Workshop: Plants Join us for Plants, the third event in our Manchester Workshop Series on Natural Archives and the History of Science in Asia.

Please join us on 29 April 2026 for PLANTS, an online workshop and the third event in our Manchester Workshop Series on Natural Archives and the History of Science in Asia. #HistSTM

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Nigeria in the Antimicrobial Eras Stakeholders Workshop We are pleased to announce our first stakeholder workshop for the Wellcome Trust funded project Nigeria in the Antimicrobial Eras on 24 March 2026.

Tomorrow: Nigeria in the the Antimicrobial Eras Stakeholder Workshop

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TOMORROW. Please join us - all welcome.

The speaker in front of a projector screen.

Co-organiser Krittapak Ngamvaseenont talking about his research on Decolonizing the Rural Thai Mind, ghosts, spirits, Buddhism, and the framework of transcultural psychiatry as applied in Cold-War Thailand, in theory and practice

History of ‘Psy’ Disciplines: Psychiatry, Mental Health, and Neuroscience We are pleased to announce the first CHSTM PhD Workshop on the history of ‘psy’ disciplines on 12 March 2026.

This is happening today - but without online access. (sorry)

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Here is the PG Seminar programme for this semester.

TODAY

Beck Heslop’s election poster on a notice board: “Back Beck”.

Great to see one of our PhD students running for office in the Students Union elections. I’d vote for Beck. 👍🏻👍🏻

In the late 1800s the town was home to a Police Chief Constable who championed Louis Pasteur's methods for treating rabies, and sent a boy to Paris to be treated - a story told by my CHSTM colleagues Mick Worboys and Neil Pemberton. #OpenAccess #HistMed

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The Deaf Right Stuff: Disability, Space Sickness, and the Making of the American Astronaut, 1955–1968 | Isis: Vol 117, No 1 Abstract Between 1955 and 1968, a group of deaf volunteers participated in a range of human experiments for the US space program. Overseen by Dr. Ashton Graybiel, these tests sought to provide a bette...

Great to see that the Master's thesis that Henry Lloyd-Hughes did with us at CHSTM a few years ago has transformed into an article in Isis:

The Deaf Right Stuff: Disability, Space Sickness, and the Making of the American Astronaut, 1955–1968

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I forgot to include the date: 10 March. We'll try that again.

MDPI Women in Research Panel Join us for an evening panel discussion with local women in research, facilitated by Professor Rachel Cowen from University of Manchester.

Our colleague Dr Amelia Bonea will be part of a discussion panel at Manchester Museum on 10 March 2026, on Women in Research, hosted by Professor Rachel Cowen. Further details and registration at the link below.

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MDPI Women in Research Panel Join us for an evening panel discussion with local women in research, facilitated by Professor Rachel Cowen from University of Manchester.

Our colleague Dr Amelia Bonea will be part of a discussion panel at Manchester Museum, on Women in Research, hosted by Professor Rachel Cowen. Further details and registration at the link below.

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/mdpi-women...

CHSTM Research Seminar, 12 May 2026 Prof Mary Augusta Bazelton Looking up at the ‘Little Moon’: Media and Mass Participation in Astronomy Under Mao

For your diaries: CHSTM Seminar, 12 May 2026 - Professor Mary Augusta Brazelton will be speaking on Looking up at the ‘Little Moon’: Media and Mass Participation in Astronomy Under Mao

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CHSTM Research Seminar, 21 April 2026 Dr Sarah Qidway Aligarh’s Scientific Society (est. 1864)

For your diaries: CHSTM Seminar, 21 April 2026 - Dr Sarah Qidway will be speaking on Aligarh’s Scientific Society (est. 1864)

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CHSTM Research Seminar, 17 March 2026 Dr Siobhán Hearne Soviet Healthcare Diplomacy in the Global South

For your diaries: CHSTM Seminar, 17 March 2026 - Dr Siobhán Hearne will be speaking on Soviet Healthcare Diplomacy in the Global South.

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Protest From Unexpected Corners: Barbers, Labour Unions, and Compulsory Masking in Modern China, 1930s–1940s Abstract. This article examines resistance from below to compulsory masking in modern China, from the 1930s to the 1940s. Initially marginalised and stigma

New #OpenAccess #HistMed article by our CHSTM colleague Dr Meng Zhang, on compulsory masking and the role of barbers in 1930s China.

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Dr Sugden is a CHSTM alumna. Always good to see young colleagues go on to do great stuff.

Tonight, 6pm GMT

Event flyer - all details are available on the event registration page - click on the link in the post.

Imagining a Gender Equal World: Join CHSTM's Dr Amelia Bonea and other colleagues on 11 February for a free, international online symposium celebrating the International Day of Women and Girls in Science.
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Book Discussion: Medical Women in the Japanese Empire: Sources and Critique

Please join CHSTM's Dr Amelia Bonea and colleagues for this book discussion on Medical Women in the Japanese Empire on 6 February.

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Today! Online access available - details on the website.

CHSTM Research Seminar, 3 February 2026 Prof Matthew Cobb The life and times of Francis Crick, or why it sometimes matters who does science

A date for your diaries: our next CHSTM seminar is scheduled for 3 February 2026, when our speaker will be @matthewcobb.bsky.social, on The life and times of Francis Crick, or why it sometimes matters who does science

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Book Discussion: Medical Women in the Japanese Empire: Sources and Critique

Please join CHSTM's Dr Amelia Bonea and colleagues for this book discussion on Medical Women in the Japanese Empire on 6 February.

events.ceu.edu/2026-02-06/b...

Event flyer - all details are available on the event registration page - click on the link in the post.

Imagining a Gender Equal World: Join CHSTM's Dr Amelia Bonea and other colleagues on 11 February for a free, international online symposium celebrating the International Day of Women and Girls in Science.
events.teams.microsoft.com/event/0b1ef0...

CHSTM Research Seminar, 3 February 2026 Prof Matthew Cobb The life and times of Francis Crick, or why it sometimes matters who does science

A date for your diaries: our next CHSTM seminar is scheduled for 3 February 2026, when our speaker will be @matthewcobb.bsky.social, on The life and times of Francis Crick, or why it sometimes matters who does science

blogs.manchester.ac.uk/chstm/2026/0...

Congratulations to Eleanor Shaw, who successfully defended her PhD thesis on the history of the British Journal of Anaesthesia today. In the photo: Prof Carsten Timmermann (2nd supervisor), the candidate, Prof Roberta Bivins, and Dr Neil Pemberton (the external and internal examiners).

CHSTM Research Seminar, 9 December 2025 Dr Angela Cassidy From shared to separated health - and back again? The multiple lives of modern mycobacteria

Trundling my way on a train through v. soggy Somerset Levels to join old friends & new @manchstm.bsky.social. Will be talking this afternoon on mycobacterial movements across human, animal and ecosystem health ever since we've known these #microbes #histSTM
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Next Tuesday!

Join Amelia Bonea and Irina Nastasa-Matei online on Thursday 4th December (7pm-8pm CET) to discuss their Manchester University Press book Negotiating Invisibility: manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/events/book-...