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
@skroberts.bsky.social
Professional historian of public health, amateur photographer, scifi/speculative fiction and music enthusiast.
@d-squared.bsky.social
Human. I love cats, brilliant 🥷🏾, and thinking out loud. Not in this particular order.
@brendanmcewen.bsky.social
Working on decarbonizing buildings & transportation. Huge fan o’ nature, cities, art. Tend to use this platform to read & learn, but will try to tweet on occasion.
@octobeth.bsky.social
historian of science at Brock University standing up for the spineless
@fancynahyan.bsky.social
Professor; University of Exeter; Historian of Science and Medicine in Premodern Islamic Societies; Love Urdu poetry
@winstonblack.bsky.social
Gatto Chair of Christian Studies, StFX, Antigonish, Nova Scotia. Medieval Medicine, Manuscripts, Black Death, Medievalism. Piano, M:tG, D&D, 2 mini-mes, 2 cats. Rapidly fading.
@bolman.bsky.social
Historian of science, IAS Lab Dog comes out in 2025: www.labdogbook.com/ brad.bolman.com
@carlislerainey.bsky.social
political scientist at FSU; experimental design, inference (frequentist and Bayesian), metascience Web: https://www.carlislerainey.com Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=otXLf3
@julesskotnesbrown.bsky.social
Historian of animals, disease, science, and colonialism. Postdoc at University of St Andrews. PhD from Cambridge History and Philosophy of Science. https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/social-anthropology/people/jasb1/
@this-is-emma.bsky.social
Archaeologist, historian, archival and collections researcher. Specializing in 19th American medicine and permafrost thaw in Alaska.
@sacrobosco.bsky.social
Historian, Professor, author of Policing Pregnant Bodies (Hopkins, 2024)
@ktafoss.bsky.social
Professor & Director, School of Journalism & Strategic Media, MTSU. Likes dogs, medical history facts, climbing, TV, and the Oxford comma. My latest books: https://www.umasspress.com/9781625348289/capturing-covid/ https://www.umasspress.com/978162534
@amrcampop.bsky.social
Historical demographer at CAMPOP, Geography Dept Cambridge University. See also http://PopulationsPast.org. Views my own.
@fcondrau.bsky.social
Professor of the history of medicine @uzh_en in Switzerland; interested in #HistSTM, #histmed. Co-editor of Social History of Medicine; using BlueSky in personal capacity.
@guysechrist.bsky.social
Early-modern history of science | Commerce and Science -Practical Maths -Natural History Uni. of Tennessee | PhD Cambridge HPS
@rachelbsinger.bsky.social
Environmental historian of post-Roman Britain and Merovingian Gaul. PhD Candidate at Georgetown University researching plague, climate, rebel nuns, and disaster. Philly sports fan and weird rescue animal enthusiast by night. rachelbsinger.com
@michalyoudoing.bsky.social
History of Science, Astronomy, Cartography, Transport, Software, AI Translating 17th century Astronomy texts Author: -The Perfect Transport: and the science of why you can't have it -Almagestum Novum: History of Astronomy
@bethlinker.bsky.social
Historian of Science + Medicine + Public Health + Disability @UPenn. New book re origins of posture health panic: SLOUCH https://tinyurl.com/46hfkpsn bethlinker.com Other books: WAR'S WASTE & CIVIL DISABILITIES
@cindyermus.bsky.social
Mom; Wilson Assoc Prof in the History of Medicine & Dir of medical humanities; Series Ed for France Overseas of U Neb Press; cofounder www.ageofrevolutions.com; FRHistS; NEH 2022. Book: Great Plague Scare of 1720 (Cambridge 2023). Views my own.
@alltoosuman.bsky.social
Historian of science and medicine. Proponent of Postcolonial science studies. Author of Difference and Disease: Race, Medicine, and the 18th Century British Empire (Cambridge, 2018); Crafting the Quantum: Arnold Sommerfeld and the Practice of Theory (MIT)
@nilskessel.bsky.social
Historian at Université de Strasbourg. Writes about pharmaceutical markets, drugs, and emergency (para)medical care.
@adambiggsphd.bsky.social
Historian of race, civil rights, and medicine. Assistant Professor in the Science and Technology Studies Department at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. #RacialJusticeLab
@kingtekkers.bsky.social
Professor of Medical Humanities (historian of medicine and science) | ageing, germs, advertising, technology | sports, musics, runs, foods, gardens
@resobscura.bsky.social
Associate professor of history at UC Santa Cruz, father of a 3 year old and 1 year old. History of science, medicine, technology, drugs, and empire. Book: https://benjaminpbreen.com/books/tripping/ Writing at https://resobscura.substack.com
@feyero.bsky.social
postdoc @binghamtonu. @DukeU phd. health/disease in Latin America & the Caribbean. writing: ATLANTIC ANTIDOTE: RACE, GENDER, AND THE BIRTH OF THE FIRST VACCINE
@steerewilliams.bsky.social
Historian of disease and the environment. College of Charleston. New book in the works on all things disinfection and the Anthropocene
@neurotimes.bsky.social
Historian of medicine, violence, and sport. I also love neurology, neuroscience and the human sciences. Author of books, articles, anthologies, and expert reports. Keywords: 19~20thC; health policy; indigenous studies; gender; CTE; concussion; TBI
@haushoferl.bsky.social
MD turned historian of medicine, science, food, environment | author of WONDER FOODS (@ucpress.bsky.social '22) http://shorturl.at/nuGP7 | @gastronomica.bsky.social | living in Amsterdam | #histstm #histmed #foodhistory #foodstudies | she/her
@christian-s-warren.bsky.social
Studying the history of health & environment. Walking the dogs. Teaching the classes. Writing the books.* Traveling the world, little by little. *Brush With Death [Lead Poisoning] *Starved for Light [Rickets and Vitamin D Deficiency]
@historyelaine.bsky.social
Historian interested in the everyday, mom, novice potter and recipe/food enthusiast.
@greggmitman.bsky.social
Historian of science, medicine, and environment. Prof at UW-Madison, LMU Rachel Carson Center for Environment and Society. ERC Advanced Grant: fragmentsoftheforest.com. Chasing ecologies and power across viral divides.
@kellyodonn.bsky.social
History person. Clover’s dog mom. ☘️ Definitely not that journalist of the same name, so I am begging you please don't @ me.
@claireljones.bsky.social
Medical historian of modern Britain/curator (thinks/writes about: condoms, toothbrushes & lately, urine; secretary of Society for the Social History of Medicine @sshmedicine.bsky.social); music & horror film fan; singer; runner; mum; find me at the beach ⛱
@nursingclio.bsky.social
A collaborative blog project that ties historical scholarship to present-day political, social, and cultural issues surrounding gender and medicine. nursingclio.org
@ayahnerd.bsky.social
It's me again! **This is my only public social media account** Muslim. Yale prof. Historian of upsetting things. Librarian. Black Feminist.
@ctimmermann.bsky.social
Historian of Science, Technology & Medicine. Science is culture, and long live the humanities. Director of @manchstm.bsky.social. Lapsed biochemist. Immigrant. Rheinländer. Cyclist. Gen X. Owned by dog. Unhealthily online. Posts personal. He/him. 🇬🇧 🇩🇪
@renfro.bsky.social
Associate Professor of History at Florida State University. Wrote STRANGER DANGER (Oxford University Press, 2020) and THE LIFE AND DEATH OF RYAN WHITE (UNC Press, 2024). Represented by Calligraph Lit. Father of H and G. He/him.
@lmacthompson1.bsky.social
Historian of birth control/abortion/suffrage law and policy. Book on early 20th c. birth control politics coming soon. Asst Prof @kennesawstate; Fellow @GSU_HealthLaw; @UVa alum
@wombatscholar.bsky.social
Critical histories of science and medicine, science studies, postcolonial endeavours. New book on modern excrementalities: Spectacles of Waste (Polity). Writing mostly on disease ecologies and planetary health now. Living on Wangal country.
@monicamedhist.bsky.social
I'm an Independent Scholar (https://independentscholar.academia.edu/MonicaHGreen). Daughter #2 of Marlon & Eleanor Green. Focusing on #histmed, Global Health, the Black Death. Latest: https://doi.org/10.1017/mdh.2024.29
@jaivirdi.com
Award-winning historian #HistSTM & #DisHist. Author of "Hearing Happiness: Deafness Cures in History" (2020) and "Echoes of Care: Deafness in Modern Britain." Associate Professor at University of Delaware. Deaf & forever a radical Learn more: jaivirdi.com
@bachynski.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of public health at Muhlenberg College. History, ethics, epidemiology, sports, injury prevention.
@jackiantonovich.bsky.social
Historian of medicine, gender, & politics in the American West. Creator & Executive Editor Emerita, @nursingclio. She/Her/Hers
@hpsvanessa.bsky.social
historian of science, medicine, food, sport and exploration; other content generally but not limited to: my dinner, a weird bug, feminist beer, complaining about bad parking. Latest book: tinyurl.com/HigherColder
@jgolden08.bsky.social
Retired, mom, historian, political activist, perpetual piano student
@profgoldberg.bsky.social
Faculty @ CU Anschutz & CU Bioethics. Attorney, historian, public health ethicist. Jiujitsu🟤, Star Wars, Batman, Coffee. #LegalEpi #Stigma #PHLaw #PHEthx #Disability #HistPubHealth new book out now! H/h/h. ✡️
@jmgabriel.bsky.social
History of medicine, pharma, public health, drugs. Sometimes IP, bioethics, critical med ed, pedagogies of care. Gardening. N Florida. a small axe Papers - https://tinyurl.com/288f3phs Book Med Monopoly: IP and Origins of Modern Pharma Industry