OTD in 2020 face masks became compulsory in UK shops during the CVOID-19 pandemic. Both in the medieval past and today, masks have become an emblem of illness, anxieties, and identity. Sadegh Attari explores. historyworkshop.org.uk/science-medici…

Our brilliant colleagues at Oxford Centre for the History of Childhood have published a new Toolkit for researching & interpreting children's histories at heritage sites, in collaboration with the National Trust & TORCH Oxford. Find out more and download at torch.ox.ac.uk/article/new-hi… #histchild National Trust Research

Thanks for the shortlist! Malcolm MacLean Dr. Erica Munkwitz Verity Postlethwaite BSSH The Cricket Society Wisden UofGlasgow ESH

📣Calling #HistSTM #HistMed #DisHist #HistPsych #HistNursing #HistSci #Twitterstorians and #MedicalTwitter📣 SSHM (@sshmedicine.bsky.social) is reevaluating what we do and what we can offer members and the field. If you've 5 minutes to fill out an anon survey, you can help us shape the Society 👇

It is TODAY! Book your space now for our event later today at 4pm

Have you submitted your paper proposal for SSHM (@sshmedicine.bsky.social) 2024 yet? Deadline 2 February Looking forward to meeting all University of Strathclyde 🗓️16-19 July 2024 Pls share CHSTM HistMedJHU CSHHH Glasgow Oxford History of Science, Medicine and Technology Cambridge HPS AAHM HSTM Network strath.ac.uk/humanities/dep…

Inbox this morning: news of two grant proposals. Mixed bag & this came to mind. Grieving academic grant rejections journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/00… Added emotional complexity that I'm going to a funeral tomorrow and both grants about the end of life.

Pleased to share my Journal of Global History article with Harald Fischer-Tiné, on the bicycle’s socio-cultural impact beyond the West, the complicit masculinity of Indian cyclotourists, and world tours as a novel form of anti-imperial counter-mobility, 1920s-30s. bit.ly/47P968G

Wrapping up a fantastic conference 😎 with excellent papers, great food and a wonderful venue! #SSHM2024 #histmed #envhist #maritimehealth SSHM (@sshmedicine.bsky.social)

What an exciting conference it has been over the past 4 days. Learnt so much and met such lovely people! The workshops in particular were so helpful! Special mention #mockinterview Barry Michael Doyle Matt Smith Looking forward to more now in the years to come😁#SSHM2024 SSHM (@sshmedicine.bsky.social)

Some fantastic news!

Britain’s ‘broken’ water system: a history of death, denial and diarrhoea theconversation.com/britains-broke… via The Conversation

Come along to the Death & Dying Intellectual Forum public events I'm co-leading this Autumn Jesus College Innovative insights & research shared by leaders across disciplines - in-person and via Zoom. Pls Share widely ! jesus.cam.ac.uk/events/death-a… Cambridge Palliative & End of Life Research Group The Queen's Nursing Institute Wellcome