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We extend our warmest thanks to our hosts School of Nursing & Midwifery, @tcddublin.bsky.social for their hospitality, and our workshop organisers @chendirl.bsky.social (TCD) and @kfinnan.bsky.social (DCU) for putting together a thought provoking program. #HistMed #HealthHist
October 31, 2026 at 10:03 PM
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🌍 Today is Global Handwashing Day--a crucial component of public health. Explore the post-WWII emergence of the World Health Organization on the Readex Blog: https://ow.ly/e3Wu50ZXHmt

#GlobalHandwashingDay #HealthHist #HealthHistory #Histmed #PrimarySources
Politics and Prophylaxis: The World Health Organization, the Politics of International Public Health, and Open Source Epidemiology | Readex
“Science is international. Medical research, like the diseases it combats, knows no geographic boundaries.” The chart highlights general contributions of various countries to medical research as of April 1959. From U.S. Congressional Serial Set, 1817-1994 In June 1958, about eight months after the S…
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October 15, 2026 at 6:00 PM
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Self care trends have deep historical roots. In the 1870s, General A.J. Pleasonton sparked a blue glass craze, an 1877 article claimed, "Since the introduction of blue glass here the mortality bill has fallen off wonderfully..." 👉 https://ow.ly/eqqN50ZomKh

#SelfCareDay #HealthHistory #HealthHist
Reflecting upon the influence of the blue color of the sky: Seeing the world through General A.J. Pleasonton's blue-tinted glasses | Readex
In 1871, General A.J. Pleasonton presented ten years' worth of experimental findings to the Philadelphia Society for Promoting Agriculture in an effort to "shed light" on a new subject. Standing before them, Pleasonton—a retired Civil War officer whose experience in horticulture and science was limi…
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July 24, 2026 at 12:00 PM
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Politics and Prophylaxis: The World Health Organization, the Politics of International Public Health, and Open Source Epidemiology https://ow.ly/nn6U50YBpu4

#WorldHealthDay #HealthHistory #HealthHist #Histmed
April 7, 2026 at 6:10 PM
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Need a cure for your "nervous condition"? Find "A European Cure in America" in the "most picturesque part and on the border of the two Virginias."

From American Pamphlets Series 1 1820-1922 https://ow.ly/iQSw50XkZgb

#StressAwarenessDay #SelfCareMatters #HealthHistory #HealthHist #Histmed
A collage of early 20th-century images and text promoting the health benefits of mineral springs. The top image shows a grand multi-story resort hotel with arched walkways and landscaped grounds, likely a spa destination. The bottom-left section includes a highlighted excerpt from a 1915 Journal of the American Medical Association editorial affirming the therapeutic value of drinking mineral waters, describing it as “an established therapeutic custom.” To the right, two smaller images show picturesque spa architecture: one depicts a small domed pavilion among autumn trees, and the other a long colonnaded bathhouse nestled in green hills.
November 5, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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I will be at the Jávea Archaeological Museum on October 3rd giving the lecture "A New Witch Hunt: Francoist Repression Against Spanish Midwives". @profbarrydoyle.bsky.social @chendirl.bsky.social @eurohealthhist.bsky.social #HistMidwifery #HistMed #HistScience #skymidwives #HealthHist #MedHums
September 24, 2025 at 8:09 PM
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WG1 Lunchtime Seminar 24 Nov 2025 1pm CET - ONLINE
Unlocking Patient Histories: Developing New Research Tools in the Transylvanian Health Database by Dr
Luminita Dumanescu Bionote (Centre for Population Studies, Babeș-Bolyai University, Romania)
#Skystorians #CA22159 #HistMed #HealthHist #MedHums
November 17, 2025 at 1:04 PM
chendirl.bsky.social
WG5 #CA22159 welcome Prof Miroslav Urosevic as June's speaker

Tues 17 June (link via email)

12.30 pm CET

The establishment (1921) & history of the Pasteur Institute in Novi Sad, Serbia & its work on the prevention & diagnosis of Rabies during 100 years #MedHums #HistMed #Skystorians #HealthHist
June 14, 2025 at 10:57 PM
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Thanks to our gracious hosts Lisa Sputnes Mouwitz and Medicinhistoriska museet i Göteborg and WG5 organisers for an excellent program #CA22159 #GLAM #HistMed #HealthHist #MentalHealthHist #Skystorians
June 14, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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Conservator Anna Stow teaching #CA22159 @eurohistory.bsky.social how objects can be used as sources of historical research - rule #1 all is not as it may seem! Medical History Museum Gothenburg #MedHist #HealthHist #MedHums ##Skystorian #COST
June 12, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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CALL FOR PAPERS: Reproductive healthcare providers across Europe (19th - 20th centuries) Workshop
SUBMIT: 30 June 2025
Details 👉 lnkd.in/eW9Tqpwc
#Skystorians #ReproHist #HealthHist #HistMed #HistMidwifery #CA22159 #COSTAction #CFP #ECR #Health #EuroHistHealth
May 16, 2025 at 6:50 PM
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REMINDER: Lunchtime Seminar Series

Wed 21 May 2025
1pm CET

Dr Alex Hüntelmann - "Entangled Histories: The Foundation & Early Establishment of Public Health Institutions in Germany, France & Britain around 1900"

Check email for link
#HealthHist #MedHums #HistMed #COSTAction #CA22159 #PublicHealth
May 16, 2025 at 5:40 PM
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Can't believe this time last year we were away up to @qubhistory.bsky.social for #WHAI2024 , this year we extend the same warm welcome at CCSP for #WHAI2025
Still time to register before Friday! 👇 #History #Skystorians #MedHums #IrishHistory #HealthHist #MilitaryHist #ReproHist
chendirl.bsky.social Ciara Nic Ionnraic PhD #Health #Research #SciComms @chendirl.bsky.social · May 13
‪REMINDER #WHAI2025 is open for Registration until Fri 16 May. Theme is Women & Loss.
We are almost at capacity so don't miss out!
Book Here 👉 tinyurl.com/2jnkuw4s
@judybolger.bsky.social
#History #Skystorians #GenderHist #IrishStudies #Speirgorm
May 14, 2025 at 7:57 PM
chendirl.bsky.social
#WHAI2025 almost at full capacity - register soon so you can join us @whaireland.bsky.social

REGISTRATION OPEN 👉 tinyurl.com/2jnkuw4s
Option to book CONF DINNER if already registered, details on conf site 👇

#History #Skystorians #GenderHist #IrishStudies #Speirgorm #HealthHist #HigherEd #Ireland
May 12, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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#WomensHistory is for everyone @whaireland.bsky.social

REGISTRATION NOW OPEN #WHAI2025 👉 tinyurl.com/2jnkuw4s
Option now to book for the CONF DINNER if you have already registered, details on conf site 👇
#History #Skystorians #GenderHist #IrishStudies #Speirgorm #HealthHist #HigherEd #Ireland
May 8, 2025 at 4:58 PM
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#WHAI2025 REGISTRATION OPEN 👉 BOOK NOW 👉 tinyurl.com/2jnkuw4s A Most Excellent program! Keynote the erudite @caitbeaumont.bsky.social #skystorians
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#WomensHist #History #GenderHist #RevolutionaryHist #IrishResearch #Speirgorm #HealthHist #IrishStudies #Ireland #ECR #WHAI
May 8, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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#WHAI2025 REGISTRATION OPEN 😎
If you 💜 #History you will 💜 this program

➡️ BOOK NOW tinyurl.com/2jnkuw4s ⬅️
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#skystorians #WomensHist #GenderHist #ConflictHist #DeathHist #LoveIrishResearch #Speirgorm #HealthHist #Carlow #Ireland #Academic #ECR #PhD #Academia #Research
April 30, 2025 at 11:20 AM
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#WHAI2025 REGISTRATION OPEN 👉 BOOK NOW 👉 tinyurl.com/2jnkuw4s 👇 Conf site QR Code 👇 Brilliant program made possible by our brilliant ⭐ #skystorians @whaireland.bsky.social #WomensHist #History #GenderHist #RevolutionaryHist #IrishResearch #Speirgorm #HealthHist #Carlow #Ireland
April 29, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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EXTENDED: #CfP 30 April 2025
Training School #HistMed #HealthHist
#MedHums #ReproHist #HistMidwifery #HistNursing
VENUE: University of Granada, Spain
DATE: 2 - 4 February 2026

Rethinking Healthcare Providers & Patients: Lived Experiences tinyurl.com/24jfku8b
#Skystorians #History #ECR #PhD
April 22, 2025 at 1:17 PM
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@eurohealthhist.bsky.social WG 3 (Patients) hosting ONE DAY HYBRID WORKSHOP exploring First Person Accounts in the History of Healthcare
Friday 4 April 2025
Starts at 8.30 am CET (Central European Time)
To register online see details lnkd.in/e6TmSsvs #MedHums #HealthHist #Skystorians #History
March 30, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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Please Note NEW TIME: 12pm BST (UK & Irl) / 1pm CET (Europe) Please join our Seminar series jointly organised between Working Group 1 & 4 on 16 April 2026 where Prof Barry Doyle will talk on 'What is a Hospital'.
Check your email for meeting links #HistMed #MedHums #Skystorians #HealthHist
April 15, 2026 at 1:23 PM
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WG5 Seminar Series: Worldmaking through Health: Notes on Yugoslav Social Medicine and the Moral Imagination of Global Health speaker Jelena Kupsjak (University of Zadar, Croatia)
12 Dec 2025
12.30pm CET
#Skystorians #HistMed #HealthHist #MedHums #CA22159
December 3, 2025 at 8:28 PM
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WG4 seminar 1pm (UK) Online 4 Dec 2025

Between the market and the institutions: the long-term construction and development of a resilient healthcare ecosystem in Barcelona (1920s-2020s)
Paul Zarak & Pamola Perez (Universitat de Barcelona) #Skystorians #CA22159 #HistMed #HealthHist Link via Email
December 2, 2025 at 10:36 AM
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The #COSTAction #CA22159 Starter Pack for Members #skystorians interested in #MedicalHumanities #HealthHist #HealthHistory #MedHum #HSTM #HistMed #HistNursing #HistMidwifery. If you are a member and wish to be added, just email us! go.bsky.app/9EBAQz7
September 7, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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REMINDER: To #CA22159 #EuroHistHealth members you will have received a link inviting you to complete a membership survey. With ⬆️ new members, we have extended completion date to 30 June 2025. Thank you. #HealthHistory #HistMed #MedHums #COSTAction #History #Skystorians #HealthHist #Academic
June 23, 2025 at 5:15 PM