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Bubbling with excitement about an article I'm planning on obstetric models, paper dolls and subversive play! If any historians of dolls or play have any literature recommendations, I'd love to hear!

newbooksnetwork.com/the-art-of-chi… My new book arrives from the printers at UChicagoPress for order today! Bilingual critical edition of 17thC French midwife, Marie Baudoin's treatise on childbirth, plus microhistorical introduction.

Yes, I was raised by a left-leaning primary school teacher, why do you ask?

It's REAL!!!

I must tell you all how much I am enjoying and admiring Robin Bernstein's Racial Innocence! A must read for histories of dolls, race and material culture, so that's three for three for me!

A little taster of my book available now over at The Public Domain Review!

Have we all seen my gal Justine Siegemund on today's google doodle?? She and her illustrations feature prominently in my book Birth Figures, so glad to see her getting some recognition! google.com

Oh yes, so excited for this!!

The full Broadly Conceived Conference programme is live on our website! Check out the full list of speakers, papers and abstracts now. It's time to start getting excited! See you on Saturday 8 July broadlyconceived.wordpress.com/2023/06/20/bro…

The last post in Spr23 RECIPES FOR REBIRTH is up today! We interview Dr Rebecca Whiteley (Dr Rebecca Whiteley (rebeccawhiteley.bsky.social)) about her new book, BIRTH FIGURES (UChicagoPress, 2023). Rebecca talks midwifery manuals, images & embodied knowledge, & women’s history. Click 👇 recipes.hypotheses.org/21796

Thoroughly enjoyed listening to Dr Rebecca Whiteley (rebeccawhiteley.bsky.social) talking with the New Books Network (@newbooksnetwork.bsky.social) about her book Birth Figures. Really looking forward to hearing her presentations with both Confabulations and Broadly Conceived this coming week. newbooksnetwork.com/birth-figures

Global Bodies, 1700-Present: Art, Race, Identity, Encounters. A roundtable discussion between Natasha Ruiz-Gómez (Art History at Essex), Keren Hammerschlag (ANU Art History & Theory), Tania Cleaves (née Woloshyn), Dr Rebecca Whiteley (rebeccawhiteley.bsky.social) & Sonia Favi. This Weds 5 July, 6pm BST. confabulationsdotorg.wordpress.com/global-bodies/

Tonight! Don't miss 'Global Bodies, 1700-Present: Art, Race, Identity, Encounters' hosted by Confabulations. (5 July, 6–7.30pm, Online only). Register here: tinyurl.com/445z8e3y

I'll be there talking about Victorian caricatures and Naughty Doctors! Can't wait!

Does anyone know anything written about Gustave-Joseph Witkowski? Because I'm looking at his publication history and he seems too bonkers to be unstudied?? 👀

Want to know more about obstetrical models, paper dolls, or play in medical education? Check out my new article in Material Culture Review about these little guys! journals.lib.unb.ca/index.php/MCR/…