Christina Ramos
@xtinaramos.bsky.social
Professor | historian of medicine | author of Bedlam in the New World | new project: Nursing an Empire: Hospitals and Global Health in the Hispanic World
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SO excited for this! Congrats, Patrick!
Your humble servant has a written a book about the social science of poverty in Cold War Latin America and the contexts that shaped its creation, from international sources like the Ford Foundation to dictatorships across the region. The book is in production and will be ready at the end of 2026
April 1, 2026 at 7:33 PM
SO excited for this! Congrats, Patrick!
In such great company!
SHORT-LISTED!
So proud to learn that AAHM has short-listed "Starved for Light" for the George Rosen Prize, along with books from @bethlinker.bsky.social , @rachellouisemoran.bsky.social , @xtinaramos.bsky.social , @travisaweisse.bsky.social , and Harry Yi-Jui Wu.
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So proud to learn that AAHM has short-listed "Starved for Light" for the George Rosen Prize, along with books from @bethlinker.bsky.social , @rachellouisemoran.bsky.social , @xtinaramos.bsky.social , @travisaweisse.bsky.social , and Harry Yi-Jui Wu.
histmed.org/2026-george-...
February 12, 2026 at 10:16 PM
In such great company!
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Hello again from Napoleon C, where a large crowd has gathered for the #HSS2025 distinguished lecture! Our speaker is Conevery Valencius, whose research draws connections b/w #histSTM, #EarthScience & #envhist.
Her talk tonight is entitled "Boom: What History of Science Needs to know About Shale."
Her talk tonight is entitled "Boom: What History of Science Needs to know About Shale."
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November 15, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Hello again from Napoleon C, where a large crowd has gathered for the #HSS2025 distinguished lecture! Our speaker is Conevery Valencius, whose research draws connections b/w #histSTM, #EarthScience & #envhist.
Her talk tonight is entitled "Boom: What History of Science Needs to know About Shale."
Her talk tonight is entitled "Boom: What History of Science Needs to know About Shale."
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OK--the coffee break is over, and it's time for the second Saturday morning #HSS2025 panel. I'm in the Edgewood room for an authors roundtable featuring new books in the global history of science.
Looking forward to hearing about John Herschel, Soviet computing & the Buenos Aires Zoo! #histSTM
Looking forward to hearing about John Herschel, Soviet computing & the Buenos Aires Zoo! #histSTM
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November 15, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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Our program chairs, @chrheaney.bsky.social & @xtinaramos.bsky.social, remind us that last year HSS celebrated its centennial in Merida.
Tonight, we're kicking off our 2nd century by thinking about the public stories we tell about #histSTM when scientific institutions are under threat. #HSS2025
Tonight, we're kicking off our 2nd century by thinking about the public stories we tell about #histSTM when scientific institutions are under threat. #HSS2025
November 14, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Our program chairs, @chrheaney.bsky.social & @xtinaramos.bsky.social, remind us that last year HSS celebrated its centennial in Merida.
Tonight, we're kicking off our 2nd century by thinking about the public stories we tell about #histSTM when scientific institutions are under threat. #HSS2025
Tonight, we're kicking off our 2nd century by thinking about the public stories we tell about #histSTM when scientific institutions are under threat. #HSS2025
Congrats to @eobrien.bsky.social!
The Welch Medal honors outstanding scholarly work in the history of medicine. Out of a truly impressive shortlist, Elizabeth A. O'Brien won the Welch Medal for her book "Surgery & Salvation: The Roots of Reproductive Injustice in Mexico, 1770-1940," published by @uncpress.bsky.social. 🗃️
May 19, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Congrats to @eobrien.bsky.social!
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Very proud to be part of these two great collections with so many great colleagues. Do what @cethompson.bsky.social says. Spice up your class.
Looking to spice up your #histmed classes? Consider two new books coming out just in time for Fall 2025! Full of pithy and provocative essays, Do Less Harm (ed. me & @drkyliesmith.bsky.social) and The Nursing Clio Reader (@nursingclio.bsky.social) offer new perspectives to meet the moment. 1/2
February 20, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Very proud to be part of these two great collections with so many great colleagues. Do what @cethompson.bsky.social says. Spice up your class.
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With more amazing #histmed authors than I can list here, these two books offer a wide range of accessible scholarship. Pre-order now! 2/2
Do Less Harm:
www.press.jhu.edu/books/title/...
The Nursing Clio Reader: www.rutgersuniversitypress.org/the-nursing-...
Do Less Harm:
www.press.jhu.edu/books/title/...
The Nursing Clio Reader: www.rutgersuniversitypress.org/the-nursing-...
Do Less Harm
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February 20, 2025 at 5:53 PM
With more amazing #histmed authors than I can list here, these two books offer a wide range of accessible scholarship. Pre-order now! 2/2
Do Less Harm:
www.press.jhu.edu/books/title/...
The Nursing Clio Reader: www.rutgersuniversitypress.org/the-nursing-...
Do Less Harm:
www.press.jhu.edu/books/title/...
The Nursing Clio Reader: www.rutgersuniversitypress.org/the-nursing-...
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Fantastic (long-overdue, imho) interview on history of psychiatry and "mental health" industrial complex, etc etc etc with brilliant and effervescent @daniellecarr.bsky.social on @thedigradio.bsky.social - thank you @danieldenvir.bsky.social
My long-planned interview w @daniellecarr.bsky.social is out on @thedigradio.bsky.social! On history and present state of American unwellness; how it’s been shaped by psychiatry, prescription drugs, neuroscience, popular culture, smartphones, social media—and more www.thedigradio.com/podcast/psyc...
Psychiatric Struggle w/ Danielle Carr
Featuring Danielle Carr on the history and present state of American unwellness and how that’s been shaped by psychiatry, prescription drugs, neuroscience, popular culture, smartphones and social medi...
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February 18, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Fantastic (long-overdue, imho) interview on history of psychiatry and "mental health" industrial complex, etc etc etc with brilliant and effervescent @daniellecarr.bsky.social on @thedigradio.bsky.social - thank you @danieldenvir.bsky.social
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Harvard Museums lecture "The Power & Bias of Measurements" with Nancy Friedemann-Sánchez, Pablo F. Gómez, & Gabriela Soto Laveaga Thursday, February 27th at 6 p.m. for exhibition Measuring Difference. Lecture is free & open to public, in person & online. #HPS
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February 18, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Harvard Museums lecture "The Power & Bias of Measurements" with Nancy Friedemann-Sánchez, Pablo F. Gómez, & Gabriela Soto Laveaga Thursday, February 27th at 6 p.m. for exhibition Measuring Difference. Lecture is free & open to public, in person & online. #HPS
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I have a book cover!! So grateful to the brilliant cover art designers who reworked the original Kennedy briefing map for me. Coming October 2025! 🗃️
February 5, 2025 at 10:23 PM
I have a book cover!! So grateful to the brilliant cover art designers who reworked the original Kennedy briefing map for me. Coming October 2025! 🗃️
Sooo excited for this! Thanks @amandajsummers.bsky.social!
February 5, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Sooo excited for this! Thanks @amandajsummers.bsky.social!
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As Biden is swept into the dustbin, Charlotte E. Rosen wonders: what was the Resistance “Twitterstorian”?
Well-paid liberal “attack dogs” of democracy like Heather Cox Richardson proved to be all too willing to turn to Democratic Party apologia—especially on Gaza.
proteanmag.com/2025/01/20/t...
Well-paid liberal “attack dogs” of democracy like Heather Cox Richardson proved to be all too willing to turn to Democratic Party apologia—especially on Gaza.
proteanmag.com/2025/01/20/t...
The End of Resistance History
As the Biden administration is swept into the dustbin, Charlotte Rosen wonders: what was the liberal Hashtag-Resistance "Twitterstorian"? And, as a product of the first Trump term, what did commentato...
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January 20, 2025 at 11:31 PM
As Biden is swept into the dustbin, Charlotte E. Rosen wonders: what was the Resistance “Twitterstorian”?
Well-paid liberal “attack dogs” of democracy like Heather Cox Richardson proved to be all too willing to turn to Democratic Party apologia—especially on Gaza.
proteanmag.com/2025/01/20/t...
Well-paid liberal “attack dogs” of democracy like Heather Cox Richardson proved to be all too willing to turn to Democratic Party apologia—especially on Gaza.
proteanmag.com/2025/01/20/t...
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Vetoing is the last resort of those who have lost the argument already
They vetoed the resolution. The cowardice and uselessness of the leadership of the AHA are going to destroy the institution. They are only good to take gargantuan membership fees. Frankly, I am not surprised. This is what they do. www.historians.org/news/busines...
Business Meeting Resolution Update - AHA
Update as of January 17, 2025: The AHA Council deplores any intentional destruction of Palestinian educational institutions, libraries, universities, and archives in Gaza. The Council considers the “R...
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January 18, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Vetoing is the last resort of those who have lost the argument already
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I truly do not know what learned societies are for any more.
January 17, 2025 at 7:02 PM
I truly do not know what learned societies are for any more.
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I LOVE this cover - and the fact that I’ve been able to collaborate with such an amazing scholarly collective!
@cethompson.bsky.social and I are so excited to share the cover for our book Do Less Harm out soon with @hopkinspress.bsky.social
January 17, 2025 at 6:37 PM
I LOVE this cover - and the fact that I’ve been able to collaborate with such an amazing scholarly collective!
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Stunning cowardice by the AHA Council. For shame. "The Council considers the Resolution to Oppose Scholasticide in Gaza ... to contravene the Association’s Constitution and Bylaws because it lies outside the scope of the Association’s mission and purpose." 🗃️
www.historians.org/news/busines...
www.historians.org/news/busines...
Business Meeting Resolution Update - AHA
Update as of January 17, 2025: The AHA Council deplores any intentional destruction of Palestinian educational institutions, libraries, universities, and archives in Gaza. The Council considers the “R...
www.historians.org
January 17, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Stunning cowardice by the AHA Council. For shame. "The Council considers the Resolution to Oppose Scholasticide in Gaza ... to contravene the Association’s Constitution and Bylaws because it lies outside the scope of the Association’s mission and purpose." 🗃️
www.historians.org/news/busines...
www.historians.org/news/busines...
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could’ve sent this to the full membership for a vote, but the council outright vetoed it instead. if you’re not interested in your members’ views, i’m not sure why your members should remain part of the organization.
Stunning cowardice by the AHA Council. For shame. "The Council considers the Resolution to Oppose Scholasticide in Gaza ... to contravene the Association’s Constitution and Bylaws because it lies outside the scope of the Association’s mission and purpose." 🗃️
www.historians.org/news/busines...
www.historians.org/news/busines...
Business Meeting Resolution Update - AHA
Update as of January 17, 2025: The AHA Council deplores any intentional destruction of Palestinian educational institutions, libraries, universities, and archives in Gaza. The Council considers the “R...
www.historians.org
January 17, 2025 at 6:32 PM
could’ve sent this to the full membership for a vote, but the council outright vetoed it instead. if you’re not interested in your members’ views, i’m not sure why your members should remain part of the organization.
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Newest item on the "Mother of All Pandemics" (2nd Plague Pandemic) bibliography: Reixach Sala, A. (2025). Fighting the plague in the Crown of Aragon (mid-fourteenth to early sixteenth centuries). Journal of Medieval Iberian Studies, 1–21. doi.org/10.1080/1754... #MedievalSky #PublicHealth
Fighting the plague in the Crown of Aragon (mid-fourteenth to early sixteenth centuries)
This article seeks to identify possible drivers explaining the evolution of the measures adopted by the municipal governments of the late medieval Crown of Aragon to fight the plague, from the Blac...
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January 16, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Newest item on the "Mother of All Pandemics" (2nd Plague Pandemic) bibliography: Reixach Sala, A. (2025). Fighting the plague in the Crown of Aragon (mid-fourteenth to early sixteenth centuries). Journal of Medieval Iberian Studies, 1–21. doi.org/10.1080/1754... #MedievalSky #PublicHealth
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16th-century paintings rediscovered in the church of Nuestra Señora de la Asunción in the tiny Mexican town of Santa María Huiramangaro, Michoacán news.artnet.com/art-world/la... #earlymodern
Forgotten Paintings Rediscovered in Mexican Church Restoration
A new restoration of a church in Mexico has revealed a host of resplendent 16th-century religious paintings that once spanned its ceiling.
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January 8, 2025 at 4:39 PM
16th-century paintings rediscovered in the church of Nuestra Señora de la Asunción in the tiny Mexican town of Santa María Huiramangaro, Michoacán news.artnet.com/art-world/la... #earlymodern
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Congratulations to the membership of the American Historical Association for finding the voice, moral clarity, professional integrity to vote YES on the Resolution Against Scholasticide in Gaza! The work is just beginning. There will be more votes, chances to stand up. Take every opportunity. #AHA25
January 5, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Congratulations to the membership of the American Historical Association for finding the voice, moral clarity, professional integrity to vote YES on the Resolution Against Scholasticide in Gaza! The work is just beginning. There will be more votes, chances to stand up. Take every opportunity. #AHA25
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January 5, 2025 at 4:52 AM
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I’m delighted to announce that my new book, The Coming of the Kingdom: the Muisca, Catholic Reform, and Spanish Colonialism in the New Kingdom of Granada has just come out in open access digital form (hardcover to follow shortly). It is free to download and read at the link below. 1/5
The Coming of the Kingdom
Cambridge Core - Latin American Studies - The Coming of the Kingdom
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November 29, 2024 at 7:40 PM
I’m delighted to announce that my new book, The Coming of the Kingdom: the Muisca, Catholic Reform, and Spanish Colonialism in the New Kingdom of Granada has just come out in open access digital form (hardcover to follow shortly). It is free to download and read at the link below. 1/5