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Delighted to report that Centre director Janet Weston received the Law and Society J Willard Hurst Prize Honorable Mention, for her book 'Looking after Miss Alexander' - out now with McGill-Queen's University Press! #histmed #legalhistory #twitterstorians

The first in a mini-series of blogs on the theme Public Health Humanities, British historian and Senior Research Associate at the University of Bristol Jessica Hammett discusses menopause and the MenoMakers craft group blogs.bmj.com/medical-humani… #medhums

"New perspectives on charity and the mixed economy of healthcare." Join us for this 2 day conference in October! All welcome but registration required: ⬇️ lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/eve…

*Call for mid-career researchers interested in applying for prestigious fellowships* We'd love to hear from historians of global health, and humanities researchers working on health inequalities or/and planetary health 📅Deadline 30 Sept ⬇️⬇️⬇️ lshtm.ac.uk/research/centr…

Congratulations to our former centre member Lioba on the publication of her book, and if you're in Edinburgh this week, get yourself along to the launch!

McGill University On Oct 17th Join Prof Weston's talk on how+why road safety came to be seen as a ‘public health’ issue in Britain, &the battle that took place concerning the morality of legislating about seatbelts, helmets, &drunk-driving. RGHL McGill Max Bell School of Public Policy mcgill.ca/equity-ethics-…

Today! Join us at lunchtime in London or online

Join us on Thursday for the first seminar in our series on medical history in Africa: 'Empire, race, and medical achievement: the Smith-Easmon medical dynasties​' 📅Thurs October 11 ⌚12.45-14.00 UK 📍LG81, LSHTM Keppel St (and online) ⬇️Details via link lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/eve…

Seminar this week: all welcome! Dr Lioba Hirsch, "(Post)colonial worldbuilding, healthcare and diasporic/African repair in and around the door of (no) return" 📅Thur 17 Oct, 12.45 UK time 📍LG81 Keppel Street & online ⬇️Follow the link below for info! lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/eve…

The 2024 Outstanding Book Award goes to Janet Weston for Looking After Miss Alexander from McGill-Queen's University Press, a beautifully written micro-history which elucidates important ideas about care, intellectual disability and the role of the historian in these stories. Congrats Janet!

This week the Border Crossings project (featuring Centre members Martin Gorsky and Dr Hannah Blythe, & former member Dr Agnes Arnold-Forster) is hosting a takeover of The Polyphony on the gift relationship in healthcare charity! First blog now live: thepolyphony.org/2024/10/23/cha…

In Part 3 of the Hospital Charity takeover, Dr Hannah Blythe analyses United Sheffield Hospitals’ annual reports and explores the boundary between charity and state-funded healthcare in the first decades of the NHS thepolyphony.org/2024/10/28/cha…

"HIV and AIDS Archives: collections, research and responses" A free online workshop from The National Archives featuring our centre founder Virginia Berridge 📅 3 December ⬇️ register via the link! eventbrite.co.uk/e/hiv-and-aids…

Join us tomorrow for our lunchtime seminar, with ​​Adedamola Adetiba of CHSTM: 'Nigeria and the quest for a global antimicrobial resistance surveillance system' 📅Thurs 14 Nov ⏰12.45-14.00 📍LSHTM room LG8 and online ⬇️all welcome, info below! lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/eve…

Details of some of our upcoming seminars are now available - topics including the UK postcode lottery, Aboriginal health activism, HIV screening and vaccination in the American Colonial Philippines! Get those dates in your diary: lshtm.ac.uk/research/centr…