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Dr Vanessa @hpsvanessa.bsky.social · 10h

#skystorians can anyone recommend a *good* pop-hist read or podcast on the disappearance of the Australian PM Harold Holt? I have gone down a worm hole for a single footnote and am now obsessed with the true-crimey nature of it.

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Society for the Social History of Medicine (SSHM) @sshmedicine.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

📣 Important Membership News 📣 Keep informed with latest issue of The Gazette (September 2026). This issue explains changes to membership management with a new system from November. Look out for your renewal letters arriving early December. #histSTM #histmed

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Stay Informed with The Gazette of SSHM

The Gazette of the SSHM launched in 1990 to keep subscribers of Social History of Medicine informed about professional events within as well as outside the SSHM. It not only provides a means to com…

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Max Planck Institute for the History of Science @mpiwg.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

#CfA: The MPIWG is offering First Research Article #Fellowships for 📑 doctoral students based at Asian, African, or Latin American institutions, to publish their first English article on 📚 history of science, technology, and medicine, or #STS 🗓️ Deadline: Jan 15, 2027 🔗 tinyurl.com/mu5tend3

Green and white text on a dark green background which features botanical or anatomical drawings. The text reads: "Become a fellow. First Research Article Fellowship Program. Deadline: January 15, 2027".

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Sandra Toffolo @toffolosandra.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

📢Fully funded PhD position in #earlymodern history! At University of Roma Tre, in collaboration with the Italian-German Historical Institute in Trento, in the framework of my project "Travellers' interactions in early modern Italy." isig.fbk.eu/en/news/deta... Deadline 16 October 2026! #skystorians

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Danielle Clarke @rhetorician.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Is anyone is Oxford available to take a photo of a ms for me?

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Lisa Smith @historybeagle.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

If you have some time, you might be interested in this panel for the WHO on the past, present and future of sexual and reproductive health and rights. I had the pleasure of speaking to 2 smart and interesting women for it (and showing how the 18th c is relevant). youtu.be/v7At4l7UkLI?... #HistMed

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Science, power and bodily autonomy - the past, present and future

YouTube video by HRP

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Evan @evansmithhist.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Two years since becoming the book reviews editor for @jich.bsky.social. It has been fun, with a lot of books reviewed. Please pitch to me your book reviews!

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Emma Mitchell @silverpebble2.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

There’s still some space on my 2 upcoming zoom w’shops:bird illustr’n & mental health,10 Oct & botanical illustr’n & mental health,7 Nov.I teach you how to draw birds/plants & how creative activity alters 🧠 biochemistry to lift mood.Incl 10% off materials & full recording: workshops.emmamitchell.uk

Cornflowers, nigella, sweet peas & Russian safe & my drawings of them on the opposite page of a sketchbook

A spring collection of nature finds and my drawings of them alongside, on white watercolour paper with my watercolour palette & paintbrush in the corner

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Robin Hayward 🌳 🏳️‍⚧️ @canopyrobin.com · 15/09/2026

Do I know any journalists or folks with large platforms who might be up for promoting the launch of some new trans-inclusive fieldwork guidance from researchers at a UK university? It's almost ready for launch and I want to make sure they're seen and used by as many people as possible...

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Abigail Swingen @abigailswingen.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Working on a book, article, or dissertation on #18thc British world? The Lewis Walpole Library offers 4-week visiting fellowships and 2-week travel grants for scholars. The deadline for applications is November 2. 🗃️ More info: walpole.library.yale.edu/fellowships/...

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Visiting Fellowships and Travel Grants | Lewis Walpole Library

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Rebekah Higgitt @rhiggitt.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

a) 'it is no bad thing' if universities close ❌ - think about who they employ and what they offer local area and people. b) Cap on fees should go ❌ - wrong cap: cap on numbers at each institution would help. c) Cost of student loans is often borne by public money ✅ - so get rid of fees altogether!

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Dr Vanessa @hpsvanessa.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

It's #DigitalFriday ! This is my routine appeal to #skystorians and all other academics prepping for teaching to share any software, hardware, online resources (primary, secondary, teaching tools, blogs) tips and tricks that they've found useful this week! #AcademicSky 🗃️(pls boost to relevant feeds)

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Lisa Smith @historybeagle.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

It might be dreary out just now, but I am excited to have a little archival jaunt to Warwick to look at recipes for a project I have in mind. It has been far too long since I have been a #HistorianOnTour as @sarahfoxhistory.bsky.social likes to call it! My little geeky heart is thrilled.

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Clare Stainthorp @claregs.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Faculty Research Impact Officer, Arts & Humanities, @ucl.ac.uk (deadline 4 Oct). It’s a version of the role I had back in 2019, and could be a brilliant opportunity for those whose have recently finished a PhD, have some experience of engagement/impact, and aren't sure what their next step might be.

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BSECS @bsecs.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

***BREAKING NEWS*** We have extended the deadline on our #CFP by 5 days to give those of you that missed our early deadline another chance! New deadline: 20 September 2026 Get writing! #skystorians #18thC 🗃️ www.bsecs.org.uk/conferences/...

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BSECS Annual Conference

BSECS Annual Conference: the annual meeting of the British Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies is Europe's largest and most prestigious annual conference

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Society for the Social History of Medicine (SSHM) @sshmedicine.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Centre for the Global Histories Medicine, Disease and Health at Durham University is launching the History of Medicine Lab To facilitate discussion about new publications, films and documentaries relevant to #histmed open to anyone (incl. students) in the university & wider northeast #histSTM

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History of Medicine Lab - Durham University

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Lisa Smith @historybeagle.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

A good thread on the vegetable lamb of Tartary, Blackwell and Sloane. #HistSci

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Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · 11/09/2026

'History Day' is an excellent opportunity to meet with fellow historians and the many organisations that support research. Well worth attending, esp. if you're starting out on a project. @royalhistsoc.org is taking part and we look forward to seeing you on 18 November #Skystorians

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Alice Marples @alicemarples.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

@britishlibrary.bsky.social were grateful to receive a large allocation of studentships as part of the AHRC Collaborative Doctoral Landscape Award scheme. We have 4 exciting new studentships starting in Oct 2027 - 3 are now open for prospective HEI supervisor proposals! www.bl.uk/services/res...

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Collaborative Doctoral Landscape Awards

Fully-funded and jointly supervised studentships across four developing research areas.

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Lisa Smith @historybeagle.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

This is a very thoughtful piece on Star Trek, Moby Dick and whales.

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Lisa Smith @historybeagle.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Congratulations to @willtullett.bsky.social on publication day of his new book Sniff.

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Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · 08/09/2026

Very pleased @royalhistsoc.org will be there at this annual introduction to @ihr.bsky.social and the many supports and community it offers to those beginning a PhD in #History #Skystorians

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Lisa Smith @historybeagle.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

An interesting link between children's tv and politics. (Also, I am always here for The Clangers-- not something I grew up with in Canada but came to appreciate with childrearing in the UK.)

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Lisa Smith @historybeagle.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

This is a really thoughtful and interesting piece... and as @ctimmermann.bsky.social says in the thread below, it highlights the potential for thinking about science with history. Appreciated the 18th c reference in here.

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Nadia Whittome MP @nadiawhittomemp.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

When blackshirts are marching through the streets of Dover and Portsmouth, the focus shouldn’t be on the disruption they cause, but on their fascist ideology and deliberate intimidation of migrants and people of colour. [1/2]

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Dr Surekha Davies, Historical Monster Consultant (she/her) @drsurekhadavies.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Everything is horrible, but CHALLENGING HISTORIES, a new #podcast from @histfest.bsky.social, hosted by @amyfuller.bsky.social, drops on 14 September! Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts. It's never been more important to understand the past and its legacies. 🗃 #earlymodern #histsci #medieval

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Dr Vanessa @hpsvanessa.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

#MondayNetwork - a regular appeal to any #skystorians with intersecting interests: food /nutrition, surviving climate change, environmental determinism, race science, exploration, acclimatisation & physiology, cit sci, Indigenous knowledge, & related topics to say hi or share link to your work! 🗃️

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Susanna Crossman @susannacrossman.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Do you have a great nonfiction idea, want to write & publish essays, learn how to pitch? Do join us this autumn, as I teach a 3-Part course The Personal Essay: From Pitch to Publication with the ever-excellent @saloneurope.bsky.social. All welcome. Always. www.saloneurope.org/event-detail...

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The Personal Essay: From Pitch to Publication with Susanna Crossman | European Writers Sal

Join Susanna Crossman for a friendly 3 session course to learn how to take an essay idea all the way from inception to publication.

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Lisa Smith @historybeagle.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

So much this. Research always gets treated separately from teaching in analysis and policy.

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BSECS @bsecs.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

We have INCREASED the value of 2 of our awards! The BSECS-Bodleian Fellowship is now worth £2,000, & the BSECS-Georgian Papers Fellowship is now £1,250. The deadline is the 1 February 2027. #18thC #skystorians #PGR #ECR Details of all our awards available here: www.bsecs.org.uk/prizes-and-a...

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Prizes and awards Archive - BSECS

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Dr Hannah J. Elizabeth @sexhistorian.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Come & do a funded PhD with me & Prof Matt Smith at Strathclyde! We are looking for a historian with an interest in activism who wants to design a cool project on unorthodox health movements in Britain after 1948. #histmed #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

jobs.ac.uk now advertising a PhD Studentship: Unorthodox health activism in Britain after 1948 Visit jobs.ac.uk to apply and to browse more PhD opportunities.

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Sarah Arens @saraharens.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Over the moon that the special issue of Social History of Medicine @sshmedicine.bsky.social I co-edited with Sam Goodman on "Ailing Empires: Medicine, Science and Imperialism" is finally out in the world. Endless gratitude to @fcondrau.bsky.social. All article links below: academic.oup.com/shm/issue

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Issues | 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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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

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Louvain Rees ⚰️ @hellohistoria.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

I am finally a member 📚🔎✍️🏻

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Anna Cusack @annacusack.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

If anyone needs an early modernist for lecturing, consultation, copy editing, or freelance work. I have a lot of experience and would appreciate any work sent my way for the next academic year! #EarlyModern Things are looking a little grim!

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Caroline Dodds Pennock @carolinepennock.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Do I happen to know anyone who knows about hats in France during the reign of Louis XIII...? 🗃️

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Dr Vanessa @hpsvanessa.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

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Duygu Yıldırım @duyguyildirim.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

“This year, FEEGI will award two research grants of $1000 each to support travel to archival or other field sites. This award is open to all FEEGI members in good standing but is intended especially for graduate students, independent scholars, and untenured faculty.”

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hookland.bsky.social @hookland.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Why bang on about re-enchantment? #ReEnchantmentIsResistance

Re-enchantment as an assertion of wonder and the numinosity of our relationships with landscape. Re-enchantment as an assertion of our collective ability to both imagine and experience better worlds. As a refusal of despair, as a lensing of hope.

Re-enchantment as personal metamorphosis. The space in which we grow glowing red eyes to patrol our communities against this long night of authoritarian pisspuffiny. The space in which we develop iron-hard fur that make us immune to the curses reductionist racists, misogynists, homophobes and AI cultists throw at us. Re-enchantment as the permissive circle where we can voyage into ourselves and find the marvels and bravery we need to deal with this age of violent bruising.

Re-enchantment as resistance.

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Venus Bivar @vbivar.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Absolutely fabulous city to spend 5-10 months in.

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Dr Lindsey Fitzharris @drlindseyfitz.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

It took all weekend, but I finished signing 2,000 tip-in sheets! These will be bound into the UK edition of SLEUTH-HOUND. In addition, I signed 4,000 for the US edition. Who's going to buy these scribbles?! My publisher is crazy! Anyway, if you'd like to grab one: linktr.ee/drlindseyfit...

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