Islay Shelbourne @islayshelbourne.bsky.social · 12/11/2025Come along next Tuesday to hear all about Californian health myths and their impact on perceptions of TB and the 1918-19 Flu. I'm excited to share my findings and delve into all the details that didn't fit into my recently submitted PhD thesis, reincarnating zephrys and mammoth oranges included! 042
Reposted by Islay ShelbourneMedia and Epidemics @mediaandepidemics.bsky.social · 01/09/2025Our research into historical #pandemics and literature has just been published on the medical humanities platform @the-polyphony.bsky.social - find it here ⬇️ #medhums #hstm #histsci #litsi 074
Reposted by Islay ShelbourneAlex Hibberts @hibbertsalex.bsky.social · 28/07/2025I'm delighted that @royalhistsoc.org has published our roundtable article on 'The Future of (Environmental) History'. This came out of a workshop in April 2023 with @northernenvhistory.bsky.social I've summarised our paper (link to OA article) in a blog 👇 blog.royalhistsoc.org/2025/07/27/f...blog.royalhistsoc.orgFour Suggestions for the Future of (Environmental) History | Historical Transactions 143
Reposted by Islay ShelbourneMegan Kate Nelson 📚 @mkn.bsky.social · 17/07/2025"THE WESTERNERS" COVER REVEAL, including the spine! Both show how my new history of the 19th-c American West puts readers on the ground in this vast region with several fascinating individuals (four of them pictured here), all of whom put the lie to the frontier myth. Pub date: April 21, 2026! 4037867
Islay Shelbourne @islayshelbourne.bsky.social · 16/04/2025The Inaugural St Andrews Medical Humanities Network Symposium was a fascinating event to attend and was just as interesting to write about for this review! 010
Islay Shelbourne @islayshelbourne.bsky.social · 16/04/2025Hey Bluesky! My name is Islay and I am a final year Environmental History PhD Candidate @standrewshist.bsky.social where my research explores understandings of contagion in Southern California during the 1918-19 Influenza Pandemic. 181