History of medicine (broadly defined)
People and organizations focused on the history of "medicine," defined broadly to include historians of various health professions, healing practices, institutions, laws and policies, and so on. Focused on historical methods and expertise, but different types of scholarship are welcome.
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@jmgabriel.bsky.social
@drreznicek.bsky.social
Health Humanities at University of Minnesota, Health, Illness, Disability, and Citizenship in 18th/19thC British and Irish literature. Must love dogs. https://experts.umn.edu/en/persons/matthew-reznicek
@klostermedizin.de
History of Medicine/Pharmacy ● Medicinal plants in Europe ● Herbal anti-infectives ● Coordinating the Forschergruppe Klostermedizin (Research Group Monastic Medicine), Würzburg (Germany) -> klostermedizin.de
@anthroetc.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer in Bioanthropology at UoA in Aotearoa/NZ. Infectious disease and epidemics; disability; history and memory.
@sarahebull.bsky.social
English professor, book historian. 19th C, mainly. Interested in history of medicine, sexuality, and print culture, text reuse, IP, letterpress, DH/computational approaches Book: Selling Sexual Knowledge coming soon: https://tinyurl.com/5army9dc
@dcsmith.bsky.social
Assistant Professor, Whitman College | Writing on religion, disability, and social history in the Roman Empire
@chendirl.bsky.social
Qualitative Health | Stillbirth & Perinatal #Death | Grief & Bereavement | Interdisciplinary | www.ciarahenderson.com/ | eurohealthhist.bsky.social #CA22159 Science Officer | #SocialScience #MedHum #Maternity #Research #HistMed #History #Cillíní #Folklore
@khowaga.bsky.social
I’m not clumsy, I’m just sensitive to gravity. Historian | Professor | Traveler | Foodie | 👨🏽🤝👨🏻@pistorin.bsky.social | ATX & SATx | Usually in bed by 10. Pronouns & langs: He / él / هو / hey you christophersrose.com
@disabilitystor1.bsky.social
Historian, occasional anthropologist, working on disability, race and Empire; histories of public health. Eternal immigrant, writer, teacher. Indifferent cook. There will be many dogs on this feed. Luddite, yes, in the best way. Lives with epilepsy.
@nhold.bsky.social
Hey bluesky. Historian. In decline. Views expressed here are those of a future insightful majority.
@rwldproject.bsky.social
Welcome to the 'Railway Work, Life & Death' project, collaboratively researching British & Irish railway staff accidents pre-1939. Posts by Mike Esbester. #RailwayHistory #TransportHistory #MobilityHistory #Railway200 www.railwayaccidents.port.ac.uk
@eurohealthhist.bsky.social
#CA22159 National, International & Transnational Histories of Healthcare 1850-2000: for research networking, engagement & mobility in Europe. Join Here https://www.cost.eu/actions/CA22159 #Skystorians #Heritage #History #HealthHist #MedHum #EuroHealthHist
@manchstm.bsky.social
We are the Centre for the History of Science, Technology & Medicine (CHSTM) at the University of Manchester. Follow us for updates about seminars, events, research, teaching. Currently posting: @ctimmermann.bsky.social https://www.chstm.manchester.ac.uk
@rebwright.bsky.social
Energy historian based at Northumbria University, working on histories of heat and fuel poverty in 20th Century Britain. PI of the Wellcome CDA "Carbon Bodies". My book, "Moral Energy in America" (JHUP) is out in the Spring. https://shorturl.at/9tFaV
@historybeagle.bsky.social
Always sniffing out history, books and TV. Historian. C18 stuff, gender, food, recipes, medicine, DH. Faculty Dean PG, Arts & Humanities, Uni of Essex. Chair, Society for the Social History of Medicine. Canadian in the UK.
@erinacean.bsky.social
Archivist, historian, reader, Londoner, feminist @erinacean @erinacean@h-net.social www.lesleyahall.net https://lesleyahall.blogspot.com/
@johnhpohara.bsky.social
PhD student in German studies, trans studies, medical humanities | devotional polytheist reaching to queer and trans spirits | living on Duwamish lands, studying on Musqueam lands
@naomirendina.bsky.social
PhD from @cwru. Historian of Medicine, Modern US, and birth. Writing on natural birth and the use of induction drugs. Posts are my own.
@healthwonk.bsky.social
Osteopathic doc serving the medically underserved. Practice and research interests in addiction medicine, behavioral health integration, osteopathic manipulative treatment, health law & policy, LGBTQIA+ health. 🏳️🌈 Dog dad. Per aspera ad astra 🖖🏽~Leguminati
@dirtysexyhistory.bsky.social
Author, historian, and host of the Dirty Sexy History podcast. Researching contraception in history. Words in BBC History, Haunted, and more. As seen on Netflix’s Lost Pirate Kingdom, talking about syphilis. 🏴☠️ Rep: Helm Literary. dirtysexyhistory.com
@gabyrobilliard.bsky.social
Historian of early modern food (especially tea and coffee), intoxicants, medicine, material culture, religion (German Pietism), maritime and global history. Also currently researching sailors‘ stuff. Postdoc, Prize Papers Project, Oldenburg University
@kristofsmeyers.bsky.social
natural + supernatural histories 1750-2000 🗃️ | editor + essays Dutch Review of Books | RAAF (2022) | WOLF (2023) | SUPERNATURAL BODIES (2024) | EXORCISM (2025) | PERFORMING ANIMAL MAGNETISM (2026)
@rachellouisemoran.bsky.social
Historian, assoc. prof at University of North Texas, cat lover, cringe poster. Author of Blue: A History of Postpartum Depression in America (Chicago 2024). Views my own.
@pkhardy.bsky.social
Historian of science, technology, & medicine, especially tech of ocean science. Associate history professor at UW-La Crosse. Book review editor for H-Sci-Med-Tech & H-Oceans. She/her/hers.
@manuelmerkofer.bsky.social
historian trying to grasp how we made sense of our minds and tried to cure them #histmed phd student in history of #neurosurgery @UniversitätZürich
@medica.bsky.social
Official account of Medica: the Society for the Study of Healing in the Middle Ages https://www.medicasociety.org/
@nicolebelolan.bsky.social
consulting public historian | historian of disability & material culture | cat mom & native plant mom | house restorer | local Green Team Chair | antique lover | not complying! | views my own
@nicolecnelson.bsky.social
Science & Technology Studies | History of Sci/Tech/Med | Qualitative Metascience | Medical Humanities. Associate Prof at UW Madison. 🇨🇦 living in the 🇺🇸 married to a 🇩🇪.
@ajwrightmls.bsky.social
Interested in medical history, Alabama history & culture & the price of hard-boiled noir in China. Lots of my Alabama history stuff can be found at https://alabamayesterdays.blogspot.com/
@joannabourke.bsky.social
Historian curious about violence, the emotions, and what it means to be human. Currently writing a book on Women and Wine! See joannabourke.com
@drmarymcauliffe.bsky.social
Historian,Director of UCD Gender Studies. Research-gendered & sexual violence in the Irish revolutionary wars / afterlives of Irish revolutionary women / Irish sexualities /feminist & queer histories / she/her / Ireland 🇮🇪 Dublin via north Kerry/ views mine
@healthhistory.bsky.social
Historian of health and medicine at the University of Strathclyde. I research mental health, food/nutrition, and immunology/allergy. Cycling, hiking, kayaking, nature, basic income, music, Gaidhlig, Scotland, Canada.
@undyingsecret.bsky.social
Purdue History PhD Student studying the history of race and Deafness. First generation graduate student.
@dohertyta.bsky.social
Head of #Archives & #Records (inc #DigitalArchives) & Professional Lead for #HistNursing at Royal College of #Nursing. From chick to butterfly, finding my peeps
@histmedsouth.bsky.social
Southern Association for the History of Science and Medicine (SAHMS) is a professional organization founded in 1999 to further the mission of Professor L. M. Barnett (University of South Mississippi) to promote #histsci #histmed #histpsych #histSTM
@nursinghistory.bsky.social
🇳🇿Wendy Maddocks - Nursing history, @greatwargroup,nurse academic,| author | mainly nursing history posts here www.doctorwendy.net Cats| travel | adventurous spirit | ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5771-810X
@archivistjessc.bsky.social
archivist * public historian * nursing history * unabashed geek * Philly
@aahnhistnursing.bsky.social
American Association for the History of Nursing http://aahn.org #histnursing
@vedaniel.bsky.social
she/her Historian of death, the body, and visual culture - Lecturer at CWRU - Editor at Nursing Clio - President, Southern Association for the History of Medicine and Science ❤️immigrants, LGBTQ+, climate protections, free speech, academic freedom
@eahnursing.bsky.social
The European Association for the History of Nursing (EAHN) promotes development and advancement of #histnursing through scholarly work and outreach. https://eahn.net
@remedhe.bsky.social
The working group for Religion, Medicine, Disability, and Health in Late Antiquity! Also for ancientists, medievalists interested in medical history in the greater Mediterranean premodern. Dr. Molly Jones-Lewis & @taramulder.bsky.social
@mhbuwmad.bsky.social
Official account for The Dept. of Medical History & Bioethics. University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health. https://linktr.ee/mhb_uwmad
@sexhistorian.bsky.social
Historian of health, welfare, childhood & sexuality. Expertise in public health education, HIV/AIDS, activism, gender, queer health, & emotions. Researching the health history of fuel poverty in North East England @ Northumbria University They/them
@richardckeller.bsky.social
Chair of MedHist/Bioethics at UW School of Medicine and Public Health. Author of Fatal Isolation from the University of Chicago Press (https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/F/bo20145393.html). Bicycles/dogs. Views mine. He, him, his.
@duncanwilson78.bsky.social
Historian of ethics, science and medicine at the University of Manchester. Most recent book 'The Making of British Bioethics' (2014); currently writing a book on the history of postwar conservation priorities.
@tarquinhh.bsky.social
Oxford Law Research Admin (currently on a GLAMorous secondment), dabbler in history, philosophy & sociology of the life sciences & medicine.
@hggaddy.bsky.social
Demographer | PhD student, LSE Economic History | Usually working on the 1918 flu | he/him | https://hggaddy.github.io/
@adamratnermd.bsky.social
Pediatrician. ID doc. Vaccines, infections, kids. Author, BOOSTER SHOTS: The Urgent Lessons of Measles and the Uncertain Future of Children’s Health - available now! https://linktr.ee/adamratnermd
@jessicareinisch.bsky.social
Modern historian at Birkbeck, working on UNRRA, relief & humanitarianism, internationalism. I edit the Bloomsbury Histories of Internationalism series & direct the Centre for the Study of Internationalism.
@aschacht.bsky.social
Historian (East Central Europe, International History of Science & Medicine) at @uniheidelberg.bsky.social. PhD from @dshcs.bsky.social and @recetvienna.bsky.social at @univie.ac.at, Managing Editor with @administory.bsky.social
@sarahbelle721.bsky.social
History prof in Buffalo | Civil War era, disability, medicine | AAHM & DHA | Exec Editor, Nursing Clio | Prod, Dig: A History Podcast | she/her |Order Spiritualism’s Place now! https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501777264/spiritualisms-place/
@ericbschneider.bsky.social
Professor of Economic History at LSE studying health, demography, living standards and economic growth; working on global historical child stunting. Website: www.ericbschneider.com
@bharchives.bsky.social
Explore nearly 900 years of history through the archives and objects cared for by Barts Health NHS Trust Archives. Part of Barts Health NHS Trust. Find out more at www.bartshealth.nhs.uk/barts-health-archives
@slobogin.bsky.social
Art historian of medicine Assistant Professor, Health Humanities & Bioethics @ University of Rochester (Joint Appointment in Art & Art History) plastic surgery illustration, anonymity, humor @drawingbloodpod.bsky.social co-host she / her
@travisclau.bsky.social
(he/him/his) Assistant Professor + Poet @ Kenyon: c18/c19 British Literature/History of Medicine (immunity and vaccination)/Health Humanities/Disability Studies travisclau.com
@plutynski.bsky.social
Philosophy of science; history & philosophy of biology, medicine & psychology; mental health; clinical research & practice; Washington U St. Louis
@beapichel.bsky.social
Historian of photography, medicine and emotions and PI of the project The Ethics of Medical Photography Network https://empnetwork.our.dmu.ac.uk My book! Picturing the Western Front (MUP 2021) http://bit.ly/3bzBSA5. She/her
@engelmal.bsky.social
Chancellor's Fellow at Uni of Edinburgh (STIS & CBSS) Author of 'Mapping AIDS' (CUP), co-author of 'Sulphuric Utopias' (MIT) PI at the Epidemy Lab (ERC): http://epidemy.org
@rossb-brighton.bsky.social
Queer history. Queer science. Queer history of science! 📚Agent: @phi11y.bsky.social. He/him. Darwin's Closet: https://academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/article/191/2/323/6075648 Mendel's Closet: https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsnr.2023.0036
@midwifehistory.bsky.social
Midwife and historian of medicine| reproductive justice| PhD #uclahist | asst prof #shsu_hist. opinions my own Book in-progress: “Reproducing Midwives in France & the Atlantic” Cat lover and bibliophile
@larafreidenfelds.bsky.social
Historian of Reproduction, Health, and Parenting in America www.larafreidenfelds.com Current research on history of complicated pregnancies book: The Myth of the Perfect Pregnancy: A History of Miscarriage in America Regular contributor @ Nursing Clio
@robinrohrer.bsky.social
Historian of medicine (cancer, pediatrics, UK/US). Professor at Seton Hill University. From Washington DC area live in Greensburg PA.
@jimdowns.bsky.social
Author of Author of Maladies of Empire & Sick from Freedom; Stand by Me: The Forgotten History of Gay Liberation; Gilder Lehrman NEH Prof at Gettysburg College; Editor of Civil War History; Partenr at History Studio.
@profbarrydoyle.bsky.social
Prof of History of Health @manchstm.bsky.social interested in hospitals and cities. Also some contemporary British Politics. Like walking in hills sometimes go running! Chair EuroHealthHist COST Action https://www.cost.eu/actions/CA22159/
@justinepick.bsky.social
Historian of 19/20 c, sanitation & public health; social & political history of Birmingham (UK); Exec Sec for https://sshm.org/; admin for Midland History https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/ymdh20/; trustee https://www.archiveswestmidlands.org.uk/
@agnesjuliet.bsky.social
Writer, Historian, Researcher | NHS Reform, Birth, Policy | Think Tanks / Academia | NOSTALGIA published by Picador | Repped by Oli Munson | Views own | She/her
@carorusterholz.bsky.social
Ass. Prof. Graduate Institute, Geneva Prof Social History, Fribourg University History of sexual and reproductive health, reproductive politics She/her. Breast cancer survivor
@erikadyck.bsky.social
Historian of health & social justice. Mostly psychedelics, madness, eugenics and birth control; essentially I enjoy studying who gets to make the rules and why we let them.
@rebeccawynter.bsky.social
Historian of Medicine & Mental Health. Health Humanities @uvahumanities.bsky.social. Mental Health Humanities, Institute for Mental Health, UoBirmingham. Exec Committee @sshmedicine.bsky.social. She/her 🌈🏳️⚧️ #Skystorian #HistPsych #HistMed #HistSTM #Cats
@erinspinney.bsky.social
Assistant Professor at University of New Brunswick Saint John | Napoleonic #histmed #histnursing and Royal Navy hospital ships | Cat lover | she/her
@ederummadum.bsky.social
Prof @ History UC Berkeley | Director CSTMS | Author of _How the Clinic Made Gender_ http://tinyurl.com/y49m84ja | Mostly tired | tweets my own | she/her/hers | My kid drew my profile picture
@ltotelin.bsky.social
Historian of Ancient Mediterranean science and medicine. Mother of two. Feminist. Plant lover. Trade unionist. Super Belgie. Welsh by adoption. Many typos.
@lisadiedrich.bsky.social
Current projects: #IllnessPolitics, Keywords/Images in Graphic Medicine, & Multi-modal Pedagogies in Action. Author of ILLNESS POLITICS & HASHTAG ACTIVISM, TREATMENTS, & INDIRECT ACTION. Blogging at: lisadiedrich.org
@katemcal993.bsky.social
Historian of Modern British Medicine and Psychiatry ■ Research Associate, University of Kent ■ https://research.kent.ac.uk/buzzers-for-bedwetters/ she/her
@slagstadk.bsky.social
Physician-historian at the Institute of History and Ethics of Medicine, Charité Berlin | History of psychiatry, social medicine, HIV/AIDS, health activism and trans medicine
@marielouiseleonard.bsky.social
Early modern historian interested in epidemics, public health and occupational health in Italy
@kristinhussey.bsky.social
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
@lolaruizberdun.bsky.social
Professor in #Histmed #Histsci 🧪at @uahes.bsky.social; I research in History of Midwifery and Birth; President of LVCINA, Spanish Society of History of Birth and Secretary of Spanish Society of History of Sciences. Member of @eurohealthhist.bsky.social
@georgesevers.bsky.social
Historian of sexual health, sexual violence and HIV/AIDS. Postdoc at the Geneva Graduate Institute in Switzerland. Honorary Research Fellow of the School of Historical Studies at Birkbeck, University of London. Usually found reading or swimming.
@safetyworkhstm.bsky.social
Historian of home injuries, public health, and product safety at the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry. Former Ph.D. student and graduate worker organizer at Johns Hopkins. Still frustrated and/or over-caffeinated.
@drninastuder.bsky.social
Historian, IEH2, University of Geneva History of medicine & psychiatry, gender issues & drinking studies in the colonial Maghreb. Current: https://wetdreams.hypotheses.org/ 🗃️🍸 Passionate about literature and theatre. She/her https://nina-studer.com
@hpsleeds.bsky.social
Established in 1957 at the University of Leeds. We are a group of researchers exploring the development and meanings of science, technology and medicine.
@profdavidturner.bsky.social
Disability historian, Director of the Research Institute in Culture and Communities, Swansea University. Vice Chair Disability Arts Cymru. Writing Disability: A History of Resistance for The Bodley Head / Vintage.
@stevejtaylor.bsky.social
Historian of medicine, long suffering Spurs fan, occasional guitarist
@rcsedlibandarchive.bsky.social
News, collection highlights and heritage stories from the Library & Archive at Surgeons' Hall/Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh #histmed https://archiveandlibrary.rcsed.ac.uk https://www.rcsed.ac.uk/career-hub/learning-resources/library-and-archive
@shelbyzimme.bsky.social
Social historian of medicine, institutions, poverty, and death | PhD from Trinity College Dublin | Based in London
@sshmedicine.bsky.social
The Society for the Social History of Medicine (SSHM) has pioneered interdisciplinary approaches to the history of health, welfare, medical science and practice https://sshm.org/ #histmed
@knolte.bsky.social
Medical Historian, Nursing Historian, Gender and Queer Historian, Professor and Director of the Institute for Medical History and Ethics, University of Heidelberg
@sarablack.bsky.social
I am a historian of medicine in modern France. My research focuses on the normalization of drugs like opium, cocaine, and hashish in French medical practice. https://www.saraeblack.com/
@rddrayton.bsky.social
Historian of science and medicine, esp. c.1250-1700, esp. France, esp. medical authority, astrology, religion, and magic Portland, Oregon, the biofilm
@sniphist.bsky.social
Irish in Edinburgh PhD in the history of vasectomy ✂️🍒 Working in performing arts policy/advocacy. Disabled (EDS & POTS) sí/í, she/her
@laurasellers.bsky.social
Historian of medicine, science, forensics & prisons. Freelance curator and heritage consultant. Former curator at Thackray Museum of Medicine. She/her
@leticiafontecha.bsky.social
Historian of medicine, science, childhood, pain. Writer. Poet. Book: Childhood, Pain and Emotion: A Modern British Medical History (CUP soon!). Current project: Infants: A Medical History of Early Life
@reinarz.bsky.social
Historian of medicine, accidents, hospitals, medical simulation, medical education, museums, alcohol, breweries, the senses, smell… oh, and a keen cyclist, if I’m not reading a good book.
@historynerdess.bsky.social
Historian of medicine, disability, the body, gender, empire and modern warfare. Book Reviews Editor for Medical History. Australian in Yorkshire. Knitter and wannabe pastry chef. Trying to develop greener thumbs.