Dr Hannah Blythe @hanblythe.bsky.social · 21/08/2026I mean delay repay is all well and good but I would actually really like is to book a train, get on it and reach my destination on time. A woman can dream. 030
Dr Hannah Blythe @hanblythe.bsky.social · 22/07/2026Why is the train service between Derby and Sheffield so terrible these days?! Consistently genuinely a massive challenge to get to where I need to be now! 011
Reposted by Dr Hannah BlytheUCU Commons @ucucommons.org · 26/06/2026PETITION: www.change.org/p/stop-redun...change.orgSign the PetitionStop Redundancies at the University of Exeter 01110
Dr Hannah Blythe @hanblythe.bsky.social · 14/05/2026I've recently held a casual research contract at Hertfordshire, collaborating with a social scientist. If universities benefit from humanities research, there's a case for them offering training in those disciplines! It's a real shame to see plans of closing humanities courses. c.org/fkmz9dSDn2c.orgSign the PetitionSave the Humanities at the University of Hertfordshire 010
Reposted by Dr Hannah BlytheTORCH The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities @torchoxford2013.bsky.social · 28/04/2026 📅 Join us tomorrow! Be part of an engaging event on Tuesday 28 April at 5:30pm: “Healing in a Technological Age: Spirituality, Religion, and the Practice of Medicines” org by @oxmedhum.bsky.social tinyurl.com/yn5828vu @albertogiubilini2.bsky.social @ethoxcentre.bsky.social #Humanities #Healthtinyurl.comHealing in a Technological Age: Spirituality, Religion, and the Practice of Medicine 022
Dr Hannah Blythe @hanblythe.bsky.social · 21/04/2026Charity has played a role in the NHS since its foundation in 1948. How and why? This is the latest article from a research project on voluntarism in Britain's nationalised health service charityandthenhs.glasgow.ac.uk?page_id=546 #skystorians #healthpolicy #hospitals #histmed #philanthropycharityandthenhs.glasgow.ac.ukPublications – Border Crossings 061
Reposted by Dr Hannah BlytheDr Hannah Blythe @hanblythe.bsky.social · 15/04/2026New @mbhjournal.bsky.social article, co-written with Martin Gorsky, is out! ‘Free From Doubt’? The border between charity and the state in the British National Health Service 1948–74 Quant & qual analysis of charitable spending in 3 early NHS hospitals #histmed #skystorian doi.org/10.1093/tcbh...doi.org‘Free From Doubt’? The border between charity and the state in the British National Health Service, 1948–74Abstract. Britain’s National Health Service (NHS) is widely regarded as epitomizing statist healthcare. However, before its launch in 1948, Britain had a ‘ 042
Reposted by Dr Hannah BlytheKristof Smeyers @kristofsmeyers.bsky.social · 17/04/2026Good morning all! For those who can't wait any longer: our book PERFORMING MAGNETISM is already available in open access, with huge thanks to @leuvenup.bsky.social Read it here: openresearchlibrary.org/content/d7d0... Or here: www.jstor.org/content/oa_b... 35819
Dr Hannah Blythe @hanblythe.bsky.social · 15/04/2026New @mbhjournal.bsky.social article, co-written with Martin Gorsky, is out! ‘Free From Doubt’? The border between charity and the state in the British National Health Service 1948–74 Quant & qual analysis of charitable spending in 3 early NHS hospitals #histmed #skystorian doi.org/10.1093/tcbh...doi.org‘Free From Doubt’? The border between charity and the state in the British National Health Service, 1948–74Abstract. Britain’s National Health Service (NHS) is widely regarded as epitomizing statist healthcare. However, before its launch in 1948, Britain had a ‘ 042
Dr Hannah Blythe @hanblythe.bsky.social · 30/03/2026Some MA funding at Leeds School of Philosophy, Religion and History of Science! #Masters #HistSci #Theology #PhilSci #skystorians 054
Reposted by Dr Hannah BlytheDr Hannah Blythe @hanblythe.bsky.social · 16/03/2026What can the British Film Institute's archive tell us about public mental health messaging? I think about this in my latest blog for @torchoxford.bsky.social, considering comms re MMR vaccines & autism, in-patient hospitals, electro-convulsive therapy & more torch.ox.ac.uk/article/the-...torch.ox.ac.ukBlog Post | The Publics of Mental Health and the British Film Institute (BFI) National Archive 024
Reposted by Dr Hannah BlytheDr Hannah Blythe @hanblythe.bsky.social · 17/03/2026Latest blog on public mental health messaging and the British Film Institute’s archive #history #healthhumanities #mentalhealth #vaccines #publichealth torch.ox.ac.uk/article/the-...torch.ox.ac.ukBlog Post | The Publics of Mental Health and the British Film Institute (BFI) National Archive 144
Dr Hannah Blythe @hanblythe.bsky.social · 17/03/2026Latest blog on public mental health messaging and the British Film Institute’s archive #history #healthhumanities #mentalhealth #vaccines #publichealth torch.ox.ac.uk/article/the-...torch.ox.ac.ukBlog Post | The Publics of Mental Health and the British Film Institute (BFI) National Archive 144
Dr Hannah Blythe @hanblythe.bsky.social · 16/03/2026What can the British Film Institute's archive tell us about public mental health messaging? I think about this in my latest blog for @torchoxford.bsky.social, considering comms re MMR vaccines & autism, in-patient hospitals, electro-convulsive therapy & more torch.ox.ac.uk/article/the-...torch.ox.ac.ukBlog Post | The Publics of Mental Health and the British Film Institute (BFI) National Archive 024
Reposted by Dr Hannah BlytheLSHTM Centre for History in Public Health @lshtmhistory.bsky.social · 28/01/2026The Centre is delighted to invite applications for the Sir Geoffrey Wilkinson studentship, allowing the successful applicant to undertake a three-year PhD in the History of Public Health. Please circulate widely. More details can be found via the link below. www.lshtm.ac.uk/study/fees-a...lshtm.ac.uk2026-27 Sir Geoffrey Wilkinson Studentship | LSHTMThe London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) is pleased to invite applications for a three-year full-time PhD studentship, starting in September 2026, funded by a donation from 047
Dr Hannah Blythe @hanblythe.bsky.social · 23/02/2026This looks like an amazing opportunity and a fascinating project #histmed #phd 020
Reposted by Dr Hannah BlytheLSHTM Centre for History in Public Health @lshtmhistory.bsky.social · 18/02/2026Join us for our next seminar on 26 February, when @olibasciano.bsky.social (author of Outcast, F&F:2025) will be discussing the cultural legacy of leprosy (Hansen’s disease). Details below: Location: G08/ Hybrid (link below) Time: 12:45 - 14:00 www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/e...lshtm.ac.ukLeprosy, stigma and the fight for patient agency | LSHTMThis presentation examines the cultural legacy of leprosy (Hansen’s disease) and its stigmatisation in the 19th century onwards, using 20th century Brazil as a case study. Its target audience is 011
Reposted by Dr Hannah BlytheFelicity Callard @felicitycallard.bsky.social · 13/01/2026Please circulate. Our deadline for our ECR Prize at @histhum.bsky.social is approaching (30 January 2026) 1917
Dr Hannah Blythe @hanblythe.bsky.social · 12/01/2026Sounds like a great idea to make use of these wonderful rooms 030
Reposted by Dr Hannah BlytheDr Kat Rawling @katrawling.bsky.social · 06/01/2026Deadline approaching for 'In/Out' SSHM2026 at University of Leeds! Submit your paper or panel proposals by 5pm GMT, 11 Jan 2026 to sshm2026leeds@leeds.ac.uk More details at: sshm.org/sshm-2026-in... @sshmedicine.bsky.social @historynerdess.bsky.social @universityofleeds.bsky.social #histmedmedia.tenor.coma black and white alarm clock shows that it is almost 5:00Alt: a black and white alarm clock counting down 0810
Reposted by Dr Hannah BlytheVoices of Motherhood @voicesofmotherhood.bsky.social · 11/12/2025We are delighted to share the programme for our upcoming conference! We will be running fourteen panels across two days in early February - all online and open to everyone 😊 please see our website for more details on speakers, panels and how to book.voicesofmotherhood.wp.worc.ac.uk‘The Politics of Motherhood: Maternalism, Maternity and Mothering’ Conference Programme – Voices of Motherhood 26139
Dr Hannah Blythe @hanblythe.bsky.social · 04/12/2025It's advent, so here's a blog I wrote last year about how NHS hospitals have used charity to observe Christmas @bharchives.bsky.social www.bartshealth.nhs.uk/archives-blo...bartshealth.nhs.ukEssential Comforts | Blogs from the Archives-Barts Health NHS TrustChristmas Charity in the Early NHS 021
Dr Hannah Blythe @hanblythe.bsky.social · 03/12/2025Special issue of @histhum.bsky.social co-edited by me and @sarahvmarks.bsky.social is out! There’s an Intro and six further articles. Recovery and rehabilitation in mental health: Historical perspectives Here’s our co-authored Intro: journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...journals.sagepub.comSage Journals: Discover world-class researchSubscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher. 153
Dr Hannah Blythe @hanblythe.bsky.social · 02/12/2025Latest writing, with @sarahvmarks.bsky.social. Intro to our special issue of @histhum.bsky.social: Recovery and rehabilitation in mental health: Historical perspectives journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...journals.sagepub.comSage Journals: Discover world-class researchSubscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher. 031
Reposted by Dr Hannah BlytheDurham Institute for Medical Humanities @durhamimh.bsky.social · 01/12/2025Applications are now open for our 2026 International Medical Humanities PhD Summer School! The Summer School is held jointly with the Centre for Medical Humanities and Bioethics at @liu.se. Apply by 16 February 2026 👉 tinyurl.com/Phd-summer-s... 083
Dr Hannah Blythe @hanblythe.bsky.social · 20/11/2025I’ve be co-editing a special issue of @histhum.bsky.social with @sarahvmarks.bsky.social on Recovery and rehabilitation in mental health: historical perspectives Our Intro article is available now! journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...journals.sagepub.comRecovery and rehabilitation in mental health: Historical perspectives - Hannah Blythe, Sarah Marks, 2025Recovery and rehabilitation are highly charged terms in contemporary mental health, with their meanings and implications contested by professionals and survivor... 0106
Reposted by Dr Hannah BlytheHistory of the Human Sciences @histhum.bsky.social · 19/11/2025Recovery and rehabilitation in mental health: Historical perspectives Hannah Blythe @hanblythe.bsky.social and Sarah Marks @sarahvmarks.bsky.social’s introduction to their special issue journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...journals.sagepub.comRecovery and rehabilitation in mental health: Historical perspectives - Hannah Blythe, Sarah Marks, 2025Recovery and rehabilitation are highly charged terms in contemporary mental health, with their meanings and implications contested by professionals and survivor... 054
Dr Hannah Blythe @hanblythe.bsky.social · 19/11/2025The cost of living in London (six years ago) was the primary reason I did not do my PhD in London. Even with a stipend more generous than the UKRI’s, it would have been financially a ludicrous, practically unviable, decision. PhD students need to be treated and paid like independent adults 161
Reposted by Dr Hannah BlytheSociety for the Social History of Medicine (SSHM) @sshmedicine.bsky.social · 12/11/2025Check out new new #histmed CFPs added to our page: 'Life Histories in Mind: Mental ILL Health and Learning Disability in Context' Manchester Metropolitan University, 21 July 2026 Deadline for abstracts: 15 January 2026 Organised by Rob Ellis and Rebecca Ball @re-histories.bsky.social #DisHistsshm.orgHistory of Medicine CFPsIf you wish to share your CFPs on the SSHM website please contact the Exec Sec, Dr Justine Pick admin@sshm.org Intimate States: New Histories of Medicine, Welfare, and Care under Socialism Location… 01515
Reposted by Dr Hannah BlytheDr Rebecca Hutten @rhutten.bsky.social · 27/10/2025Thanks @berghahnbooks.bsky.social @mkbruun.bsky.social and I are of course delighted to see it out in the world. 084
Reposted by Dr Hannah BlytheKate Smith @kateesthersmith.bsky.social · 30/09/2025Reminder that the deadline for proposals is Monday 6 October! 012
Reposted by Dr Hannah BlytheJanet Weston @janetweston.bsky.social · 08/08/2025~ Public Health Humanities Toolkit ~ Are you a researcher / educator / practitioner with overlapping interests in public health, and the arts/humanities/social sciences? Have a look at our call for proposals (non-text based modes of presentation very welcome!) www.lshtm.ac.uk/research/cen...lshtm.ac.ukPublic Health Humanities | LSHTMUnderstanding, developing, and advocating for the arts and humanities within public health research, training, and practice. 074
Dr Hannah Blythe @hanblythe.bsky.social · 27/08/2025Great to be in Berlin for #EAHMH25. Lots of fascinating papers in the programme! 060
Reposted by Dr Hannah Blythewhc-grace.bsky.social @whc-grace.bsky.social · 01/07/2025Excited that my article on occupational psychiatry and management science at Roffey Park is out in History of the Human Sciences! Read if you're curious about how different 'mental health awareness' at work could have been... Thanks to editors @hanblythe.bsky.social and @sarahvmarks.bsky.social 164
Dr Hannah Blythe @hanblythe.bsky.social · 27/06/2025A really interesting new article by @whc-grace.bsky.social is out in History of the Human Sciences Rehabilitation at Roffey Park: Management and psychiatry in occupational mental health, 1943–83 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...journals.sagepub.comSage Journals: Discover world-class researchSubscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher. 142
Dr Hannah Blythe @hanblythe.bsky.social · 20/06/2025Is there some unspoken university policy where job rejection emails are sent late on a Friday afternoon, just as you’re trying to wind down and enjoy the weekend? Like guys, it’s miserable enough without you raining on my little Friday parade. Let me enjoy my ignorance for a few days. 030
Reposted by Dr Hannah BlytheRebecca Wynter @rebeccawynter.bsky.social · 17/06/2025🚨Historians of drink, drugs, sex, crime, law, #police🚨 CfP 'Policing and #PublicHealth, c.1800-2000' workshop www.lshtm.ac.uk/research/cen... [typo in description: we *may* be able to make a small travel contribution] #HistSTM #LegalHist #HistSex #HistGender #HistMed 01823
Dr Hannah Blythe @hanblythe.bsky.social · 16/06/2025Fascinating article by @ulikoch.bsky.social out in History of the Human Sciences now: Abandoning rehabilitation and reclaiming recovery: Methadone maintenance treatment and the undoing of a ‘boundary object’, 1966–74 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...journals.sagepub.comAbandoning rehabilitation and reclaiming recovery: Methadone maintenance treatment and the undoing of a ‘boundary object’, 1966–74 - Ulrich Koch, 2025This article uses the early history of methadone maintenance treatment (MMT) as a lens to draw out the epistemic and ethical-political stakes of rehabilitation ... 021
Dr Hannah Blythe @hanblythe.bsky.social · 13/06/2025Fascinating new article by Rachael I. Rosner is out in History of the Human Sciences Leon J. Saul, Aaron T. Beck, and the story of recovery inside the Beck Depression Inventory #histpsych #mentalhealth #histmed journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...journals.sagepub.comLeon J. Saul, Aaron T. Beck, and the story of recovery inside the Beck Depression Inventory - Rachael I. Rosner, 2025This article offers historical context for psychiatrist Aaron T. Beck's creation of the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), a widely celebrated patient-rated ... 031
Dr Hannah Blythe @hanblythe.bsky.social · 14/05/2025This project sounds fascinating! #phd #geography #healthhums 010
Reposted by Dr Hannah BlytheLSHTM Centre for History in Public Health @lshtmhistory.bsky.social · 30/04/2025Join us for the next CHIPH seminar (in collab. with @psglshtm.bsky.social) on Thursday 15 May, when Dr. Rachell Sánchez-Rivera will be discussing state-sponsored population control in 20th century Mexico. Details below: Location: G24, Keppel St. Time: 12:45 - 14:00 www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/e...lshtm.ac.ukState-sponsored population control programmes: A new ph(f)ace of eugenics inIn this seminar, Dr. Sánchez-Rivera discusses the changeover from eugenics to population control programs and capitalist ventures during the second half of the 20th Century in Mexico. Special 075
Reposted by Dr Hannah BlytheJamie Banks @milkwknives.bsky.social · 14/04/2025Here's the first blog for our new project: 'Kicking the Habit: ‘Addictive’ Sport Sponsorship in Britain, 1965-2025'. It explores the tobacco, alcohol and gambling industries' sponsorship of sport in Britain. Like @fabiolacreed.bsky.social, I'm so happy to be working with such an amazing team! 144
Reposted by Dr Hannah BlytheLSHTM Centre for History in Public Health @lshtmhistory.bsky.social · 02/04/2025Join us for our next CHIPH seminar on Tuesday 8th April, when Dr Manikarnika Dutta will be talking about British seamen and tropical medicine in the 1800s. Details and event listings (inc. Zoom link) are below: Location: G40, Keppel St. Time: 12:45 - 14:00 www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/e...lshtm.ac.ukBritish naval surgeons and tropical hygiene in the long nineteenth century |This presentation explores how the treatment of British seamen aided the development of tropical hygiene in the long nineteenth century. The paper will be of interest to staff and students who want to 055
Dr Hannah Blythe @hanblythe.bsky.social · 11/03/2025Seminar this week at the LSHTM Centre for History in Public Health! Details for joining are below #histmed 072
Dr Hannah Blythe @hanblythe.bsky.social · 05/03/2025The LSHTM Centre for History in Public Health is now on Bluesky! Follow for info about events and research #histmed #histpsych #medhums #publichealth 041
Reposted by Dr Hannah BlytheClaire Boardman @claireboardman.bsky.social · 01/03/2025👀 Funded PhD @ Coventry University: Uses and Abuses of the Past: the Role of Presentism in Cultural Memory. 'The inquiry ... will select and investigate a series of objects or sites to explore the use of history as a tool for debating contemporary social and cultural issues' tinyurl.com/4zksy84ytinyurl.comUses and Abuses of the Past: the Role of Presentism in Cultural MemoryThis project explores the concept of ‘presentism’ in cultural representations of the past. 03821
Reposted by Dr Hannah BlytheRecovery Histories @recovery-histories.bsky.social · 25/02/2025Stay up-to-date with our research and events by signing up to receive the Recovery Histories monthly newsletter. Just follow the link to add your email address!: www.bbk.ac.uk/interests/se...bbk.ac.ukRegister your interest - CSA Recovery Project - Birkbeck, University of Londonbirkbeck-owl icon 133
Reposted by Dr Hannah BlytheArchives and Records Association UK and Ireland @araukie.bsky.social · 17/02/2025If you are working in UK record-keeping secto and based in the Midlands - do give our Midlands group a follow here: @aramidlands.bsky.social 032