My copy of Dealing With Drugs. New Histories of Risk and Benefit has just arrived. Very pleased to see my chapter published in this wonderful volume!
The first sentence of this review is, "Kylie Smith wrote an angry book."
1. The construction of that opening line is sexist AF.
2. It's sexist AF, but in an academic book review, it's unacceptable.
3. Everyone should be angry about racism in psychiatry. If you're not, that's a you problem.
I have a new article out on miscarriage in late twentieth-century Ireland. Special thanks to @delaycara.bsky.social for organising a 2024 workshop from which this & the other articles in the special issue stemmed, and for all the support through to publication. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
I have a new article out on miscarriage in late twentieth-century Ireland. Special thanks to @delaycara.bsky.social for organising a 2024 workshop from which this & the other articles in the special issue stemmed, and for all the support through to publication. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
There's just under 10 days left to apply for this funded PhD studentship on the history of unorthodox health activism in Britain! #HistMed #PhDFunding
Strathclyde is a lovely place to work and Glasgow is a seriously great city!
www.strath.ac.uk/studywithus/...
📣Out now on #firstview!
Anna Muggeridge @worcesteruni.bsky.social and Ruth Davidson @ruthdav.bsky.social on 'Revisiting the Politics of Motherhood in Modern British History'
#Motherhood #Political #Maternal #History #Identity 20thc 🗃️👩🍼
👉Read open access here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Kieran Connell: How did an attack in a nationalist part of Belfast lead to rioting in loyalist areas?
New article (open access!!) online now with Contemporary British History www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Another life-affirming Sparks gig at Kelvingrove bandstand in Glasgow tonight. 🤩
Also grateful to the @wellcometrust.bsky.social for funding, to my oral history interviewees for speaking so candidly about their experiences, and the two peer-reviewers. This was a challenging article to write/revise but I'm really happy to see it out in the world.