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Dr Eleanor Shaw

@eleanorshaw.bsky.social
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Historian of medicine (ish). Parent of small monsters. Enthusiastic Yorkshirewoman in Sheffield. Early Career Fellow on Covid Commemoration oral history at the British Library.

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Dr Heather Ellis @heatherlwellis.bsky.social · 15h
Join us! 27 October @ 12 noon, Sheffield for 'Feeding Children in Hard Times: School Meals, Poverty and the Cost of Living in Britain' 🍽🍎 2026 ESRC Festival of Social Science www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/feeding-ch... #histed @histedsocuk.bsky.social @sheffielduni.bsky.social @foodmuseumuk.bsky.social
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Feeding Children in Hard Times
School meals, poverty and the cost of living in Britain.
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Dr Anne Hanley @drannehanley.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Amazing #postdoc opportunity on the @wellcometrust.bsky.social funded project "The Night Shift", run by @kristinhussey.bsky.social. #histmed #hospitals #sleep www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DTD047/r...
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Research Assistant/Associate (Modern British History) at Newcastle University
An opportunity for an academic position as a Research Assistant/Associate (Modern British History) is available, as advertised on jobs.ac.uk. Apply now and explore other academic job openings.
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Dr Eleanor Shaw @eleanorshaw.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Thank you so much to everyone who has sent me their thoughts! Some promising leads. I'll be working on this into 2028 so do get in touch if something pops up further down the line.
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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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Prof Dave O'Brien @drdaveobrien.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Job! Part time research assistant role for the amazing Screening Mobility project, based at Maynooth University my.corehr.com/pls/nuimrecr...
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Dr Eleanor Shaw @eleanorshaw.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Request: Do you know of any oral history projects with relevance to covid-19? Context: I'm doing a mapping exercise for my new job at the @britishlibrary.bsky.social on covid commemoration. I have a pretty solid list but I know there are more out there! Please share!
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Dr Eleanor Shaw @eleanorshaw.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I try not to let things penetrate but for the love of god....
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Physicians' Gallery @physiciansgallery.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
We've just launched a new digital resource! Almost 15,000 entries, covering every Fellow, Honorary Fellow, Member and Licentiate of our College from our foundation to 1926. Check it out 👉 www.rcpe.ac.uk/heritage/phy...
Promotional image. A composite image of nine doctors, text on image reads 'physicians database'
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Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
You have to wait until the sixth paragraph of this piece before you learn, in the New York Times reporting on the murder of THEIR OWN EMPLOYEE, that the victim was a trans man who had been abused for being trans by the in-laws who murdered him. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/28/u...
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Couple Accused of Killing Their Son-in-Law in Bay Area Park (Gift Article)
Jonathan McKinsey, an engineer who worked in the games department for The New York Times, was fatally shot Saturday in a San Francisco suburb. The police have accused his parents-in-law, both 76.
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Kathleen Bachynski @bachynski.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
“I think if we can acknowledge the kinds of logic people bring to these conversations, it creates the possibility of having better conversations. If we dismiss what they’re saying without any acknowledgement… it gets really hard to create a shared sense of understanding from which to move forward.”
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She's spent two decades talking to parents who don't vaccinate their children. Here's what she's learned
Jennifer Reich has spent two decades speaking to families about their immunization decisions. In an interview, she unpacks what she's learned.
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University and College Union (UCU) @ucu.org.uk · 29/09/2026
Our members at the University of Nottingham begin strike action tomorrow over devastating job and course cuts. They will walk out tomorrow and Thursday, before beginning sustained strike action from 5 October. Share, like and comment to show your solidarity with our members.
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Krista Kesselring @kjkesselring.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Really pleased to see Rosamund Oates's new 'Silent Histories' out. For a taster, Rosamund is giving a talk on the work at at the IHR (hybrid) on Oct. 1, as well as a talk at the Chelsea History Festival on Oct. 2 (links with details below). #earlymodern
Image of book cover for 'Silent Histories: Defness in Early Modern England' by Rosamund Oates, showing two hands as depicted in an early modern sign language manual.
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Alan Lester @alanlester.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Excellent article on British awareness of the Nazi death camps and ambivalence over Jewish refugees. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...
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Britain knew about the Holocaust as it happened. A new exhibition reckons with that truth
Research draws upon reporting and witness testimony, while a permanent memorial is planned for London
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Rob Dale @robdale.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
My excellent colleague Claudia Soares is advertising a funded PhD studentship with us in History at Newcastle. Closing date 16 October. ,📢 Please spread the word. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DSX723/n...
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NUAcT PhD Studentship – Histories of Child Protection at Newcastle University
jobs.ac.uk now advertising a NUAcT PhD Studentship – Histories of Child Protection Visit jobs.ac.uk to apply and to browse more PhD opportunities.
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Dr Eleanor Shaw @eleanorshaw.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
"The UK is experiencing its highest rate of drug-related deaths since records began. Indeed, Scotland is the very worst affected country in the whole of Europe. There are growing and worrying signs that synthetic opioids are now entering UK drug markets."
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Emma Yeomans @yeomans.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Worrying scenes in the Channel today, for all interested in asylum policy and maritime tactics. A small boat from Normandy spent more than 30 hours at sea. Those on board now on their 2nd rescue vessel as Border Force forced to play cat and mouse with far-right activists who have their own boat.
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Onni Gust @onnigust.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Interesting project and post-doc opportunity: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DSZ013/p...
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow (East India Company) at University of York
Looking for a new job opportunity in academia? Check out this job opening for a Postdoctoral Research Fellow (East India Company) on jobs.ac.uk!
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Josh Pizzuto-Pomaco @joshpizpom.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
EXC: 90 programmes in Edinburgh University's College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences are to be closed. The casualties, which include 48 language and literature programmes, will be 'taught out', w/ no admissions after 2027. @heraldscotland.bsky.social www.heraldscotland.com/news/2655839...
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Ninety programmes to close at leading university as savings plan takes shape
According to the document, a total of 90 programmes will be “taught out” over the next several years, including 48 in the School of Language.
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Dr Eleanor Shaw @eleanorshaw.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Fancy coming to work with me at the British Library? Part time for 18 months, collecting oral histories about covid and thinking about covid commemoration. www.nationalmuseums.org.uk/jobs/job/228...
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Jobs - National Museum Directors' Council Website
Association of directors and chief executives of the UK's national museums, galleries, libraries and archives.
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Dr Eleanor Shaw @eleanorshaw.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
A recurring donation to the RNLI is always a good idea...
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Duke University Press @dukepress.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
In "Materia Medica," Nicole N. Ivy @nicotron3000.bsky.social traces the lives of the enslaved women conscripted into the development of US gynecology, exposing the representational labor imposed on black female bodies in both medical and creative works. Read the intro for free: buff.ly/YQSWs0T
Cover of Materia Medica: Black Women, White Doctors, and Spectacular Gynecology by Nicole N. Ivy. The cover has a museum-like installation with red lighting and a seated, elongated sculpture made of woven fibers on a rug. Pink fabric is draped in front of the figure. The title appears vertically in large red text with the author's name and subtitle in white adjacent to the title.
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Dolly Jørgensen @dollyjorgensen.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Coming up on Monday, 7 September 2026, at 4pm Central European time / 3pm in UK / 10am Eastern: Greenhouse online #envhum book talk with Christos Lynteris @visualplague.bsky.social on How Plague Got Rats: Mastering a Zoonotic Pandemic. All are welcome! newnatures.org/greenhouse/e...
Greenhouse Environmental Humanities Book Talks #201. Cover of book How Plague Got Rars
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Autism@Manchester @autismmanchester.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
We're delighted to share with you our new, free resource: the Autism@Manchester Research Involvement Toolkit, which we co-produced with #autistic contributors and researchers www.autism.manchester.ac.uk/research/pro... Interested in research? Takes a look at any or all of our 4 modules -
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Toolkit2 | University of Manchester
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Daniella M. @farsouthhistory.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Now that school is starting, what are you reviewing this Fall? H-Environment has many new books available in environmental history, humanities, and social sciences, just waiting for a volunteer! #envhist #envhum #ecocrit #envphil #conservation #anthropocene #climate docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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Books Available to review for H-Environment
Books Available for Review for H-Environment Below are the books currently available for review for H-Environment. Interested in reviewing one? Please email me at dmccahey@uci.edu. If we haven’t met,...
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Alex Hibberts @hibbertsalex.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
In early June, researchers from 15 universities and 6 countries came together @ihr.bsky.social for a workshop to discuss the who, what, where and why of the Little Ice Age. Thank you for all who came, presented, spoke and asked challenging questions! nehnetwork.wordpress.com/2026/07/20/f...
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From Climate to Weather History: Can Taking a Short-Term, Local Perspective Help Reframe the Little Ice Age?
Committee Member Alex Hibberts writes on a recent workshop on the Little Ice Age, hosted by the Institute of Historical Research in London. In early June, researchers from fifteen universities and …
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britsocmedhistory.bsky.social @britsocmedhistory.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Applications are now open to medical students in the UK for the Osler Travel Award 2026-2027. The awards, worth up to £4000, are for travel to North America to research a topic in the history of medicine from resources not available elsewhere. More: bshm.org.uk/students/
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Dr Eleanor Shaw @eleanorshaw.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Really looking forward to the panel I've convened today at #ESHS-HSS on 'Contested knowledges of climate, food and famine', presenting new work from the Oxfam archives alongside @aoifeolearymcneice.bsky.social and Fiona Williamson, chaired by @roblnaylor.bsky.social
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Simone Gingrich @simonegingrich.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
The next European environmental history conference @eseh.bsky.social will be in Salzburg, Sept. 2027! Focusing on inter- and transdisciplinarity, it explicitly invites contributions from neighbouring fields 👉 eseh.org/cfp-14th-bie... #envhist @zug-wien.bsky.social @bokusec.bsky.social
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CfP: 14th Biennial European Society for Environmental History (ESEH) Conference – European Society for Environmental History
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Sam Rutherford (he/him) @echomikeromeo.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Historians! Does anyone have an article or chapter that you set as an intro to the field & methods of intellectual history/history of ideas? Looking for something short and snappy that would work for final-year undergraduates. And curious in general about how people teach int. hist. to undergrads!
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Dr Eleanor Shaw @eleanorshaw.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Had such a fantastic time today presenting very new research on medical mothers 😶 thank you to the audience and my co-panellists for a truly great time!
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Prison Reform Trust @prtuk.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
*OPPORTUNITY* We are recruiting to our Lived Experience Advisory Panel. Members work closely with our Senior Management Team and Board of Trustees to inform our work and place lived experience at the heart. Closes 5 August Find our more about the role at prisonreformtrust.org.uk/opportunities/
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Scarlett Stevens @scarlettstevens.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
CALL FOR PAPERS  📣   Experiencing Relief in Early Modern Britain: 1500-1800   We welcome papers from ECRs, PGRs, and established scholars. For more info (e.g., how to submit a paper) please see our website: earlymodernreliefconference2027.wordpress.com #earlymodern #earlymodernists #AcademicSky
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Dr Eleanor Shaw @eleanorshaw.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Really looking forward to @sshmedicine.bsky.social conference in Leeds next week, sharing some very new work on parents and their hospitalised children. Give me a wave if you see me there!
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Dr Rachel Bynoth @rachelbynoth.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Pressing concerns in the UK today: climate, healthcare, education, economy, AI + digital, mental health need the arts + humanities to understand the issues + find solutions. We need STEM + related disciplines working with arts + humanities - they are critical, ever more so in our technological age.
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Dr Ian McCormick @wokestudies.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
"The Fellowship allows a mid-career scholar from India to spend up to three months at the University of Leeds to develop their research." #research #history #HigherEd #EduSky ahc.leeds.ac.uk/history/news...
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Charles Wallace India Trust Visiting Fellow 2026: Call for Applications
The School of History is delighted to invite applications for the Leeds - Charles Wallace India Trust Visiting Fellowship 2026.
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Scottie Buehler @midwifehistory.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
The working group that I co-founded, "Childbirth Technologies," is looking for new members and a new co-coordinator. The group includes both art historians and historians and welcomes scholars from any field interested in the material and visual histories of pregnancy and childbirth. DM me! 🗃️
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Claire Turner @claireturner.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
We're down to the last handful of tickets for my workshop on 'Medicine and the Senses' in Leeds on 10 July. Please share! www.eventbrite.com/e/medicine-a...
10:00-10:30: Welcome & Coffee
10:30-11:00: Activity ‘Medicine and the Senses’
Hosted by Mary Robson (Creative Facilitator, Durham University)
11:00-11:45: WORKSHOP 1: ‘Sensory experience and nature connection: from
evidence to hospital practice’
An interactive workshop hosted by Dr Duika Burges-Watson (Centre for Sustainable
Healthcare).
11:45-12:00: Coffee Break
12:00-13:00: PANEL 1
Dr Pam Lock (University of Bristol): New ideas on alcohol’s effects on the body and mind in
nineteenth century fiction and culture
Claire Sunho Lee (Artist, researcher, and writer): Tell Me What I’m Remembering
13:00-14:00: Lunch & Explore
14:00-15:00: PANEL 2
Professor Carolyn Oulton and Dr Philip Ulrich (Canterbury Christ Church University): From
Dr Brighton to Breezy Broadstairs: Social Prescribing and the Myth of Sea Air
Dr Kathy Davies (Northumbria University): ‘An evil-smelling and evil-tasting
nightmare’: Embodied experiences of air pollution in twentieth century Britain
15:00-15:15: Coffee Break
15:15-16:15: WORKSHOP 2: ‘Malodorous Maladies and Reeking Remedies:
Storytelling with Smells’
An interactive workshop by Liam R. Findlay (AromaPrime). This workshop forms part of
July’s International Themed Smell Day celebrations.
16:15-17:00: ‘Reflections’
Hosted by Mary Robson (Creative Facilitator, Durham University)
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Holly Fletcher @drhollyfletcher.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
I'm having a book launch on 9th June 6-8pm for my book 'Body Size in Early Modern Germany' 🎉 I will be discussing the book alongside Profs. Lyndal Roper and @stefanhanss.bsky.social. It would be great to see you there (in person and online)!! Register here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ias-book-l...
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IAS Book Launch: Body Size in Early Modern Germany
Author Holly Fletcher overturns false assumptions that concern with body size is a modern phenomenon.
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Northern Environmental History Network @northernenvhistory.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
We've been asked to share a CfP for a workshop organised by a group of historians at Leeds. Papers on a variety of topics related to the Environmental History of Northern England are invited: the orgnaisers hope to develop some papers presented into a special issue of @northernhistory.bsky.social
Poster for CfP: a man cuts peat, with peat drying in the background. The text, overlaid on the image in two text boxes, reads: 

The Environmental History of the North of England
School of History, University of Leeds

Themes presented could include but are not limited to: the history of water management schemes, land-use change, degradation of landscapes, the environmental impacts of urban expansion, and the emergence of conservation and restoration efforts. Papers relating to any historical period are welcome.

Paper titles and a 150-word abstract should be sent to the organizers by Friday, 17 July.

Nir Arielli: n.arielli@leeds.ac.uk 
Anne Caldwell: A.Caldwell@leeds.ac.uk  
Alex Worsfold: hyamaw@leeds.ac.uk
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Hayden L. Nelson 🌲🐺🦫🔥🪵 @haydenlnelson.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
The ASEH 2027 Call for Proposals just dropped today! I’ve gone ahead and started an open sessions spreadsheet for anyone looking to find panelmates: docs.google.com/spreadsheets... #envhist #envhum @aseh.bsky.social @asehearlycareer.bsky.social @nichecanada.bsky.social @iceho.bsky.social
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Open Sessions for ASEH 2027
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Dr Eleanor Shaw @eleanorshaw.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
I'm really excited to be presenting at this event on Friday with @sashahandley.bsky.social exploring lived experience and co-production in HE and heritage. We'll be talking about our work on @sleepingwelluom.bsky.social www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/lived-expe...
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Lived Experience and Co-Production in HE, Heritage and Culture
In this one-day conference we gather with academics, heritage practitioners & cultural professionals to discuss lived experience in our work
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Derbyshire Record Office @derbyshiredro.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
At the start of Gypsy, Roma and Traveller History Month do have a look at our guide on researching Travelling communities: recordoffice.wordpress.com/2023/06/…
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Travelling Communities Research Guide
For centuries, nomadic people and family groups have travelled through Derbyshire. These groups include Irish Travellers, Romany Gypsies, showpeople (travelling with fairgrounds and circuses) and c…
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Prof Devi Sridhar @profdevisridhar.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
While DRC has experience of managing Ebola outbreaks, rapid diagnostics (for the Zaire strain) failed to identify this was Ebola for weeks. This circulating strain of Ebola is the Bundibugyo virus: we have no approved drugs, vaccines or rapid diagnostics for this strain (1/2)
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Katie Barclay @katieebarclay.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
Two more week to submit your proposal for a special issue on gender, crisis and childhood! #childhood #gender #history
Childhood, Gender and Crises: Living at the End of the World Gender & History: Special Issue
Edited by Katie Barclay and Emily Ward Call for PapersCall continues 
If you are interested in contributing an article to this special issue, please send a proposed title and short abstract (max. 250 words) along with your name, affiliation details, and email contact to katie.barclay@mg.edu.au. The closing date for receiving abstracts is 31 May 2026.
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Dr Eleanor Shaw @eleanorshaw.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
I feared the worst from this based on the headline but it's actually great reporting. What it doesn't dive into is the global system that funds the promising programmes dealing with this issue, it's terminal short termism, and the precipitous drop in global funding for these kinds of programmes.
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Emilie K. M. Murphy @emiliekmmurphy.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
🚨 Opportunity! 🚨 Want to come to York for up to a month this June, July or August? Apps are now open for our Summer Interdisciplinary Research Fellowships based in our glorious #earlymodern Heslington Hall (1/2) docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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SRIF details and terms.docx
Summer Interdisciplinary Research Fellowship scheme (SIRF) Humanities Research Centre, Heslington Hall, University of York Overview The Humanities Research Centre at the University of York invi...
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HIAS @hias-hamburg.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
The workshop, organized by Eva Horn @uni-hamburg.de Fellow 2025-26, and Maximilian Hepach @durham.ac.uk brings together expertise from a great variety of fields to explore the notion of the relation between the human body and the weather, historically and today.🔎Program & abstracts: bit.ly/4dvgyMc
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