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Kate Errington
@kateerrington.bsky.social
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Research Assistant at UCL on the BAM50 Project / Research Fellow at Birkbeck UoL. Researching social history of pregnancy & maternity care in the 20th C.
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bconceived.bsky.social
ONE WEEK ⏰ - CALL FOR PAPERS!
There's still time to submit a chapter proposal for our upcoming edited collection. Deadline: Sunday 30 November 2025, 23.59 UK time.
More info: broadlyconceived.wordpress.com/broadly-conc...
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November 24, 2025 at 12:03 PM
kateerrington.bsky.social
There's still time to submit a chapter proposal for the BC edited collection! And we've updated the eligibility criteria, so anyone can submit (you no longer need to have previous involvement with the network).

Deadline for proposals in 30 November
bconceived.bsky.social Broadly Conceived @bconceived.bsky.social · Oct 15
CALL FOR PAPERS! Broadly Conceived invite chapter proposals for an edited collection exploring new directions in Reproduction Studies.

Read the full call out: broadlyconceived.wordpress.com/broadly-conc...

Submit a proposal: forms.office.com/e/csESr71mgv

Deadline: 30 November 2026, 23.59 UK time.
November 14, 2025 at 2:12 PM
kateerrington.bsky.social
I'm excited to share this CfP for a Broadly Conceived edited collection. @bconceived.bsky.social has been such a rewarding project over the last 3 years & I can't wait to bring it all together in the pages of a book! We're particularly interested to hear from PhDs and ECRs.

Please share!
bconceived.bsky.social Broadly Conceived @bconceived.bsky.social · Oct 15
CALL FOR PAPERS! Broadly Conceived invite chapter proposals for an edited collection exploring new directions in Reproduction Studies.

Read the full call out: broadlyconceived.wordpress.com/broadly-conc...

Submit a proposal: forms.office.com/e/csESr71mgv

Deadline: 30 November 2026, 23.59 UK time.
October 15, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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rebeccawynter.bsky.social
💫New Workshop #CfP💫

'Object Stories in Health and Medicine, 1700-1900', 5 December, online, organised by the very fabulous @annafranjam.bsky.social & @rebeccawhiteley.bsky.social.

#HistMed #HistSTM #HistPsych #DisHist #HistNursing #MatCult #MaterialCulture #MedHums #Skystorians🗃️
Object Stories in Health and Medicine, 1700-1900 - University of Birmingham
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www.birmingham.ac.uk
September 12, 2025 at 8:14 AM
kateerrington.bsky.social
I am delighted that my artwork was selected in the Postgraduate Pedagogies cover art competition! Volume 5, Issue 1 is now available to download postgradpedagogies.lse.ac.uk/6/volume/5/i...
Digital drawing of London landscape.
July 2, 2025 at 4:20 PM
kateerrington.bsky.social
We will be showcasing this project at the next @bconceived.bsky.social meeting on 22 May, 4-5pm UK time. Reserve your place: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/efa462...
May 9, 2025 at 11:19 AM
kateerrington.bsky.social
Tonight! The first event from the @bconceived.bsky.social Small Grant Scheme 2025. The Impact of Motherhood within Art Institutions at The Courtauld, 18.30-20.30. Booking Essential:
courtauld.ac.uk/whats-on/the...
The Impact of Motherhood within Art Schools and Institutions in the UK
This event will explore the impact of motherhood on art schools and institutions in the UK. Motherhood is understood in an expanded sense here, encompassing the experiences and challenges encountered ...
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April 29, 2025 at 8:53 AM
kateerrington.bsky.social
Next week! 5 May, 7-8.30pm UK time, @bconceived.bsky.social are hosting @hzeavin.bsky.social & Helen Charman in discussions about The Technological and Political Mediation of Motherhood. Sign up for this free, online event: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/c25ec8...
April 29, 2025 at 8:42 AM
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agnesjuliet.bsky.social
Together with a wonderful filmmaker Rita Conry, I’ve made a documentary about birth control and mental health. It now has a permanent home and you can watch it online: www.girlsinfilm.net/videos/high-...
High, Soft & Open
Friends, colleagues and strangers compare notes on their journeys with hormonal birth control — and its indelible effects on their mental health.
www.girlsinfilm.net
April 1, 2025 at 9:53 AM
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claireplmartin.bsky.social
📣Registration is open for our workshop, 'Sexual Health: Past, Present and Future'! Join us in person or online. Registration is FREE but essential.
⏰ 2-3 July 2025
🏛️ University of Birmingham / online
👉 Register here: forms.office.com/e/mQHq8NgSmQ
#histmed #histsex #medhums #sexualhealth #SRH #HIV
Sexual Health: Past, Present and Future A multidisciplinary workshop Join us in person or online Room WG17, Centre for Lifelong Learning, University of Birmingham, 2-3 July 2025 The prevention, treatment and control of sexually transmissible infections, including HIV, has a complex history. It has been the catalyst for significant developments in medicine and public health. But it has also been stigmatised, occupying a grey area between quackery and reputable medicine. Sexual health embodied fears about social disorder, at times seen as a ‘racial poison’ and a threat to colonial, state and military authority. And it was used as an excuse for human experimentation, draconian legislation and the persecution of minoritised and marginalised communities. Yet event with such a turbulent history, sexual health currently faces one of its greatest crises. Rates of syphilis are at their highest since 1948 and there are more cases of gonorrhoea than at any other point since records began. Barriers to PrEP uptake persist. While RSE has improved, significant shortcomings remain. The impact of mental health, poverty and domestic violence on sexual-health outcomes are not adequately addressed. Services decimated by underfunding are no longer accessible to many who need them. And a lack of culturally competent, inclusive provisions means that many service users feel alienated by the services that are available. All of this is exacerbating deep inequalities in health outcomes and wellbeing. This multidisciplinary workshop is an opportunity for researchers and health professionals to explore the historical legacies and challenges facing sexual health today and in the future. It is supported by the UKRI project ‘Histories of Sexual Health in Britain’ and is CPD accredited by the Federation of the Royal Colleges of Physicians. Scan the QR code to register. Registration is free but essential.
March 28, 2025 at 1:05 PM
kateerrington.bsky.social
Next @bconceived.bsky.social event just announced! 5 May, 7-8.30pm UK time. In-conversation with @hzeavin.bsky.social & Helen Charman about The Technological and Political Mediation of Motherhood. Read more: broadlyconceived.wordpress.com/2025/03/28/t...
The Technological and Political Mediation of Motherhood: Hannah Zeavin and Helen Charman
Monday 5th May, 7-8.30pm Join us for an in-conversation between two acclaimed historians of motherhood in light of their recent book releases: Professor Hannah Zeavin, author of Mother Media&n…
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March 28, 2025 at 3:00 PM
kateerrington.bsky.social
Don't mind me - just some more @bconceived.bsky.social updates! There's still time to sign up to tomorrow's event with @drbeldavis.bsky.social. If you're UK-based, then you'll also have a chance to win a copy Conceiving Histories 📖 register here: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/3192db...
March 17, 2025 at 6:39 PM
kateerrington.bsky.social
Fab time at the @hexhistory.bsky.social conference in Tampere, Finland. I delivered a paper on the panel "Reproductive Health Histories of Experiences: Case Studies from Britain and British India" alongside @karissapatton.bsky.social & Ranjana Saha.
March 12, 2025 at 7:25 PM
kateerrington.bsky.social
Final day today at The Baby Show, talking with the public about the past, present (and future!) of maternal vaccination and infection health communication, thanks to the IMPRINT public engagement fund.
Project team standing in front of exhibition booth. Banner at the front has the title "Infection & Vaccination during pregnancy, past and present" Live illustrator Louise French sat at table. Members of the public engaging with booth
March 9, 2025 at 8:13 AM
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drbeldavis.bsky.social
If you are UK-based, there is a chance to win a copy of my book (Conceiving Histories) by attending this talk on 18th March. It's a free online talk with @bconceived.bsky.social What's not to like?
#BookGiveAway
March 8, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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drbeldavis.bsky.social
Dear BlueSky,

Please widely share that my book is out today. 🚀 It tells wild & wonderful, (& arrestingly illustrated) little-known histories from the reproductive frontline. It is a history like no other and like any other, ie brill & for any history lover anywhere.

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The cover of my beautiful new book, Conceiving Histories. Black and white photo collage of a naked woman arms crossed riding a guppy side-saddle, in front of a moon. Title is in coral pink. Names of author and illustrator in white.
March 4, 2025 at 7:38 AM
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heikebauer.bsky.social
Deadline 6 March! Innovative, fully-funded PhD scholarship supervised by me (cultural histories of gender & sexuality & human-animal relations) & Karen Hiestand (veterinary & animal ethics). Located at Birkbeck's School of Creative Arts, Culture & Communication & the Royal Veterinary College.
Bloomsbury Colleges PhD Studentship: The rise of veterinary specialist care in twenty-first century Britain — Birkbeck, University of London
This studentship offers a fully-funded doctorate in the interdisciplinary field of human-animal studies.
www.bbk.ac.uk
March 3, 2025 at 12:38 PM
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claireboardman.bsky.social
👀 Funded PhD @ Coventry University:

Uses and Abuses of the Past: the Role of Presentism in Cultural Memory.

'The inquiry ... will select and investigate a series of objects or sites to explore the use of history as a tool for debating contemporary social and cultural issues' tinyurl.com/4zksy84y
Uses and Abuses of the Past: the Role of Presentism in Cultural Memory
This project explores the concept of ‘presentism’ in cultural representations of the past.
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March 1, 2025 at 12:03 AM
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drjonwinder.bsky.social
Two fully funded PhD studentships in history have just opened @liverpooluni.bsky.social - deadline for applications is 30 May www.liverpool.ac.uk/histories-la...
Postgraduate research | School of Histories, Languages and Cultures | University of Liverpool facebookThe Original RedbrickUniversity of Liverpool on FacebookLivUni on InstagramLivUni on YouTube...
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February 27, 2025 at 6:22 PM
kateerrington.bsky.social
Next @bconceived.bsky.social event is 18 March, 7-8pm UK time. We'll be joined by @drbeldavis.bsky.social who will be talking about her latest book "Conceiving Histories: Trying for Pregnancy Past and Future." Read more: broadlyconceived.wordpress.com/2025/02/25/c...
Conceiving Histories with Dr Isabel Davis
Tuesday 18 March, 7pm-8pm Join us in our March meeting to hear Isabel Davis discuss her latest book, Conceiving Histories: Trying for Pregnancy Past and Future. Conceiving Histories book cover, cou…
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February 27, 2025 at 10:14 AM
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agnesjuliet.bsky.social
A really great and thoughtful article about motherhood, medical advice, and maternal responsibility mh.bmj.com/content/50/2...
You and Your Baby (home, husband, and doctor): maternal responsibility in the British Medical Association booklet (1957–1987)
You and Your Baby was a pregnancy advice booklet, produced by the British Medical Association (BMA) from 1957–1987. This booklet was provided to expectant mothers in the UK, free of charge, and offere...
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February 24, 2025 at 3:26 PM
kateerrington.bsky.social
We've just announced the successful projects for the @bconceived.bsky.social small grant scheme 24-25, for repro-related projects. Some really exciting stuff here, so check it out!

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BC Small Grants Projects 2024-25
We are excited to announce that Broadly Conceived has awarded 5 small grants for projects related to reproduction. The grants are worth up to £650 each. The following projects have been selected: T…
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February 10, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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signsjournal.org
In our winter issue, Carlo Sariego discusses reproductive outsiders and “the impenetrable and contradictory nature of state control over immigrant and migrant reproduction” (sub. req’d) www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
Birth Rights and Wrongs: Reproductive Outsiders in Azar v. Garza and Madrigal v. Quilligan | Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society: Vol 50, No 2
Abstract Amid a rise in anti-immigrant rhetoric and abortion restriction in the United States, theorizing state control of the reproductive choices of immigrant and migrant women is crucial. Historica...
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February 10, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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victorianhand.bsky.social
Welcome to the Victorian Hand project, funded by @ukri.org (2024-2028) & co-led by @jbhist.bsky.social & @medhistoryman.bsky.social with more team members to announce very soon! Stay tuned for updates about our research and engagement activities, as well as multimedia fun! Please follow and share!
A painting by Franz Xaver Winterhalter (1805-73) of the linked hands of Queen Victoria (1819-1901) and Prince Albert (1819-61), produced c.1840-60. The oval image shows Queen Victoria's right hand being held by Prince Albert's right hand, while she places her left hand on the decorated sleeve of his jacket. From the Royal Collections Trust, RCIN 402490.
February 7, 2025 at 10:57 AM