Post-Doc Research Fellow, Uni Huddersfield; Hon Res Fellow@IASWarwick, History of Psychiatry PhD; asylum history: recreation, religion, migration.
Oxford, Warwick, Huddersfield
Joined March 2009
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The day had finally come. Yesterday I passed my viva after 6 long years. Thank you so much to my examiners Rob Ellis @RE_histories and Mathew Thomson for such a positive experience and the brilliant advice. Thanks also to my incredible supervisor Hilary Marland @WarwickHistory
Amazing!!!! Huge congratulations. What a fantastic achievement 🍾🎉 xxx
My FREE to download book is out: The Rise and Fall of the Sunbed in Britain: Tanning Culture from Fad to Fear: dx.doi.org/10.5040/978135045…
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25% Early Bird Discount if booking before 19 Jan. International multidisciplinary 2 day conference on Emil Kraepelin, his legacy+ other developments in psychiatry during last 100 year + future
@FemiMind @morgan_alastair @rcpsychHoPSIG @subodhdave1 @robgpoole @RoySocMed
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Kraepelin; good or bad influence? Conference on centenury of his death featuring @subodhdave1 @gikkos1 and many others, including, err, me rsm.ac.uk/events/psychiatry/…
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Fantastic event @ScotsArchives @HESEngineShe #Stirling: a really fascinating range of Achives presenting including @menacesof2019 @EdinCulture, @UofD_Archives @gbptrust & @natlibscot. Presenting @Crichton_Royal with Anne Rinaldi @DumGalLibraries was great too: thanks to all!
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Absolutely worth reading!
Delighted that my article on music at @Crichton_Royal @CrichtonTrust during the mid-19th century is now published and open access: academic.oup.com/ml/advance-…
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✨Twas the night before #StNicholas and across Europe’s skies
Children dream of mandarins and a sweet surprise
A tradition of kindness, centuries old
A shared heritage, a story told
Click & discover how R&I helps preserve EU’s magical #CulturalHeritage
🔗europa.eu/!frPndY
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After an eventful few months, I’m now happy to have joined the team @HistoryManMet and continuing with funded and other projects.
ALT Campus building at Manchester Metropolitan University
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Great to see the details of this conference out: History of Psychiatry in the English speaking world whocares.hypotheses.org/conf…
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Please share this opportunity for a 2-year F/T Research Associate in Victorian Cultural and Material History, working on our major @ahrcpress funded research project on the Victorian Hand. Loads of lovely archives to work in 😃
hr-jobs.lancs.ac.uk/Vacancy.…
It was a great opportunity for us to engage with our materials creatively as well as encouraging others to do so. Thank you, Rosemary and Mila!!
Reflections on two events I was involved in running last week, which highlighted the value of creativity for academics: musichealthandhappiness.word…
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We'll be open tomorrow and its the official start of our winter opening times of Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday 1-3pm.
We're free to visit so why not come and discover something new? Call 01924 316360 or email [email protected]. We hope to see you soon!
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My OPEN ACCESS edited collection chapter:
Talk Shows and 'Tanorexia': Motherhood and 'Sunbed addiction' on British Television in the 1990s,
explores how Esther Rantzen (alongside The Vanessa Show) stigmatised mothers and, albeit lightly, metrosexual men for using sunbeds.
Chapter 11: @FabiolaCreed, Talk shows and 'tanorexia': motherhood and 'sunbed addiction' on British television in the 1990s - innovative use of televisual sources to show how tanning was framed as a ‘problem’ of gender & class
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Happy #Halloween from the Crichton Royal past, in these two accounts of the same event, back in 1842: "fun and harmless frolic" for 50 - 60 patients and their attendants, from two points of view:
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In Amsterdam for conference on Creative Health: Museums, History, Heritage and Well-being. Next up my good friend and colleague @RE_histories now of @HistoryManMet
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Looking forward to speaking at this @ScotsArchives event @HESEngineShed #Stirling on the 10th of December. I'll be alongside Anne Rinaldi, talking about the amazing archives @Crichton_Royal @DumGalLibraries.
Booking:
eventbrite.co.uk/e/sca-annua…
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#HistPsych #MaterialCulture folks, this one's for you 👇
My article on touch, comfort & the eighteenth-century private madhouse is now published open access in The Senses and Society, part of the "Senses and Health/Care Environments" Special Issue. Many thanks to Victoria Bates & the wonderful editorial team... tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…
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What does it feel like to leave your home forever? @SusanEAldworth and @HannaKienzler discuss Susan's newly opened exhibition and the power and potential of one person’s story to open up a dialogue around seeking refuge, humanity and a sense of belonging.
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October's #5minutemakes is an origami bookmark. And this being #Halloween month ours have been embracing monsterism! Our 5 minute makes are completely free and are available whenever the Museum is open. Check out this dazzling design created by a visitor today! 🤩🤩🤩
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Before (1930s) and after (today).
The Museum of the Mind moved into the Hospital's old admin building in 2015. It is now home to over 750 years of mental health history. It's free to visit and we run events throughout the year! bit.ly/visitmotm
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Thanks to the team for an excellent overview of the painstaking research behind this project. Their exhibition is at the HCN until November.
Join us on the 2nd of October at 6pm for an event featuring Dr Helen Atherton, Dr Simon Jarrett, and Professor Paul Weindling. The panel will tell the story of British-born victims of the Nazi-led killing programme targeted at disabled people.
👉️ holocaustcentrenorth.org.uk/…
