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Hilary Buxton

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Bodies, care + medicine in the British Empire // Associate Professor of History @ Kenyon College // Disabled Empire: The Colonial Body in First World War Britain (U Chicago Press, 2026)

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Society for the Social History of Medicine (SSHM) @sshmedicine.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Volume 39 issue 2 of Social History of Medicine is now available online. Includes the Special Issue, Ailing Empires: Medicine, Science and Imperialism (Guest editors Sam Goodman and Sarah Arens) plus 4 other original articles (open access) and book reviews. #histmed #histSTM
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Volume 39 Issue 2 | 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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The University of Chicago Press @uchicagopress.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Attending the History of Science Society and European Social History of Science meeting this year? We'll see you there! Whether you're attending or not, check out our featured books and get 35% off & free U.S. shipping with promo code EX58356 at our virtual exhibit: bit.ly/UCPEXHSS #HSS2026
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Taylor Soja @historytaylor.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Briefly returning to the wild world of social media to share that my new book, LITTLE WARS OF EMPIRE, is available and currently on sale from @manchesterup.bsky.social. manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526190468/
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Manchester University Press - Little wars of empire
Little wars of empire - Browse and buy the Hardcover edition of Little wars of empire by Taylor Soja
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History Workshop @historyworkshop.org.uk · 01/07/2026
We are dismayed to learn about further proposed HE cuts, this time at the University of Hertfordshire and the University of Exeter. In solidarity, please join us by signing and sharing the two urgent petitions below. 🚨🖊️ 1/3
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Dan Howlett @dhowlett1692.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Today @hbuxton.bsky.social joins us on @askhistorians.bsky.social to discuss her new book Disabled Empire: The Colonial Body in First World War Britain, new from @uchicagopress.bsky.social! Come check it out! www.reddit.com/r/AskHistori...
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From the AskHistorians community on Reddit: I’m Hilary Buxton, a historian of medicine and the British Empire, here to talk about my new book Disabled Empire: The Colonial Body in First World War Brit...
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Hilary Buxton @hbuxton.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
30% off Disabled Empire at AAHM!
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Hilary Buxton @hbuxton.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
So excited this is accessible from the US!
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Hilary Buxton @hbuxton.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
It’s official publication day for Disabled Empire! This was the best photo we could do, but buy and see the full cover here: press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
Toddler holding book “Disabled Empire” on green blanket
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Dr Emily Jones @jonesemily.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
📢📢📢 It's US publication day!! Here is a 30% discount code for the Princeton University Press site (P329) for when copies cross the Atlantic! A bargain at less than £25 and the perfect beach read for summer.
The Disraeli Myth discount code
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Matt Houlbrook @tricksterprince.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
This will be a great listen. Just remember that other books about #20s30s Seven Dials are available. manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526181954/
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Manchester University Press - Songs of Seven Dials
Songs of Seven Dials - Browse and buy the Hardcover edition of Songs of Seven Dials by Matt Houlbrook
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Charlotte Abney @abney.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Registration is now open for our summer symposium, “The Global History of Modern Science, 1400-1914” Join us at @sciencehistory.org in Philadelphia on August 6 & 7 to discuss how modern science has been shaped through global cultural exchange! www.sciencehistory.org/cainconference
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The Global History of Modern Science, 1400–1914
The 2026 Cain Conference will address the major issues involved in understanding how modern science has been created through a process of global cultural exchange.
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Hilary Buxton @hbuxton.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Shamelessly getting back on the social media to say that my imperial history of military medicine is imminently about to be published: press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
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Disabled Empire
Explores the minute interactions between military servicemen and medical caregivers during World War I to tell a broader story about race, colonialism, labor, and global health.  Disabled Empire exami...
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Hilary Buxton @hbuxton.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Haven’t been about much lately but looking forward to joining this bright and early stateside!
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