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Helena C. Aeberli

@helenaaeberli.bsky.social
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Writer and researcher. DPhil @ Oxford researching early modern eating disorders. Funded by AHRC & Clarendon Scholarships. Writing in Tribune, LARB, London Mag, History Today, etc. www.helenaaeberli.co.uk

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Helena C. Aeberli @helenaaeberli.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
I'm in the most recent issue of the TLS, reviewing a book on the fascinating untold history of our bodily fluids. This was great fun to read, write, and come up with puns for, and you can check it out online or in print this week: www.the-tls.com/science-tech...
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A sense of humours
Historiographical trends in the past sixty years have tended towards “history from below”, recovering lost voices, everyday experiences, overlooked
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TORCH The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities @torchoxford2013.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
On 6 July 2026, researchers from across the UK & beyond gathered for the Body in History Interdisciplinary PGR & ECR Conference, that brought together scholars exploring the history, representation, & experience of the human body & its environments. @bodyinhistoryox.bsky.social tinyurl.com/57vu4uzb
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Reflections on the Body in History Conference
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Helena C. Aeberli @helenaaeberli.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Me for @vittles.bsky.social on the long history of longevity dieting. open.substack.com/pub/vittles/...
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How To Live to 100
Helena Aeberli looks back at Luigi Cornaro, the first longevity influencer
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Peter McCullough @mcculloughp.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Meanwhile the same university goes all-in for environmentally and intellectually devastating AI.
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Helena C. Aeberli @helenaaeberli.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
my research featured on the @oocdtp.bsky.social blog! #skystorians www.oocdtp.ac.uk/article/hele...
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Gender & History Journal @genderandhistory.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
New #OpenAccess article by @helenaaeberli.bsky.social on pica, a lesser-known eating disorder, and its gendered associations with pregnant women and pubescent girls in early modern England. #EarlyModern #Skystorians #GenderHistory #HistMed onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/CYRU3R...
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‘More Beastliness Than Beauty’: Gendering Pica in Seventeenth‐Century English Medicine and Culture
Reader environment loaded
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Body in History Network, University of Oxford @bodyinhistoryox.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Thank you to everyone who presented at and attended our conference today! We loved meeting you all and are so grateful that you travelled from far and wide to join us for the event. We can't wait to see you all again next year. Watch this space for more Body in History events! 😊
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Helena C. Aeberli @helenaaeberli.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Delighted with our @bodyinhistoryox.bsky.social conference today! So many fascinating and thought provoking papers from talented postgraduate and early career scholars. Thank you @torchoxford.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk for hosting us!
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Helena C. Aeberli @helenaaeberli.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Oh, and my first academic article is now out with @genderandhistory.bsky.social! It’s on the gendered depiction of the eating disorder pica in 17th century medicine and theatre. No idea how to promote these things so any advice welcome.
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Helena C. Aeberli @helenaaeberli.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Super excited for tomorrow’s conference! We still have a couple of spots to attend due to drop outs if anyone is in Oxford and keen to swing by.
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Body in History Network, University of Oxford @bodyinhistoryox.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Please see our final programme for the Body in History Conference on Monday, 6 July. If you missed the chance to register, don't fret! Few places have just opened up.Drop us an email if you're interested. We look forward to seeing you! 🐷
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Helena C. Aeberli @helenaaeberli.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Really enjoyed presenting my research at #SSHM2026! Failed to get the prerequisite conference PowerPoint picture, so here’s my slides in the wild.
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Science History Institute @sciencehistory.org · 24/03/2026
Can oats be controversial? Can porridge be political? Or dangerous? Do the choices in the grains you eat betray your character? Yes, and they have for millennia. ⁠ ⁠ Read the latest story from #Distillations magazine, Fitter for a Stable Than a Table, written by @helenaaeberli.bsky.social ⬇️
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Fitter for a Stable Than a Table
A potted history of porridge.
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Helena C. Aeberli @helenaaeberli.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Possibly the most ridiculous thing I've ever written - I researched the history of porridge for Distillations Magazine. Breakfast by way of Galen, Robert Burns, and a whole lot of Quaker oat adverts. Oh, and horses🥣🐴 www.sciencehistory.org/stories/maga...
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emma @emmatranter.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Literary londoners! A week tomorrow you could be hearing new writing while drinking negronis! Get ur tickets here! www.thehorsehospital.com/events/reenc...
Event poster- Re-Enchantment Readings
March 6th
7.30-10pm
The Horse Hospital, WC1N 1JD

line up: 
Al Anderson / Chi S. Tsu / Isobel Falk / Jake Roberts / Anna Hartigan
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Helena C. Aeberli @helenaaeberli.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
Too much public interest in the Marlowe/Shakespeare relationship. Not enough interest in the Shakespeare/Jonson relationship.
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Helena C. Aeberli @helenaaeberli.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
my History Today piece on early modern women’s pregnancy pica is now online! a little look into what I’ve spent the past few years thinking about…
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Helena C. Aeberli @helenaaeberli.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
I'll be chairing this lecture with Professor Helen King tomorrow - do come by if you're in Oxford!
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TORCH The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities @torchoxford2013.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
Our new Body in History Network MT2025 Term Card has been released. The @bodyinhistoryox.bsky.social brings together researchers across disciplines interested in the history, representation, and experience of the human body and its environments.
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