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Joseph Price @joseph-price.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Attended my third and final conference of the month! Thank you to the University of Leeds and @sshmedicine.bsky.social for a lovely few days! #SSHM2026

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Joseph Price @joseph-price.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

A really great time attending and speaking at @modbritstud.bsky.social Conference the past few days! Great papers with great speakers #MBS2026

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George Severs @georgesevers.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

I'm so pleased to see that this chapter has been published. It's in a wonderful open access collection, Sexual Violence in Medicine and Psychiatry: Addressing Harms Through Interdisciplinarity which emerged from the SHaME project at Birkbeck. Link here: link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

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Joseph Price @joseph-price.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

Really enjoyed speaking at the European University Institute last Friday for a workshop discussing sexuality and activism across Europe organised by @zsofia-v.bsky.social, @georgiakat.bsky.social and @loladickinson.bsky.social

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Lola Dickinson @loladickinson.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

So excited for the upcoming workshop ‘Sexuality, Activism and the State in Modern Europe’ which I have organised with the brilliant @zsofia-v.bsky.social and @georgiakat.bsky.social. Promises to be a fantastic day of talks and beautiful Italian sunshine! www.eui.eu/events?id=58...

Poster for the Workshop ‘Sexuality, Activism and the State in Modern Europe’ describing the workshop aims.

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Sarah Crook @sarahcrook.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

The special issue of Cultural and Social History on “Researching Student Lives: Methodological and Theoretical Perspectives” (co-ed. w Georgina Brewis & Jodi Burkett) is live - yay! Several articles are OA :) Huge thanks to our contributors & the journal editors! www.tandfonline.com/toc/rfcs20/2...

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Cultural and Social History

Researching Student Lives: Methodological and Theoretical Perspectives. Volume 23, Issue 1 of Cultural and Social History

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Caroline Rusterholz @carorusterholz.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

We are delighted to share our call for papers for Medical Humanities. @georgesevers.bsky.social, Naomi Samake-Bäckert and I are guest editing a topic collection titled “Race, Sexual and Reproductive Health: Histories, Inequalities, Futures. Deadline: 31 October 2026 mh.bmj.com/pages/topic-...

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Topic Collection: Race, Sexual and Reproductive Health: Histories, Inequalities, Futures | Medical Humanities

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Lola Dickinson @loladickinson.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

New article out 🎉 Drawing on my PhD research, I explore the construction of the 'prostitute' and the 'client' within England's AIDS Policy in the late 1980s. Published with the @sshmedicine.bsky.social and now available to read here (though sadly not open access!): #histmed #histsex #AIDShistory

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The ‘Prostitute’ and the ‘Client’ in the Making of England’s AIDS Policy

Abstract. This paper explores the state’s evolving discourse on prostitution and sexual health during the ‘crisis years’ of England’s HIV epidemic. Analysi

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LSE Library @lselibrary.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

New online: The Gay Liberation Front (GLF) collection is now available on LSE Digital Library! We’ve digitised and published the GLF Diaries and the GLF newspaper Come Together. Further series from the archives will be added as digitisation continues. 1/2 digital.library.lse.ac.uk/collections/...

Cover image of the Gay Liberation Front (GLF) Diary, December 21-30, 1972. A purple and green poster-style image featuring text and a leafy plant design.

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Dr. Josh Patel (he/him) @joshpatel.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

Very exciting news!! My first book, 'Universities and the Purpose of Higher Education Expansion and Development in Post-War Britain' has appeared on the Routledge website! 📖 Currently anticipating a January 2026 launch! www.routledge.com/Universities...

This thought-provoking book addresses the persistent anxieties surrounding the purpose and direction of higher education, offering a nuanced historical perspective on its transformation. Read more on the link included.

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Kylie M. Smith wrote an angry book @drkyliesmith.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

Today is official publication day of @cethompson.bsky.social and my little collection “Do Less Harm: Ethical Questions for Health Historians”. It has 28 essays on names, images, museum and archival practices, teaching, reparations, positionality, citation and more. www.press.jhu.edu/books/title/...

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Do Less Harm

Ethical Questions for Health Historians

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Dr Claire Martin @claireplmartin.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

📣Registration is still open for ‘Sexual Health: Past, Present and Future’. Check out our exciting programme below! Join us in person or online. Registration is FREE but essential. ⏰2-3 July 2025 🏛️University of Birmingham / online 👉Register here by Monday 2nd June: forms.office.com/e/mQHq8NgSmQ

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Dr Claire Martin @claireplmartin.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

📣Registration is open for our workshop, 'Sexual Health: Past, Present and Future'! Join us in person or online. Registration is FREE but essential. ⏰ 2-3 July 2025 🏛️ University of Birmingham / online 👉 Register here: forms.office.com/e/mQHq8NgSmQ #histmed #histsex #medhums #sexualhealth #SRH #HIV

Sexual Health: Past, Present and Future
A multidisciplinary workshop
Join us in person or online
Room WG17, Centre for Lifelong Learning, University of Birmingham, 2-3 July 2025
The prevention, treatment and control of sexually transmissible infections, including HIV, has a complex history. It has been the catalyst for significant developments in medicine and public health. But it has also been stigmatised, occupying a grey area between quackery and reputable medicine. Sexual health embodied fears about social disorder, at times seen as a ‘racial poison’ and a threat to colonial, state and military authority. And it was used as an excuse for human experimentation, draconian legislation and the persecution of minoritised and marginalised communities.
Yet event with such a turbulent history, sexual health currently faces one of its greatest crises. Rates of syphilis are at their highest since 1948 and there are more cases of gonorrhoea than at any other point since records began. Barriers to PrEP uptake persist. While RSE has improved, significant shortcomings remain. The impact of mental health, poverty and domestic violence on sexual-health outcomes are not adequately addressed. Services decimated by underfunding are no longer accessible to many who need them. And a lack of culturally competent, inclusive provisions means that many service users feel alienated by the services that are available. All of this is exacerbating deep inequalities in health outcomes and wellbeing.
This multidisciplinary workshop is an opportunity for researchers and health professionals to explore the historical legacies and challenges facing sexual health today and in the future. It is supported by the UKRI project ‘Histories of Sexual Health in Britain’ and is CPD accredited by the Federation of the Royal Colleges of Physicians.
Scan the QR code to register.
Registration is free but essential.

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