physician-historian at the Institute of History and Ethics of Medicine, Charité Berlin | history of psychiatry, health activism, HIV/AIDS, trans medicine
Standardizing Sex: A History of Trans Medicine (UCP, 2025)
https://www.ketilslagstad.com
Ketil Slagstad
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Ich freue mich sehr darauf, am 6. Juni im Rahmen der Langen Nacht der Wissenschaft gemeinsam mit den Studierenden der Universität der Künste die Geschichte der Medizin zu erkunden. Komm doch vorbei! @eahmh.bsky.social
Join me on r/AskHistorians on Tuesday, June 9! I'll be answering questions about my book Standardizing Sex: A History of Trans Medicine @uchicagopress.bsky.social
We have now recruited two brilliant PhD students: one project will explore DIY transitioning and hormonal knowledge beyond the clinic in the two German republics; the other will analyze the medicalization of menopause in India, emphasizing feminist and local responses. @genderinsight.bsky.social
Hello everyone, over the next few hours I’ll be answering questions on r/AskHistorians about my book *Standardizing Sex* and the history of trans medicine!
@dhowlett1692.bsky.social
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First two books in the Epidemic Histories series with Johns Hopkins U-P on display at aahm2026, @visualplague.bsky.social !
Really interesting questions and answers. And a reminder I need to take 'Standardizing Sex' off the shelf at work and actually read it!
I’m about to spend 8 hours of my life in a workshop on AI in the classroom so naturally I am spending my usual insomnia hours collecting some helpful (read:critical) threads about AI.
Starting with this “thread in a thread” by @petertarras.bsky.social who gave me the idea
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‘The Ebola crisis should serve as an object lesson and rebuke to those who tolerate anaemic state funding of, or even cutbacks in, public health and healthcare delivery. Without staff, stuff, space and systems, nothing can be done.’
Paul Farmer on Ebola, from 2014:
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We invite you for our final event in the @socmederc.bsky.social seminar series on June 9, 2 pm CET: a conversation with @dinafainberg.bsky.social and Tal Zalmanovich on displacement and movement of expertise. Join us in Berlin or online, details below! socialistmedicine.com/june-9-speci... #histmed
My thoughts are also hugely shaped by my core view that there are important distinctions between writing and AI-assisted (or automation-assisted) document production. I'm 100% focused on what it means to learn to write, not just make texts. www.insidehighered.com/opinion/colu...
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Of course, it isn't all US 250 this month! Tomorrow Edna Cummings discusses the Six Triple Eight, the African American Women's Army Corps unit.
Tuesday, @slagstadk.bsky.social for Standardizing Sex: A History of Trans Medicine
Wednesday, Rod Phillips for Cats: A History @hopkinspress.bsky.social
