@kristinhussey
Historian of medicine, science and the environment. Lecturer in Environmental History at Newcastle University researching sleep and circadian rhythms. Author of Imperial Bodies in London. Also sea swimming, museum-ing and mom-ing. Kristinhussey.co.uk
Kristin D. Hussey and Hannah Star Rogers draw on Science and Technology Studies (STS) to think through how the ‘lab’ is being employed across the medical humanities.
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CFP for HSS/ESHS 2026 - The Science and Medicine of Bodily Habits.
I am excited to be working with @wraggem.bsky.social to co-organise symposia on bodily habits from the medieval to modern periods. From sleeping to eating and urinating, how much do we control our bodies? Abstract deadline 21st Nov
Colleagues doing very cool things! One for the labour, maritime and mining historians among you.
Image of Nova Scotia Steel and Coal Company workshops with smoke escaping from tower. Reference: CO 1069/280 from The National Archives, UK.
The Call for Papers for 'Talking Records: Pollution in the Archive', a symposium at The National Archives in London, 4 December 2025, is now open!
Submission deadline: Friday 19 Sept
See the CFP and details about bursaries for speakers here: orlo.uk/Z8StS
#envhum #envhist
This has been so great to work on with @drhick.bsky.social and our students - reinterpreting the Great North Museum through the lens of environmental history. The trail is on until the end of September! @northeastmuseums.bsky.social
Looks so cool! I don't work on policing specifically but am very interested in the night work aspects of this profession. I'm actually organising a workshop on this topic in Newcastle in September if that's something that comes up in your research!
We are hiring! Fully tenured associate professorship in environmental history! We are looking for someone who can be a strong contributor to the history group, to a new #envhum related MA program (if all goes well), and to @greenhouseuis.net. #envhist
⏰ the deadline is 30 June for this role with our new #Multispecies #Mutualisims project, generously funded by @wellcometrust.bsky.social pls do get in contact if you have any questions ⬇️
Are you working in #VisualMedicalHumanities with a specific focus on art, anatomy and medicine? The BMJ Medical Humanities has just released this CFP for articles on "visuality in medical practice and history". Looking forward to seeing how this moves the field forward!
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Calling all scholars of night work! I am organising a workshop on the night shift since 1900 this September at Newcastle. Looking for scholars across disciplines who think about working at night in critical context to give short working papers. More info here: kristinhussey.co.uk/research/34u...
Really interesting interview with the fab historian @sadiahqureshi.bsky.social about her new book on the ethics and colonial legacies of extinction, and how we talk about that
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The Easter weekend begins with a trip to the Discovery Museum @northeastmuseums.bsky.social to check out their new under 5s area. But my daughter preferred the industrial heritage - naturally.
A great catch up at GNM Hancock to discuss an upcoming collaborative project on environmental history generously funded by @bshsnews.bsky.social. So much of academia is feeling really bleak right now so trying to enjoy the better moments.
In the archives and it feels so goooood. Exploring the health trade union archives @mrcwarwick.bsky.social this last week - searching for elusive might shift experiences and finding plenty of other insights along the way.
A wonderful opportunity to apply for a fully-funded collaborative PhD studentship in partnership with @royalsociety.org. "Weather Sceptics: Almanacs and the Making of Scientific Meteorology in Nineteenth-Century Britain". Deadline 6 May. See link for full details. #histsci @bshsnews.bsky.social
Listen to historian Dr @kristinhussey.bsky.social discuss Patrick Manson, the founder of tropical medicine, on BBC Radio 4's Human Intelligence series with @naomialderman.bsky.social. @medicalsciencesncl.bsky.social
Episode airs at 1.45pm today or you can listen here >> /bit.ly/41WduSu
Job Klaxon: come and join us. We are looking for a Postdoctoral Research Associate to work on a project on the history of intensive care medicine, directed by @fcondrau.bsky.social in Zurich and me in Manchester.
www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
Thank you!
Hi hello - I'm a historian of the body and the environment - working mainly on sleep at the moment! (But previously on acclimatisation)
Museum job! The Clockworks is looking for an experienced curator to run its unique London museum: world-class objects, wonderful premises, stable funding, great people. Full-time, £45k. Interested? Find out more and come meet us!
www.museumjobs.com/jobdetails.p...
A film still from the first degree progression of University of Birmingham students to the Town Hall through Victoria Square. Medical students can be seen waving bones at the camera.
Treating PFAS contamination with bloodletting. £200,000 to treat 50 patients - someone catch some leeches! www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Say YES to collaborative history! Say YES to showing messy workings! Say YES to acknowledging the sticky fingers of everyone who shapes your work & your ideas! The only way we will survive this academic climate is by working with each other not in competition, building community and making space.
Less than a week until teaching starts and an email from the nursery to say they have cases of chicken pox and hand foot and mouth. This should be fun.
I promised you guys more of these. Here is one that I find particularly great.
Materials: plastic, metal, wiring, and human tears. (See ALT text for full transcript of the sign).
Low tide treasure hunt with the little explorer
Atmospheric Edinburgh wanders to chase away gloomy January
Interested in the history of health, heating & hygiene? 🤒😷🔥🌡️🛀🧼
There's still time to APPLY for the funded PhD studentship on the 'Carbon Bodies' project.
⏰ Deadline 24th Jan ⏰
The project: wellcome.org/grant-fundin...
The job: www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
#histmed Postdoc at University of Edinburgh School of Law. Post is for a historian of medicine, esp. one interested in the history of emotions and/or the law. Modern (1750-present) focus.
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📢 We’re hiring! We are currently looking for a Lecturer in Medicine, Health and Society to join our Department from Sept 25. For more info and to apply, please visit: https://bit.ly/41CTiXk
Closing Date: 2nd March 2025 #medicine #health #society #science #technology #WeAreSTS