Join us tomorrow when Mary O’Connor asks … Was it politics? The Conceptualisation of Extra-Parliamentary Campaigning, 1775-1832 history.ac.uk/events/was-it-…

🎉 🎉Congratulations to SSHM (@sshmedicine.bsky.social) trustee and committee member Dr Felicity McGeown who successfully defended their thesis today #PhDone

Delighted to discover I have been nominated for an award for my teaching on the history of medicine at King’s College London! #histmed

Ooh interesting! I’ll definitely submit an abstract for this!

Registration is now open for Age and Health 1500-1800 🗓️24 June 2024 Open to All #histmed

Its thrilling to see my book Maladies of Empire, which is about how slavery, colonialism and war led to the development of epidemiology, translated in another language. The Japanese version arrived today! Thanks to everyone at Harvard UP who made this & the other translations

Well said!

The material power of the letter in helping to process grief when separated: ‘I have often perused your letter, and oftener gone thro’ every scene it describes with you, for that, you are never absent from my mind.’ A. Robertson to her daughter, 1809 #18thc #letters #grief

𝐂𝐒𝐌𝐁𝐑 𝐎𝐧𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐋𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 Forthcoming this autumn... #csmbr #onlinelectures

Heading back to London shortly after a fantastic conference on the History of Medicine and Resistance. Plenty to think about in terms of embodiment and negotiation. Thank you SSHM (@sshmedicine.bsky.social) & CSHHH Glasgow #histmed #bodyhistory #18thcen #18thcletters

Coming soon!

A fantastic opportunity to become part of our vibrant research culture. Deadline 6 Sept. Don’t delay!!!

Apply by 6 Sept to become our new PG convenor! 👇

No longer in the employ of her once strict & demanding former mistress, Elizabeth encounters a rather different Mrs Eyre upon returning to the town for a brief visit; demonstrating the often complicated dynamic between mistress and servant: Elizabeth Clift to William Clift, 1799

ICYMI 👇 Sign up to join us tomorrow (Weds 25) in-person/online to hear Brycchan Carey talking about 'The 'rational study of God's works': Eighteenth century clerical naturalists and the origins of the modern life sciences' at the IHR British History in the Long C18th Seminar Institute of Historical Research history.ac.uk/events/rationa…

📢CFP! We are excited to announce our #cfp for our annual seminar series! If you are a PG student wanting to present your research in a friendly environment then please consider applying! We particularly welcome first-time presenters! Read below to find out more! #History 🤩

Our fortnightly seminar series continues next Wed 9/10 at 17:30 at the IHR Wolfson Room (as well as online via Zoom) as Sarah Fox of Edge Hill University will discuss the role of food in the formation of British identities. Institute of Historical Research history.ac.uk/events/british…

My happy place - especially on a sunny October Friday afternoon! IHR British History in the Long C18th Seminar Life-Cycles Seminar Institute of Historical Research

Welcome on board Social Bodies in British Letters, 1680-1820 Emma!!!

This Thursday pm I head to my former undergraduate college to talk about the history of maternal labour. A return of sorts, both to Magdalen and to an earlier body of research. All welcome! magd.ox.ac.uk/events/ewen-gr…