An updated collection description of the UoM Library and John Rylands Research Institute and Library printed medical collections is now available online. Yes, there really are over 70,000 items! 🙌tinyurl.com/yc7r6loq #histmed #histsci

Join this 1-day pop-up exhibition titled “Enhanced Humans?” with UoM Medical Museum objects, at Mcr Central Library Archives+ on Friday 7th December, 11am-4pm #enhancedhumansmcr School of Arts, Languages and Culture Manchester Centre for Archaeology and Egyptology History UoM Drama & Film UoM History and Heritage @UoMhistdept CHSTM UoMSALCStudents

For those who are interested in hearing more from @ManCHSTM about the history of cancer, there are two relevant seminars coming up from Carsten Timmermann and Cinzia G. x.com/ManCHSTM/statu…

I'll be in the Rylands Gallery John Rylands Research Institute and Library at 5.30pm TODAY giving a short pop-up talk on my display exploring attitudes to menstruation in our special collections. Free, all welcome! #histmed #ManMedProject

Today: FACING OUT. Fascinating art & medicine project at the Whitworth (opening today; exhibition runs till June)

#medicalhumanities #medhums

Manchester COPD patients get the Aardman animation treatment youtube.com/watch?v=lBsld-…

"Sensitive portraits by Lucy Burscough of people who have had facial cancer, created during a residency at the Christie Hospital" - Guardian culture highlights our Facing Out: Life after treatment for facial cancer exhibition in its Art Weekly round-up: ow.ly/88T630nQPhK

This will be brilliant! #histmed talk by JRRI Shreeve Fellow Dr Rebecca Whiteley (rebeccawhiteley.bsky.social) exploring copies of George Spratt's amazing 'Obstetric Tables' from our medical collections - next Wednesday, free and open to all.

Today 2-3pm: Delve into our amazing 17th to 19th Century Midwifery archive. Our Collection Encounter will explore the birth of medical midwifery through detailed drawings and accounts from our historic collections. Free, no need to book. #jrlWomen man.ac.uk/Uq4O6U

Interesting project by our friend, the composer Kevin Malone: A Day in the Life - A concert series and heritage project created from and about the textile communities of Northern England adayinthelife.info

Excited about Michaela Clark joining us for a #HistMed #MedHums PhD with Kostas Arvanitis and me on a historical collection of clinical photographs at the University of Capetown's Dept of Surgery. Michaela is documenting her preparations for the project here: curatingtheclinical.wordpress.com

We are happy to announce the keynote for the second #RemakingCancer meeting: Prof Robert Aronowitz, "Making Cancer History: The Challenges to Meaningful Engagement with Clinicians and Patients" 9 September, 16:30 -18:00, Zochonis Building, The University of Manchester, @ManCHSTM

Unfortunately I will not be able to go, but if you're in or near York on 25 Oct, you may want to consider attending the launch event of Prof. Fay Bound Alberti's *About Face* project. eventbrite.co.uk/e/aboutface-la… With Manchester's own Lucy Burscough

It has emerged that she is on twitter, and you should all follow Dr Michaela Clark, who has recently started her PhD on #visualculture in #histmed at CHSTM, focusing on the photographic collection of the Department of Surgery at the Univ of Cape Town. curatingtheclinical.wordpress.com

We are thrilled to announce the Call for Papers for our next Congress is now...live! The 4th Annual Congress will take place on 21st-23rd April 2021, online, with Durham Institute for Medical Humanities The theme is: (In)Visibility

With a contribution from CHSTM PhDs's @eleanorrshaw

Beautiful piece by @ManCHSTM CHSTM PhDs graduate Dr Erin Beeston. FBMH Social Responsibility and Public Engagement FBMH Doctoral Academy 🌎 Follow @FBMH_UoM

Interested in the history of medicine at Manchester? Our friends at the UoM Medical Museum are hosting an online salon TODAY, 1-2pm. 💊 Book your place now! Medicine at UoM UoM Biology, Medicine and Health

A reminder that the deadline for this PhD studentship on the history of neurosurgery is approaching. Come and work with us. Or pass this on to anyone who may be interested. blogs.manchester.ac.uk/chstm/2022/09/… #histmed #histstm