@janetweston
Historian in London for money (histories of modern British health, mental illness, law, and such: I wrote a book called 'Looking after Miss Alexander'). Mediocre musician & gardener in north Wales for fun. Vegan, cyclist, proud parent of 3 chickens
I'm delighted to be taking part in the Festival of Social History at Senate House in April.
With Professor Naomi Tadmor giving a keynote, my own panel on sources of social history, and plenty of time for discussion and interaction it will be great day.
Do join us! 🗃️
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...
📣3 days to go until the deadline - we can't wait to see you for our 50th anniversary in Lancaster!
Captain it's Wednesday
Captain it's Wednesday
as a vegan crisp-obsessive with a passion - long since denied - for salt and vinegar pringles, I cannot emphasise enough how much this speaks to my interests
If anyone wants to form a panel where any of the following fit, please get in touch...
~in/out classifications (intelligence testing&its impacts)
~in/out of 'trauma' (reparative archiving around birth 'trauma' v. 'experience')
~in/out of the academy (expertise/engagement)
sshm.org/sshm-2026/
A Red Kite standing on frosty grass, its chestnut feathers glowing in the low winter sun. The bird’s hooked yellow beak and piercing eyes give it a regal look, but its slightly ruffled stance makes it seem as if it’s tiptoeing gingerly across the frozen ground.
Look at that! A Red Kite is taking a frosty stroll through your feed... ❄️
📷 James Gregory
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...
A scarecrow who has just watched Monty Python's The Holy Grail for the first time
A scarecrow who is feeling pleased with himself after forming a 1950s sci-fi themed surf rock band, of which he is the sole member
A scarecrow who is dolled up and ready for a night out in the fanciest part of Newcastle
A very pleasant and well-meaning scarecrow who will paint your house for a competitive rate while rhapsodising about the beauty of the land
THREAD. A collection of photos I have taken of scarecrows I have stumbled across during walks in the British countryside over the last fifteen years.
Don't even get me started on how long it takes to get from north Wales to Cardiff 😂
Some of our Reading Rooms will be closed between 27 October and 9 November due to planned strike action at our St Pancras site, and there may be other short notice disruption.
To check what’s impacted, please visit our website: bit.ly/StrikeAction...
📅 Save the Date!
🎉 To mark 50 years of the Social History Society, we’re hosting a Social History Festival with @ihr.bsky.social!
🗓️ Fri 24 April 2026
📍 Senate House, University of London
Panels, a keynote + hands-on activities!
💡 Want to contribute? 👉socialhistsoc@gmail.com
More info coming soon!
~ Public Health Humanities Toolkit ~
Are you a researcher / educator / practitioner with overlapping interests in public health, and the arts/humanities/social sciences? Have a look at our call for proposals (non-text based modes of presentation very welcome!)
www.lshtm.ac.uk/research/cen...
And solicitors getting probate would advertise for creditors /debtors, which might attract some public attention to the death and the will, I guess...?
Don't think they are/ were published as such, but if probate was granted you can get a copy of the will from the Probate registry for about a tenner. I think you just need a full name and date of death. Possibly also address or area where they lived
We can't wait to welcome all our attendees at #SHSConf2025 (this is our official hashtag for the event, please feel free to use it when posting!)
⏰Registration starts from 12pm on Monday 7 July
🕐AGM is at 4.15pm on Tuesday 8 July
⏲️Conference ends 5pm Wednesday 9 July
open letter published today on Gaza - initiated by fantastic colleagues at LSHTM:
doi.org/10.1136/bmj....
🚨Calling all #police historians. Come in, police historians🚨
#CfP 'Policing and Public #Health' history workshop, London, 17/09/2025!
Unsure if your work fits? Get in touch. We welcome all career stages, independent researchers, #GLAM and police sector folks. Hybrid is an option.
#HistSTM
So many true crime podcasts out there and this is the one I actually want
Next week: join us!
History UK are recruiting disabled historians (and historians who work on disability history) to take part in focus groups to inform their fantastic Disability and History Project - do consider signing up! www.history-uk.ac.uk/projects/his...
yes! I'm also eagerly awaiting :)
Delighted to have been invited to share my doctoral research at the LSHTM Centre for Public Health Seminar tomorrow. Join online if you can make it.
⏰ 12.45 (UK time)
🗓️ 5th February 2025
www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/e...
might adopt 'avoiding mould, pneumonia and capitalism' as my mantra for 2025
close up photograph of a small patch of snowdrops on a patch of brown-green ground
Spring. It's a-comin
Don't forget to *register in advance* for Samuel Vermote and lesbian motherhood! www.history.ac.uk/seminars/his...
And the Centre for History in Public Health seminar is at 12.45 GMT with Drs Grace Redhead and Rebecca Lynch: 'The unfairness of place: A cultural history of the UK’s ‘postcode lottery’' #histmed
www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/e...
Tuesday 28 Jan is a big day for great seminars online:
The IHR History of Sexuality seminar is at 17.30 GMT with Dr Samuel Vermote: ‘A Sterile Syringe, a Book, and a Towel to Lie On: The History of Lesbian Motherhood and Donor Insemination in England throughout the 1970s and 1980s’ #histsex
A back and white photo of a massive oak tree that looks like it is screaming
NEVER EVER ANNOY AN OAK TREE
* getting locked in the office by mistake and having to stay there all night
* missing a huge funding deadline by jotting down 21 Feb instead of 12 Feb
* "we couldn't find any results for your search 'book draft final'"
* redundancies, dept closures, job losses
* getting invited to parties