LSHTM Centre for History in Public Health

Please contact Alex if you would like an informal conversation about the studentship, etc.

Drugs, Civil Rights and the Alternative Society: A History of Release Principal Supervisor: Professor Toby Seddon (UCL) Co-Supervisor: Professor Alex Mold (LSHTM) Project Description Background Described as the oldest independent drugs charity in the world, Release w…

Applications are open for a Bloomsbury College PhD studentship, to work on the history of the voluntary organisation Release.

The student will be based at UCL, supervised by Prof. Toby Seddon, and co-supervised by Prof. Alex Mold at LSHTM. Further details below.

bloomsbury.ac.uk/drugs-civil-...

Leprosy, stigma and the fight for patient agency | LSHTM This presentation examines the cultural legacy of leprosy (Hansen’s disease) and its stigmatisation in the 19th century onwards, using 20th century Brazil as a case study.  Its target audience is

Join us for our next seminar on 26 February, when @olibasciano.bsky.social (author of Outcast, F&F:2025) will be discussing the cultural legacy of leprosy (Hansen’s disease). Details below:

Location: G08/ Hybrid (link below)
Time: 12:45 - 14:00

www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/e...

Historicising Médecins Sans Frontières ‘Medical Marketplace’ | LSHTM This presentation examines the history of Medecins San Frontiers Magani (“Medicine Market”) Programme in Africa. Its target audience are students and staff interested in the histories of

Join us for our next seminar on Thursday 5 February, when Janelle Winters will be discussing the history of Médecins Sans Frontières’ ‘Medical Marketplace’ programme. Details below:

Location: G08/ Hybrid (link below)
Time: 12:45 - 14:00

www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/e...

The Centre is delighted to invite applications for the Sir Geoffrey Wilkinson studentship, allowing the successful applicant to undertake a three-year PhD in the History of Public Health. Please circulate widely. More details can be found via the link below.

www.lshtm.ac.uk/study/fees-a...

The politics of community-based dengue control: the Singaporean case | LSHTM This presentation explores the history of efforts to control Dengue fever in Singapore during the twentieth century. Its target audience are staff and students interested in the history of Dengue

Join us for our next seminar on Tuesday 27 January, when Timothy Sim will be discussing the politics of Dengue fever control in Singapore. Details below:

Location: Virtual (link in event listing).
Time: 12:45 - 14:00

www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/e...

It's our pleasure! Thanks so much for coming to present to us, Claire! It was great. We're all really looking forward to hearing more about your research as it progresses.

UPDATE: Due to ill health, we've unfortunately had to postpone the talk below until next semester. Rescheduled date for the talk to follow.

Cancer and the male body, c.1759-1913 | LSHTM This presentation examines the gendered construction of cancer amongst men  in the long nineteenth century. Its target audience are students and staff interested in the history of cancer, as well all

Join us for our next seminar on Thursday 27 November, when @claireturner.bsky.social will be discussing the gendered construction of cancer amongst men during the long nineteenth century. Details below:

Location: Virtual (link in event listing).
Time: 12:45 - 14:00

www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/e...

Intercolonial health institutions in the Pacific Islands | LSHTM This presentation examines the formation and development of intercolonial medical institutions in the Pacific Islands during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Its target audience is student and

Join us for our next seminar on Thursday 20 November, when Hohee Cho will be talking about intercolonial medical institutions in the Pacific Islands during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Details below:

Location: Keppel St. (LG81), Hybrid
Time: 12:45 - 14:00

www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/e...

Empires of medicine: Medical education in the British and French Empires This presentation examines the history of medical education in the British and French Empires during the long nineteenth century. Its target audience is students and staff interested in the history of

Join us for our next seminar on Thursday 13 November, when Martin Robert will be talking to us about Medical Education in the British and French Empires. Details below:

Location: Keppel St. (LG81), Hybrid
Time: 12:45 - 14:00

www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/e...

AIDS and the screening debate: race, mobility and migration, 1985-1995 | LSHTM This presentation explores how efforts to manage the spread of AIDS intersected with broader efforts to restrict African migration in late twentieth century Britain. Its target audience is students

Join us for our next seminar on Tuesday 28 October, when @somakbiswas.bsky.social will be talking about how AIDS racialised late 20th century British border discourse. Details below:

Location: Keppel St. (LG81), Hybrid
Time: 12:45 - 14:00

www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/e...

Health or energy crisis? The politics of framing hypothermia | LSHTM This presentation explores the historical framing of accidental deaths from hypothermia in post-war Britain, examining how these were increasingly framed as an ‘energy-management’ issue. Its target

Join us for our next seminar on Wednesday 15 October, when @rebwright.bsky.social and @sexhistorian.bsky.social will be examining the historical framing of accidental deaths from hypothermia in post-war Britain. Details below:
Location: Online.
Time: 12:45 - 14:00

www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/e...

‘Living in the Dark Ages’ – the patient experience of using insulin injecting This presentation explores patient’s experiences with using injecting devices to manages diabetes in Scotland since the 1950s. Its target audiences is students and staff interested in the history of

Join us for the first seminar of the semester on Wednesday 8 October, when Luke Whittle will be talking about patient experiences of using injecting devices to manage diabetes in Scotland. Details (inc. Zoom link) are below:
Location: Online.
Time: 12:45 - 14:00

www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/e...

CfP: Excited to announce our first workshop, exploring histories of Commercial Determinants of Health. Workshop to be held at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine on 15 April 2026. Please circulate widely/consider submitting an abstract by 13 October 2025.

Working on the histories of products/businesses/advertising and their impact on health? A workshop exploring these themes is happening at @lshtmhistory.bsky.social on 15 April 2026. Get involved!

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🚨Historians of drink, drugs, sex, crime, law, #police🚨

CfP 'Policing and #PublicHealth, c.1800-2000' workshop www.lshtm.ac.uk/research/cen...

[typo in description: we *may* be able to make a small travel contribution]

#HistSTM #LegalHist #HistSex #HistGender #HistMed

State-sponsored population control programmes: A new ph(f)ace of eugenics in In this seminar, Dr. Sánchez-Rivera discusses the changeover from eugenics to population control programs and capitalist ventures during the second half of the 20th Century in Mexico. Special

📢 Next in the London Universities Population Seminar Series (co-hosted with
@lshtmhistory.bsky.social)

🗓️ Thurs 15 May | 🕐 12:45–14:00
📍 LSHTM G24, Keppel St.

Dr. Rachell Sánchez-Rivera will talk about state-sponsored population control in 20th century Mexico

www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/e...

State-sponsored population control programmes: A new ph(f)ace of eugenics in In this seminar, Dr. Sánchez-Rivera discusses the changeover from eugenics to population control programs and capitalist ventures during the second half of the 20th Century in Mexico. Special

Join us for the next CHIPH seminar (in collab. with @psglshtm.bsky.social) on Thursday 15 May, when Dr. Rachell Sánchez-Rivera will be discussing state-sponsored population control in 20th century Mexico. Details below:
Location: G24, Keppel St.
Time: 12:45 - 14:00

www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/e...

Here's the first blog for our new project: 'Kicking the Habit: ‘Addictive’ Sport Sponsorship in Britain, 1965-2025'.

It explores the tobacco, alcohol and gambling industries' sponsorship of sport in Britain.

Like @fabiolacreed.bsky.social, I'm so happy to be working with such an amazing team!

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British naval surgeons and tropical hygiene in the long nineteenth century | This presentation explores how the treatment of British seamen aided the development of tropical hygiene in the long nineteenth century. The paper will be of interest to staff and students who want to

Join us for our next CHIPH seminar on Tuesday 8th April, when Dr Manikarnika Dutta will be talking about British seamen and tropical medicine in the 1800s. Details and event listings (inc. Zoom link) are below:
Location: G40, Keppel St.
Time: 12:45 - 14:00

www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/e...

Visualising spaces of pestilence: Malaria and the natural environment in late This paper explores the visualisation of Malaria in late colonial India and its reshaping of the natural environment. It will be of interest to staff and students interested in the history of Malaria,

Join us for the next CHIPH seminar on Tuesday 18th March, when Dr Apurba Chatterjee will be speaking about the visualisation of malaria in British Colonial India. Details and event listings (inc. Zoom link) are below:
Location: G40, Keppel St.
Time: 12:45 - 14:00
www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/e...

The LSHTM Centre for History in Public Health is now on Bluesky! Follow for info about events and research #histmed #histpsych #medhums #publichealth

The Centre for History in Public Health (CHIPH) at @lshtm.bsky.social is now on BlueSky!

Please follow us for details about our forthcoming seminars and other centre member-led events.

Details of forthcoming events can be found below: www.lshtm.ac.uk/research/cen...