Society for the Social History of Medicine (SSHM)

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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/
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๐Ÿ“ข Join us for CHSTM Postgraduate Seminar Series 26/27!
๐Ÿ—“๏ธ Carmen Cao (University of Cambridge) โ€œ'The Fault Lay Entirely with the Shanghan ๅ‚ทๅฏ’ Medication'?:Li Gao's Theory of Neishang ๅ…งๅ‚ท in the Siege of Daliang, 1232โ€“1233โ€
Tue 13 Oct, 1โ€“2 pm (UK) ยท Zoom
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๐Ÿ“ฃ Important Membership News ๐Ÿ“ฃ Keep informed with latest issue of The Gazette (September 2026). This issue explains changes to membership management with a new system from November. Look out for your renewal letters arriving early December.
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๐Ÿ“ฃLatest blog๐Ÿ“ฃ @ukdishisthub.bsky.social reflect on two SSHM/@wellcometrust.bsky.social Networks Grant funded networking events to connect academics, researchers, heritage professionals, artists, activists, and others interested in histories of disabled, neurodiverse, and D/deaf people.

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CSMBR ONLINE LECTURE SERIES
๐“๐‡๐„ ๐‚๐Ž๐‹๐ƒ ๐…๐„๐Œ๐€๐‹๐„ ๐๐Ž๐ƒ๐˜ ๐ˆ๐ ๐Ž๐‹๐ˆ๐•๐€ ๐’๐€๐๐”๐‚๐Ž
๐Œ๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ก๐จ๐จ๐, ๐’๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐Œ๐ข๐ฅ๐ค
Jil Muller
7 October 2026 - 17.00 CEST
๐“๐จ ๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ: eu.jotform.com/build/261954...

#CSMBR #Onlinelecture #OlivaSabuco #ColdBodies

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#bookhistory #histmed 18th Century Literatures job at the University of Alberta! Particular interest in candidates with expertise in Critical Race/Ethnicity Studies; Disability Studies; Environmental Humanities; History of Science/Medicine; and Print Culture/ Book History.

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Exciting Update! Our website now includes pages on each of the eight projects we are currently working on ๐Ÿ‘€ ๐Ÿ‘‰ Disabled motherhood ๐Ÿ‘‰ Genetic screening ๐Ÿ‘‰ Grandmothers ๐Ÿ‘‰ Maternal and child welfare associations (1/3)

A magazine article from 1986 called โ€˜Women, Disability and Reproductive Rightsโ€™ which features a photograph of a smiling white woman cuddling her baby. Image courtesy of Beckie Rutherford.The green front cover of a 1989 report published by the Royal College of Physicians entitled โ€˜Prenatal Diagnosis and Genetic Screening: Community and Service Implicationsโ€™. Image courtesy of the Wellcome Collection.A 21st century photograph of an older Black woman holding a Black baby dressed in a white christening gown. They are stood in front of a vibrant, multi-coloured stained glass window. Image courtesy of Ayodele Adeniyi via UnSplash.A black and white portrait photograph of a smiling nurse handing a newborn baby to its mother. They are stood outside the doorway to a building and are both dressed in 1960s-era clothing. Image courtesy of the George Marshall Medical Museum.
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๐Ÿ“ฃNew issue now available online ๐Ÿ“ฃ 10 articles (7 open access) & 15 book reviews. Article topics include: asylums, T.B., death data, AIDS policy, & public hospitals with research exploring Britain, Denmark, Spain, Turkey and the Mediterranean covering 15-17th, 19th & 20th centuries!

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