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Elsa Richardson

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Health historian at the University of Strathclyde, author of 'Rumbles: A Curious History of the Gut (Wellcome/Profile/Pegasus, 2024) and Co-Director of the Centre for the Social History of Health and Healthcare (CSHHH).

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Delighted to welcome Naomi Samake-BΓ€ckert to share her research into Black woman's activism in the 1970s around the practice of state-mandated virginity testing at Heathrow with the @cshhh.bsky.social on Tuesday the 10th of March 4-5.30 pm in the Business School Cathedral Wing Room 408.

04.03.2026 13:13 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Looking forward to hosting Tom White next week for a co-hosted seminar with the Scottish Oral History Centre, Tuesday 3rd of March 4-5.30pm Graham Hills Building Room 222. Everyone welcome!

25.02.2026 11:47 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Wellcome-funded Conference Series Thanks to the generous funding of the Wellcome Trust, through the Society for the Social History of Medicine, in 2025-26 the MWHN will run a three-part series of events. Two fo these will be in-per…

Please join the friends and members of the Military Welfare History Network @milwelfhist.bsky.social
#online
Monday 2 February 11:00 to 17:30 (Dublin time)
The 3rd event supported by Wellcome-SSHM Network Grants
For programme see πŸ‘‡ & for Zoom link contact militarywelfarehistory@gmail.com
#histmed

27.01.2026 16:33 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

Next CSHHH seminar on February 3rd in Strathclyde Business School CW408 4-5.30pm with Dr Francesca Lewis speaking on the fascinating history of Borderline Personality Disorder. All welcome!

26.01.2026 11:47 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Our first seminar of 2026 will take placeThursday 22nd of Jan 4-5.30 pm @unistrathclyde.bsky.social in the CW406a where we will be joined by Dr Ann-Katrine Schmidt Nielsen on 'Living with risk assessments. How direct-to-consumer genetic testing changes narratives of illness and health'. Come!

13.01.2026 17:05 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Join us in Leeds!

31.12.2025 14:04 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 2

Come along to the last @cshhh.bsky.social seminar of 2025!
Saved the best to last, come hear @jdnott.bsky.social of @biomedselfsoc.bsky.social on the East African Medical Survey, mathematics, and modernism. 26th November, 4pm-5.30pm, Teaching & Learning Building 325, Strathclyde. Wine /crips

20.11.2025 12:03 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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One last reminder and then I promise I will stop but if you are anywhere near Glasgow on Wednesday do please come celebrate 20 years of the @cshhh.bsky.social with us! Talks from the fantastic Tracey Loughran and @joannabourke.bsky.social, drinks and @unistrathclyde.bsky.social's best snacks!

27.10.2025 11:52 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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Please join us @unistrathclyde.bsky.social on 29th of October for the @cshhh.bsky.social 20th anniversary lectures. We will be joined by two giants in the history of health and medicine: @joannabourke.bsky.social and Professor Tracey Loughran. The event is free register here tinyurl.com/4k98rn7w

06.10.2025 11:01 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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06.10.2025 10:55 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks Lesley, you always have a good recommendation!

15.07.2025 13:10 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

It is! Thank you for passing it on, much appreciated

15.07.2025 13:10 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Historians! Anyone have any must reads on the history vaccination and/or anti-vaccination movements? Thanks for wisdom in advance

14.07.2025 09:08 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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Excited to be joining @ruairirobertson.bsky.social, @jenniepedley.bsky.social, Merrilees Roberts, Joanna Penso and Rhodri Hayward for an evening of gut based malarky. Thursday 12 June, free to attend, likely be refreshments of some kind, do come! @c19qmul.bsky.social @qmul-microbiome.bsky.social

19.05.2025 11:46 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The Leaky Body: A New Turn in the Humanities and Social Sciences? by Dr Kate McAllister, University of Kent On 9-10 January 2025, twenty-eight participants gathered at the University of Kent in Canterbury to attend a workshop titled β€˜The Leaky Body: A New Turn in…

Read the latest blog by @katemcal993.bsky.social co-organiser with @claireljones.bsky.social of a workshop held in January, where participants critiqued the concept of β€˜the leaky body’.
Supported by AHRC Research, Development and Engagement Fellowship and SSHM conference funding.
#histmed

18.03.2025 11:56 πŸ‘ 13 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 2

Next seminar, thanks @pederclark.bsky.social for organising!

25.02.2025 11:23 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you very much, @ecrichardson.bsky.social @cshhh.bsky.social ! I look forward to discussing with you tomorrow!

03.02.2025 16:27 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

First post on bsky and first @cshhh.bsky.social seminar @unistrathclyde.bsky.social. Next Tuesday we will be joined by Nikolaos Papadogiannis who will present on 'Translating interviews with Greek transgender HIV/AIDS activists', 4-5.30pm in the Teaching and Learning Building 565. All welcome!

30.01.2025 10:02 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1