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Darius Wainwright

@dariuswainwright.bsky.social

Lecturer in Post-1945 U.S. History, University of Bristol (UK). Soft power; cultural diplomacy; transnational exchanges; international expos; Cold War; Middle East.

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Dr Stephen E. Mawdsley @smawdsley.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

Congratulations to Bristol PhD student, Jenny Hutton, on her recent NLM blog posting about her historical research. @uobartsmatter.bsky.social @uobrishistory.bsky.social Medically Manufactured: The Story of Retrolental Fibroplasia circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov/2025/06/12/m...

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Medically Manufactured: The Story of Retrolental Fibroplasia

By Jenny Hutton ~ When Lula Hardaway was told her 6-week-old baby Stevie was blind, doctors were unable give her an answer as to why. Born two months early in Saginaw, Michigan in May 1950, Stevie …

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will pooley @willpooley.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

thinking again about how unwelcome and inappropriate it is to find our jobs now also supposed to comprise counselor and border guard… as well as teacher, manager, researcher, editor, writer, fixer. these things are not compatible! the conflicts of interest are not resolvable!

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Darius Wainwright @dariuswainwright.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

NEW PUBLICATION 🚨🚨 I'd been reflecting for a while on the ways the United States peddles historical narratives about itself to foreign audiences, so I'm thrilled to see this in print. Thanks to @USAbroad for agreeing to publish! usabroad.unibo.it/article/view...

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Glen O'Hara @gsoh31.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

UK university policy seems gripped by some sort of death wish or collective madness.

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