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Elise A. Mitchell @bydreamphd.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

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I am so delighted and honored to be a part of this Past & Present Supplement, “Medicine, Race, and Slavery in the Transatlantic World, 1600–1850.” It was a pleasure and so enriching to work with @hsmurphy.bsky.social and the editors at @pastpresentsoc.bsky.social doi.org/10.1093/past...

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Medicine, Race, and Slavery in the Transatlantic World, 1600–1850

As the title suggests, the provocation of this Supplement is simple: that the histories of medicine, transatlantic slavery, and race cannot, and should not

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Hahaha! That's the most hilarious and flattering review I have seen 🫠

*autocorrect wanted reach to become research which is fitting I guess

That's great news! Congratulations. I have been following your research for a while, and it is wonderful to hear that it will now research a larger audience. :) Let me know if you are ever in Berlin and would like to give a talk!

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Exactly! The chapter on "sex surgery" in his book "Sex by Prescription," which came out in 1980, the year after Raymond's book, is directly inspired by her agenda.

Ketil Slagstad @slagstadk.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Billund-Phibbs is the former Project Manager of the Tretter Transgender Oral History Project, a pioneering initiative documenting trans history that inspired my research project and my commitment to archiving my own interviews.

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at politikk ikke er annet enn medisin i stor skala. Paradokset i Virchows utsagn er dette: Mens vi alle har en kropp som kan bli syk, viser medisinen at vi alle er like og samtidig likevel ikke.

Ketil Slagstad @slagstadk.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Anmeldte John Green's "Everything Is Tuberculosis": Å si at alt er tuberkulose, innebærer å se sykdom som mer enn et avgrenset medisinsk fenomen. Snarere handler det om å fremheve det den tyske sosialmedisineren og reformpolitikeren Rudolf Virchow skrev i 1848, www.morgenbladet.no/boker/politi...

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(+) Politikk er medisin i stor skala

John Greens bok om tuberkulose viser den strukturelle urettferdigheten i hvem som rammes av sykdommen, og hvordan den behandles.

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Ketil Slagstad @slagstadk.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Thank you for joining the panel and presenting your fascinating research, @alfredfreeborn.bsky.social and @anaantic.bsky.social ! Can't wait to read your forthcoming book on biological psychiatry, Alfred!

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Dora Vargha @doravargha.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

It’s hot in Berlin but Kate Fisher’s research is hotter! An amazing conversation with artist Aliz Farkas and historian Ketil Slagstad on care, medicine, sexuality and the vital importance of history in navigating life today at Beyond Bare Life #DefendExeterUni @exeter.ac.uk @humboldtuni.bsky.social

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robin celikates @robin-c.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

In his 1st lecture in front of almost 1000 people Dipesh Chakrabarty traced the long arc of anti-colonial constructions of a shared present, from Vera Zasulich to Ambedkar, and the processes that threw that shared “now-time” as well as the very idea of a shared future into crisis.

Dipesh Chakrabarty speaking at HKW in Berlin

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Ketil Slagstad @slagstadk.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

That's incredible! Congratulations!

Os Keyes @okeyes.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

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@drnikko.bsky.social and I are putting together a special issue proposal for Big Data and Society on "Trans Data"! If you're an #STS nerd, or a #transstudies nerd, or ideally both, do submit ideas if you have them - docs.google.com/document/d/1...

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Big Data and Society - Trans Data CFP

Call for PapersSpecial Issue of Big Data & Society on Trans Data Data and trans lives go - both fortunately and unfortunately - together. From surveillance systems seeking to normalise and control t...

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George Severs @georgesevers.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Incredible opportunity to work with Dr Hannah Elizabeth @sexhistorian.bsky.social on a funded PhD project exploring unorthodox forms of health activism in postwar Britain. Full details here, do share widely! www.strath.ac.uk/studywithus/...

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Unorthodox health activism in Britain after 1948 | University of Strathclyde

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Ketil Slagstad @slagstadk.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

Thank you for inviting me. It was an honor to be there. It was a very interesting and well-organized event!

Jacobo @jacobolcar.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

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Yesterday, we celebrated the 5th anniversary of the @mdc-berlin.bsky.social Pride Symposium with the memorable edition Trans Pasts 🏳️‍⚧️ Trans Futures. www.mdc-berlin.de/news/events/... Thanks to everyone who joined us and helped make this such a special moment! Here are some snapshots from the event

Juliana Gleeson interviewing Dr. Ketil Slagstad on the history of trans medicine and the intersex liberation movement

Organizers and volunteers in a polaroid film

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Noah Pevie @noahpevie.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Finished Standardizing Sex by @slagstadk.bsky.social about a week ago and kept meaning to make a post! Wanted to post a handful of my immediate thoughts and reactions 🧵

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Ketil Slagstad @slagstadk.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Thank you for engaging so thoughtfully with my book! I very much appreciate your reflections and observations!

Katie Birkwood @girlinthe.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

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Really interesting questions and answers. And a reminder I need to take 'Standardizing Sex' off the shelf at work and actually read it!

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Jacob Steere-Williams @steerewilliams.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

First two books in the Epidemic Histories series with Johns Hopkins U-P on display at aahm2026, @visualplague.bsky.social !

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Ketil Slagstad @slagstadk.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Join me on r/AskHistorians on Tuesday, June 9! I'll be answering questions about my book Standardizing Sex: A History of Trans Medicine @uchicagopress.bsky.social

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Dora Vargha @doravargha.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

We invite you for our final event in the @socmederc.bsky.social seminar series on June 9, 2 pm CET: a conversation with @dinafainberg.bsky.social and Tal Zalmanovich on displacement and movement of expertise. Join us in Berlin or online, details below! socialistmedicine.com/june-9-speci... #histmed

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Socialist Medicine ERC Research Seminar

June 9 Seminar Special Roundtable - World in Turmoil: Displacement as Academic and Historical Experience

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Ketil Slagstad @slagstadk.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Ich freue mich sehr darauf, am 6. Juni im Rahmen der Langen Nacht der Wissenschaft gemeinsam mit den Studierenden der Universität der Künste die Geschichte der Medizin zu erkunden. Komm doch vorbei! @eahmh.bsky.social

Ein Plakat, auf dem in der Mitte eine Person zu sehen ist. Die Person ist von verschiedenen quadratischen Kästchen umgeben.

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Ketil Slagstad @slagstadk.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

Sure you weren't in Berlin? I guess the server wouldn't have asked

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John Warner @biblioracle.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

My thoughts are also hugely shaped by my core view that there are important distinctions between writing and AI-assisted (or automation-assisted) document production. I'm 100% focused on what it means to learn to write, not just make texts. www.insidehighered.com/opinion/colu...

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Writing Classes Are About Writing, Not AI-Aided Production

If we want students to learn to write, AI tools shouldn’t have much of a role. If we don’t think students need to learn to write anymore, I’m not sure what we’re doing here.

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Lisa Haushofer @haushoferl.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

I’m about to spend 8 hours of my life in a workshop on AI in the classroom so naturally I am spending my usual insomnia hours collecting some helpful (read:critical) threads about AI. Starting with this “thread in a thread” by @petertarras.bsky.social who gave me the idea bsky.app/profile/pete...

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London Review of Books @lrb.co.uk · 22/05/2026

‘The Ebola crisis should serve as an object lesson and rebuke to those who tolerate anaemic state funding of, or even cutbacks in, public health and healthcare delivery. Without staff, stuff, space and systems, nothing can be done.’ Paul Farmer on Ebola, from 2014: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v3...

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Paul Farmer · Diary: Ebola

The Ebola virus is terrifying because it infects most of those who care for the afflicted and kills most of those who...

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Ketil Slagstad @slagstadk.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

We have now recruited two brilliant PhD students: one project will explore DIY transitioning and hormonal knowledge beyond the clinic in the two German republics; the other will analyze the medicalization of menopause in India, emphasizing feminist and local responses. @genderinsight.bsky.social

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Ketil Slagstad @slagstadk.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Fin artikkel av @jonblund02.bsky.social om hva vi kan lære av publiserte kasuistikker: en oppfordring om å gi plass til den uoversiktlige prosessen som ofte kjennetegner diagnostikk. tidsskriftet.no/2026/05/deba...

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Hva lærer vi egentlig av «Noe å lære av»?

20.05.2026: Debatt - Kasuistikker i spalten «Noe å lære av» i Tidsskriftet er ofte velskrevne og faglig interessante.

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Ketil Slagstad @slagstadk.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Thanks for sharing! Researching medical practices is key, but can be complicated by the challenges of accessing medical records. Trans medical archives are often not as well-organized as those for other patient groups, making the process even more complicated, on top of the ethical considerations.

Noah Pevie @noahpevie.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

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Just finished (and deeply enjoyed) the first chapter of @slagstadk.bsky.social's book Standardizing Sex. Current favourite quote, though I’m sure there are more to come 👀

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Christos Lynteris @visualplague.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

So happy to see my new book "How Plague Got Rats: Mastering a Zoonotic Pandemic" published today with @hopkinspress.bsky.social! #histmed #histsci #plague #rats #pandemic www.press.jhu.edu/books/title/... The book is also available Open Access via Project MUSE: muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/oa_mon...

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

Oh, and the book also was the honorable mention of the @eahmh.bsky.social 2023 Book Award!

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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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Rezension zu: L. Haushofer: Wonder Foods

Congratulations on receiving such a positive review for Wonder Foods, @haushoferl.bsky.social. I couldn't agree more — it's a meticulously researched book that's also beautifully written. www.hsozkult.de/publicationr... @hsozkult.bsky.social

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Rezension zu / Review of: Haushofer, Lisa: : Wonder Foods. The Science and Commerce of Nutrition

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De tyske retningslinjene diskuterer spørsmålet om evidens og klinisk beslutningstaking utførlig: register.awmf.org/assets/guide...

Takk for deling. Jeg tenker det er to litt forskjellige spørsmål - hvordan kan man designe best mulige studier og hvilke konsekvenser skal man trekke av det sparsomme forskningsgrunnlaget man har. Det siste er et klinisk og politisk spørsmål.