposted by Dr Claire Martin

Kylie M. Smith wrote an angry book @drkyliesmith.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

Today is official publication day of @cethompson.bsky.social and my little collection “Do Less Harm: Ethical Questions for Health Historians”. It has 28 essays on names, images, museum and archival practices, teaching, reparations, positionality, citation and more. www.press.jhu.edu/books/title/...

press.jhu.edu

Do Less Harm

Ethical Questions for Health Historians

55318

Reposted by Dr Claire Martin

Sarah Kenny @drsarahlkenny.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

It was a real pleasure to speak to @drdaveobrien.bsky.social about my new book Growing Up and Going Out, which was published with @manchesterup.bsky.social recently! if you're so inclined, you can listen to us talk about youth culture, cities, and identity below.

275

Reposted by Dr Claire Martin

Tom Hulme @tomhulme.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

A few tickets left for this talk next week for Belfast Pride 2025! Come hear about a ‘female husband’ dockworker (1880s), a scandalous Victorian male brothel, Jazz Age gay novels, a trans woman in mid 20th c. Ballycastle, & NI’s (sadly forgotten) 1st lesbian activist! linenhall.com/event/sex-lo...

linenhall.com

Sex, Love, and Everyday Life: A History of Northern Ireland before Gay Liberation - The Linen Hall, Belfast

Ask the average person on the street what they know about Northern Ireland’s LGBTQ+ or ‘queer’ history, and they will likely mention the Reverend Ian Paisley’s notorious campaign to ‘Save […]

23019

Reposted by Dr Claire Martin

Sarah Crook @sarahcrook.bsky.social · 14/07/2025

🎉 Delighted to see the publication of Penny Tinkler’s latest article in @mbhjournal.bsky.social: ‘What if?’ Early marriage and the ‘shadow selves’ of young women from the late 1950s to early 1970s.' Thank you for submitting it to us, Penny! Read it here: doi.org/10.1093/tcbh...

doi.org

‘What if?’ Early marriage and the ‘shadow selves’ of young women from the late 1950s to early 1970s

Abstract. The value of producing counterfactual history has been hotly debated, but principally in relation to major public events. Drawing on oral history

5279

Reposted by Dr Claire Martin

Sinead Carter @sineadcarter.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

I'm looking for participants for my oral history on space and feminism! Please share with anybody you feel may have contacts and email me if you have any questions or would like to get involved: sinead.carter@pgr.reading.ac.uk

As part of my PhD research on space (i.e the built environment/social space) and feminism during the British Women’s Liberation Movement, I’m looking for oral history participants to interview about their experiences. You don’t need to have thought about space and your activism- I’m just interested in your experiences! If you were involved in Reclaim the Night, squatting/housing activism, or feminist architecture from c.1968-1990 (ish), you can contact me on this platform or email me: sinead.carter@pgr.reading.ac.uk. Please share with anyone you think may have contacts!

22542

Reposted by Dr Claire Martin

Kylie M. Smith wrote an angry book @drkyliesmith.bsky.social · 29/06/2025

My one and only author/editor copy of #dolessharm has arrived! 368 pages of goodness put together by me and @cethompson.bsky.social and 27 other fantastic authors. Thank you @hopkinspress.bsky.social ! Buy yours here: www.press.jhu.edu/books/title/...

28520

Reposted by Dr Claire Martin

Charlie Lynch @charlielynch.bsky.social · 24/05/2025

Historian here, holder of multiple degrees, previous holder of RA posts, co-author of book, journal articles, numerous essays and book reviews - attributes and skills seemingly unwanted by most employers. Seeks freelance work, writing, editing, researching, etc, in pursuit of paying bills.

34731

Reposted by Dr Claire Martin

Peter Whitewood @pwhitewood.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

And two Research Fellow posts at the University of Leeds on the 4-year project ‘The Soviet Union, the WHO and Global Health, 1957-91’, which looks superb. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNE369/r...

jobs.ac.uk

Research Fellow in Global Health History x2 at University of Leeds

Looking for a new job opportunity in academia? Check out this job opening for a Research Fellow in Global Health History x2 on jobs.ac.uk!

02122

Dr Claire Martin @claireplmartin.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

Call for artists: We are looking to collaborate with a graphic novelist to create a graphic novel about people's experiences of sexual health in 20th century Britain. Please share widely!

912396

Dr Claire Martin @claireplmartin.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

📣Registration is still open for ‘Sexual Health: Past, Present and Future’. Check out our exciting programme below! Join us in person or online. Registration is FREE but essential. ⏰2-3 July 2025 🏛️University of Birmingham / online 👉Register here by Monday 2nd June: forms.office.com/e/mQHq8NgSmQ

01214

Dr Claire Martin @claireplmartin.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

📣Registration is open for our workshop, 'Sexual Health: Past, Present and Future'! Join us in person or online. Registration is FREE but essential. ⏰ 2-3 July 2025 🏛️ University of Birmingham / online 👉 Register here: forms.office.com/e/mQHq8NgSmQ #histmed #histsex #medhums #sexualhealth #SRH #HIV

Sexual Health: Past, Present and Future
A multidisciplinary workshop
Join us in person or online
Room WG17, Centre for Lifelong Learning, University of Birmingham, 2-3 July 2025
The prevention, treatment and control of sexually transmissible infections, including HIV, has a complex history. It has been the catalyst for significant developments in medicine and public health. But it has also been stigmatised, occupying a grey area between quackery and reputable medicine. Sexual health embodied fears about social disorder, at times seen as a ‘racial poison’ and a threat to colonial, state and military authority. And it was used as an excuse for human experimentation, draconian legislation and the persecution of minoritised and marginalised communities.
Yet event with such a turbulent history, sexual health currently faces one of its greatest crises. Rates of syphilis are at their highest since 1948 and there are more cases of gonorrhoea than at any other point since records began. Barriers to PrEP uptake persist. While RSE has improved, significant shortcomings remain. The impact of mental health, poverty and domestic violence on sexual-health outcomes are not adequately addressed. Services decimated by underfunding are no longer accessible to many who need them. And a lack of culturally competent, inclusive provisions means that many service users feel alienated by the services that are available. All of this is exacerbating deep inequalities in health outcomes and wellbeing.
This multidisciplinary workshop is an opportunity for researchers and health professionals to explore the historical legacies and challenges facing sexual health today and in the future. It is supported by the UKRI project ‘Histories of Sexual Health in Britain’ and is CPD accredited by the Federation of the Royal Colleges of Physicians.
Scan the QR code to register.
Registration is free but essential.

1117

Reposted by Dr Claire Martin

Dr Hannah Charnock @hannahcharnock.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

‘Teenage Intimacies’ is now officially out in the world! It’s a history of teenage sexuality in postwar England that speaks to ideas of growing up, adolescence, friendship, family, identity, culture and education. It’s been a long time coming but I’m really proud of the end result! 🗃️ #histsex

Picture of my book Teenage Intimacies: Young women, sex and social life in England 1950-80

2125063

Reposted by Dr Claire Martin

Social History Society @socialhistsoc.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

📢Bookings for our 2025 conference are now open! ⏰7-9th July 2025 🏢Black Country Living Museum, Dudley 🗣️Biggest gathering of social & cultural historians in the UK 👉Book online here: socialhistory.org.uk/membership/a... 🗃️ History Humanities

socialhistory.org.uk

Account

Visit the post for more.

02619

Reposted by Dr Claire Martin

Kevin Matthew Jones @kevinmatthewjones.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

Confirmed publication date for my book - first week of April! Read for a long durée history of psychological classification, and how the development of concepts of diagnosis was fuelled by their application in asylum health statistics www.waterstones.com/book/psychol...

waterstones.com

Psychological Classification and Diagnosis in Asylum Statistics, 1800 - 1948 by Kevin Matthew Jones | Waterstones

Buy Psychological Classification and Diagnosis in Asylum Statistics, 1800 - 1948 by Kevin Matthew Jones from Waterstones today! Click and Collect from your local Waterstones or get FREE UK delivery on...

2155

Reposted by Dr Claire Martin

Nursing Clio @nursingclio.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

📢📢📢 Pitch call! Are you interested in writing about medicine, gender, or public health? Consider submitting an article to our editorial team. Details on submission guidelines below 👇

13626

Reposted by Dr Claire Martin

Joanne Begiato @jbhist.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

Our edited collection is published Open Access by @bloomsburyhist.bsky.social on 6 February! We have wonderful chapters exploring inherited objects and stories! We loved putting it together @katieebarclay.bsky.social @tanyaevans.bsky.social @ashleybarnwell.bsky.social @lauracking.bsky.social

Cover of the edited collection Inheriting the Family.

510144

Reposted by Dr Claire Martin

Sarah Kenny @drsarahlkenny.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

Arrived home to the most wonderful surprise. Growing Up and Going Out is here!

Front cover of Growing Up and Going Out.

76311

Reposted by Dr Claire Martin

Natalia Cecire @ncecire.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

Funded PhD studentship with our lovely colleagues over at Brighton Uni: Supporting trans and non-binary inclusion: wellbeing and dignity in health and social care www.brighton.ac.uk/research/pos...

brighton.ac.uk

Funded PhD project in trans and non-binary inclusion

An opportunity to develop a PhD project around trans and non-binary inclusion within health and social care.

04131

Reposted by Dr Claire Martin

Lucy Cann @lucycann.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

My article on AIDS voluntary organisations' responses to Black gay men (1980s-2000) is out in @mbhjournal.bsky.social. It traces the contrasting ways in which Terrence Higgins Trust, Blackliners and Naz Project engaged with communities with particular needs. academic.oup.com/tcbh/advance...

academic.oup.com

Issues | Modern British History | Oxford Academic

Publishes research that covers the variety of British history in the twentieth century in all its aspects. It links the many different and specialized branches of historical scholarship with work in p...

0114

Reposted by Dr Claire Martin

Rebecca Jennings @rebeccajennings.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

Only a month to go until the CfP deadline for the 'Legacies of Section 28' conference, which will bring together historians, educators and activists to explore the context and impact of the legislation. Send in your abstracts and please share with your networks! royalhistsoc.org/calendar/leg...

royalhistsoc.org

Legacies of Section 28 – CALL FOR PAPERS | RHS

069

Reposted by Dr Claire Martin

Ketil Slagstad @slagstadk.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

Call for Papers for the biannual conference organized by the European Association for the History of Medicine and Health in Berlin August 26-29, 2025. Submission is now open! #histmed hi.converia.de/frontend/ind...

hi.converia.de

Home – EAHMH 2025 Health Beyond Medicine

02414

Dr Claire Martin @claireplmartin.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

Excited to share the call for papers for our multidisciplinary workshop ‘Sexual Health: Past, Present and Future’ (also on our website: tinyurl.com/34vbucud). Please share widely! ⏰ Deadline for abstracts: 14 February 2025 #histsex #histmed #sexualhealth #SRH #GUM

11316

Reposted by Dr Claire Martin

Justine Pick @justinepick.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

Are you an historian (ECR, PGR) and interested in working with television? Then these online workshops in 2025 may be for you! 👇

077

Reposted by Dr Claire Martin

Dr Vanessa @hpsvanessa.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

🗃️fully funded UK-based PhD project on "Translating Monstrosity: Constructions of Difference in Early Modern England and France" joint UCL & Wellcome collection, inc UK Home fees, AHRC stipend & additional Wellcome research expense funds for 3.5 years. d-line 31 Jan. more info via:

ucl.ac.uk

Opportunities

Find opportunities to join UCL History in academic, research, teaching and learning, admin and other capacities below.

14334

Reposted by Dr Claire Martin

Justine Pick @justinepick.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

Curious about history? Join me as part of a new research group, to uncover hidden stories in the archives and gain hands-on skills in historical research as part of the Unlocking the Vaults project Taster Day at University of Birmingham The Exchange (City Centre) 📅Thurs 16 Jan 🕰️10am -1pm

birmingham.ac.uk

Unlocking the Vaults: Step into History Taster Day

Join us for an engaging and informal morning packed with activities as we unveil the fascinating Unlocking the Vaults project, proudly supported by the National Lottery Heritage Fund.

3178

Reposted by Dr Claire Martin

J.D. Connor @jdconnor.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

My regular suggestion: At the end of the semester why not reach out to someone whose work you taught and let them know? These days we have very little idea who teaches our stuff and in what contexts. It takes almost no time and can really make their day.

1041994

Reposted by Dr Claire Martin

Kitty Ross @curatorkitty.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

As promised here is the link to the consultation on the future of @leedsmuseums.bsky.social Abbey House #Museum which is threatened with closure to save £160,000. Please do respond if you can: museumsandgalleries.leeds.gov.uk/pQoMAtw/abbe...

museumsandgalleries.leeds.gov.uk

Abbey House Museum Consultation

0911

Reposted by Dr Claire Martin

George Severs @georgesevers.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

If you couldn't make our panel as part of The National Archives' HIV and AIDS Archives Symposium, you can see Virginia Berridge, @sexhistorian.bsky.social and me talking about 'historical research' here. www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tKn...

youtube.com

HIV and AIDS Archives Symposium: Panel Three - Historical Research

YouTube video by The National Archives UK

1106

Reposted by Dr Claire Martin

Nick Pettigrew @nick-pettigrew.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

Banning puberty blockers for trans kids but still allowing them for cis kids feels very much like discriminating against a set of patients based on their protected characteristic.

12510187

Reposted by Dr Claire Martin

Assigned Media @assignedmedia.org · 11/12/2024

Caroline Litman is the mother of Alice Litman, a young trans woman who died to suicide at 20. An official inquest found NHS delays in offering medical transition contributed to Alice's suicide. Today, she has found an audit of trans suicides used to exonerate the NHS did not include her daughter.

4935416

Reposted by Dr Claire Martin

Modern British History Journal @mbhjournal.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

We're recruiting a Book Reviews Editor! This is a great role for ECRs working in Modern British History (broadly defined). Details at the link below. Any questions, don't hesitate to get in touch with Hannah! 🗃️ academic.oup.com/tcbh/pages/c...

academic.oup.com

Call for MBH Book Review Editor

Modern British History is seeking a Book Review Editor to replace Dr Shahmima Akhtar whose term of office is due to end in December 2024. The post involves

03467

Reposted by Dr Claire Martin

Dr Vic Clarke @vjctorianist.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

I managed to fix the issue with the contact links on my website! If you or someone you know needs a writer, editor, or expert on 19thC British political history you can now easily get in touch. drvicclarke.co.uk/hire-me!

drvicclarke.co.uk

Hire me!

I am available to hire for your research, writing, events organisation, and consultancy needs. Previously I have worked in teaching and research across English Literature, Liberal Arts, and History…

047

Reposted by Dr Claire Martin

QM_UCU @qmucu.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

Again, the bigger story is the harm they’re causing in applying a business model to Higher Education that simply doesn’t work. The egregious money-grabbing is a symptom of that disconnect between management and reality of universities.

13315

Reposted by Dr Claire Martin

Dr Surekha Davies, Historical Monster Consultant (she/her) @drsurekhadavies.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

🗃 🧪 #medicine #law #anthropology and more - fully funded PhD places at Bristol University for Black UK students. Please share!

11715

Reposted by Dr Claire Martin

Dr Rageshri Dhairyawan @drrageshri.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

Looking forward to doing my first event for Seed Talks! I’ll be discussing Understanding Women’s Health: The pattern of misdiagnosis and neglect on January 15th. Join me for an online workshop - book here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/understand...

13311

Reposted by Dr Claire Martin

Kate Jarman @ermerlindaj.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

📣Funded PhD studentship👀 CDA with @durhamhistory.bsky.social and @salvarmyarchive.bsky.social - ‘AIDS, inequality and religious ethics of care in 1980s and 1990s Britain’. For further info, search for 'AIDS' in ‘Projects Recruiting for Entry in 2024/2025’ at: tinyurl.com/5xxxva5n

northernbridge.ac.uk

Collaborative Doctoral Awards (Staff-led) | Northern Bridge Consortium | Newcastle University

056

Reposted by Dr Claire Martin

Sadiah Qureshi 🦈 @sadiahqureshi.bsky.social · 08/12/2024

I’ve finally finished my book on extinction! If you’re interested in reading how ideas of race, empire, and extinction have shaped our world and left important legacies for thinking about just conservation and the future of our planet, preorder here. #skystorians uk.bookshop.org/p/books/vani...

uk.bookshop.org

Vanished: An Unnatural History of Extinction a book by Sadiah Qureshi.

Anyone alive today is among a tiny fraction of the once living: over 90 percent of species that ever lived are now extinct. How did we come to think of ourselves as survivors in a world where species ...

26517162

Reposted by Dr Claire Martin

Kit Heyam (they/he) @krheyam.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

My review of Alison Li's new biography of Harry Benjamin, Wondrous Transformations, has just been published in the American Historical Review - here's the free access link if you need it: academic.oup.com/ahr/article/...

academic.oup.com

Alison Li. Wondrous Transformations: A Maverick Physician, the Science of Hormones, and the Birth of the Transgender Revolution.

Harry Benjamin occupies a complex position in trans people’s emotional and political narratives of our history. His 1966 book The Transsexual Phenomenon in

1135

Dr Claire Martin @claireplmartin.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

Hello Bluesky! I’m a historian of sexuality, currently working with @drannehanley.bsky.social on the history of #sexualhealth in Britain, 1918-1980. Finally left the hellsite, and looking forward to (re)connecting with people on here!

2196