I’ve said it before, but I love psychiatry ads from back in the day. No chemical imbalance BS. Just “your life sucks. Buy our drugs.”

Delighted that my article 'Sterile Citizens' is now out in Slavery & Abolition. Its been available (open access!) since November, but its great to finally see it in 'hard copy.' Massive thanks to WarwickHistory for helping make this OA. Link below: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

🚨Last chance to apply! The Social History of Alcohol and Drugs seeks Associate Book Review Editors to join the journal’s editorial team. Applications are due by July 5: ow.ly/7nJA50RaKrt A&D History

🧑‍🎓PhD position offer in history of pharmacy and medicine at Madison (USA) with @LucRichert on the recent history of cannabis 🌿 drive.google.com/file/d/1qhWTk1…

🚨#histmed Job Opportunity!🚨 Deadline for applications: 13th September Lecturer/Assistant Professor in the History of Medicine at University College Dublin jobs.ac.uk/job/DJC356/lec…

did you take Ecstasy in the UK at any point in the (long) 1990s? if so, please consider participating in oral history research as part of my Wellcome-funded project "The Effects Can Last Forever". for more details, check the image, DM, or email.

fellow drink historians- any refs for reading on wine in EM Spain? Finding this oddly hard to locate (w/exception of Rebecca Earle) but seems like there should be a huge historiography 😂 maybe drinkingstudies members can help?

excited for today's JOINT workshop on "Uppers & Downers" organised w/ Jamie Banks (@milkwknives.bsky.social) Himesh Mehta (himeshmehta.bsky.social) and kindly hosted by WarwickHistory particularly looking forward to being in conversation w/ Mike Jay whose intro to recent book "Psychonauts" is a great jumping off point

JOINT is a network for ECRs interested in drugs history supported by SSHM (@sshmedicine.bsky.social) and Wellcome, contact me if you'd like to join

JOB KLAXON: We are hiring a Lecturer in History of Medicine and/or Health (FT & permanent); we're encouraging applications from colleagues with expertise in history of mental health & mental illness. Please share and repost. jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetail?… #HistMed #HistSTM #HistPsych

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…

My FREE to download book is out: The Rise and Fall of the Sunbed in Britain: Tanning Culture from Fad to Fear: dx.doi.org/10.5040/978135…

My new article, '“Woman’s Hour or Mother’s Hour”: Postnatal Depression Narratives, Treatment and Reception on BBC Radio, 1946–1985', explores changing attitudes to motherhood, radio as health comms, women's voices, and medics' expanding responsibilities: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

The researchers leading the Wellcome-funded ‘Kicking the Habit’ project (Kicking the Habit Project) introduce us to its key themes, socio-historical contexts, and guiding ambitions. thepolyphony.org/2025/04/04/kic…

This 6-year interdisciplinary project is held at Uni of Nottingham #WeAreUoN London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine University of Glasgow UofG Social Sciences Led by PIs Anna Greenwood Professor Alex Mold Heather Wardle PDRAs Dr Daniel O'Neill Jamie Banks (@milkwknives.bsky.social) Dr Fabiola Creed The Polyphony

I am excited to announce that I will be presenting my work at the #LSHTM More information here: lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/eve…

While the PhD crawls along at a snail’s pace, a piece I wrote way back during my MPhil days has just found its way into an edited volume. Grateful to Dr. Vijaya Ramadas for the opportunity to collaborate and contribute. link.springer.com/chapter/10.100…

Delighted that the CfP for the first Kicking the Habit Project workshop is now live! Please do circulate freely, and consider submitting an abstract if of interest. Also more than happy to answer any queries you might have about the workshop, etc.