Philippa Nicole Barr
@philippabarr.bsky.social
Author @cambridgeup.bsky.social
http://www.cambridge.org/uncertainty-emotion
Visiting Fellow ANU CAP
Popping off! New projects out soon
http://www.cambridge.org/uncertainty-emotion
Visiting Fellow ANU CAP
Popping off! New projects out soon
In 2023 I was invited to collaborate with @academic.oup.com on their Environmental History bibliography. My contribution 'Epidemics in Urban Environments in the 19th and 20th Centuries' has just been published: www.oxfordbibliographies.com/display/docu...
www.oxfordbibliographies.com
January 15, 2026 at 7:59 PM
In 2023 I was invited to collaborate with @academic.oup.com on their Environmental History bibliography. My contribution 'Epidemics in Urban Environments in the 19th and 20th Centuries' has just been published: www.oxfordbibliographies.com/display/docu...
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@dittemunch.bsky.social was on the @universitypress.cambridge.org's podcast 'Hot off the Press' to talk about disgust and perpetrators. Listen through the link below and read more about Ditte's book here: global.oup.com/academic/pro...
🎧 Hot off the Press
Is feeling disgusted an immediate effective response or something deeper?
Sharon Crozier-De Rosa speaks to Philippa Barr and Ditte Marie Munch-Jurisic about what disgust really is.
Listen to the full episode now 🔗 https://cup.org/4lL3Iuc
Is feeling disgusted an immediate effective response or something deeper?
Sharon Crozier-De Rosa speaks to Philippa Barr and Ditte Marie Munch-Jurisic about what disgust really is.
Listen to the full episode now 🔗 https://cup.org/4lL3Iuc
November 24, 2025 at 12:28 PM
@dittemunch.bsky.social was on the @universitypress.cambridge.org's podcast 'Hot off the Press' to talk about disgust and perpetrators. Listen through the link below and read more about Ditte's book here: global.oup.com/academic/pro...
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Public health advocates and scholars are often reluctant to accept how much disgust, pride, and other emotions (purity, eugenics, suicide) shape understanding of health.
My latest article for Health and History @anzshm.bsky.social explores how emotion helped establish new hygienic norms in turn-of-the-century Sydney, revealing how disgust and pride motivated both compliance with and resistance to public health policies on plague and TB:
dx.doi.org/10.1353/hah....
dx.doi.org/10.1353/hah....
October 14, 2025 at 4:59 AM
Public health advocates and scholars are often reluctant to accept how much disgust, pride, and other emotions (purity, eugenics, suicide) shape understanding of health.
My latest article for Health and History @anzshm.bsky.social explores how emotion helped establish new hygienic norms in turn-of-the-century Sydney, revealing how disgust and pride motivated both compliance with and resistance to public health policies on plague and TB:
dx.doi.org/10.1353/hah....
dx.doi.org/10.1353/hah....
October 14, 2025 at 4:09 AM
My latest article for Health and History @anzshm.bsky.social explores how emotion helped establish new hygienic norms in turn-of-the-century Sydney, revealing how disgust and pride motivated both compliance with and resistance to public health policies on plague and TB:
dx.doi.org/10.1353/hah....
dx.doi.org/10.1353/hah....
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"Too often #AMR is framed as an immense although conceptually simple challenge: delay resistance to current drugs and produce new drugs. But we need to go beyond this, we need to pull every lever at our disposal to minimise infection even before we turn to drugs."
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
AMR is more complicated than a lack of drugs
Later this month (Nov 18–24) is World AMR Awareness Week (WAAW), the annual reminder
of this long smouldering crisis in modern health care. This is the first year with
the new name as it was formerly ...
www.thelancet.com
October 13, 2025 at 8:52 AM
"Too often #AMR is framed as an immense although conceptually simple challenge: delay resistance to current drugs and produce new drugs. But we need to go beyond this, we need to pull every lever at our disposal to minimise infection even before we turn to drugs."
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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Still time to listen in as @philippabarr.bsky.social & @dittemunch.bsky.social discuss disgust - its historical, moral, social manifestations and our reactions to it!
DISGUST ~ un- & dis-comforting, ingratiating its way into our senses ~ repugnant, offensive. Here, I have the absol pleasure of learning from world experts, Philippa Nicole Barr & Ditte Marie Munch-Jurisic, on public health & warfare. LISTEN IN!
cambridgeuniversitypress.podbean.com/e/hot-off-th...
cambridgeuniversitypress.podbean.com/e/hot-off-th...
Hot off the Press: The politics of emotion | Hot off the Press
Sharon Crozier-De Rosa speaks to Philippa Nicole Barr and Ditte Marie Munch-Jurisic on the politics of emotion exploring the complex and multifaceted emotion of disgust, particularly its historical, m...
cambridgeuniversitypress.podbean.com
September 28, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Still time to listen in as @philippabarr.bsky.social & @dittemunch.bsky.social discuss disgust - its historical, moral, social manifestations and our reactions to it!
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“While very hot regions may see transmission decline, cooler areas such as coastal and northern Australia could become more vulnerable,” writes Philippa Nicole Barr in The Interpreter.
https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/reality-bites-why-global-dengue-epidemic-matters-australia
https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/reality-bites-why-global-dengue-epidemic-matters-australia
Reality bites: Why the global dengue epidemic matters to Australia
The mosquito-borne disease is more than a health emergency – it symbolises the injustice of climate change.
www.lowyinstitute.org
September 16, 2025 at 12:25 AM
“While very hot regions may see transmission decline, cooler areas such as coastal and northern Australia could become more vulnerable,” writes Philippa Nicole Barr in The Interpreter.
https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/reality-bites-why-global-dengue-epidemic-matters-australia
https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/reality-bites-why-global-dengue-epidemic-matters-australia
Reposted by Philippa Nicole Barr
DISGUST ~ un- & dis-comforting, ingratiating its way into our senses ~ repugnant, offensive. Here, I have the absol pleasure of learning from world experts, Philippa Nicole Barr & Ditte Marie Munch-Jurisic, on public health & warfare. LISTEN IN!
cambridgeuniversitypress.podbean.com/e/hot-off-th...
cambridgeuniversitypress.podbean.com/e/hot-off-th...
Hot off the Press: The politics of emotion | Hot off the Press
Sharon Crozier-De Rosa speaks to Philippa Nicole Barr and Ditte Marie Munch-Jurisic on the politics of emotion exploring the complex and multifaceted emotion of disgust, particularly its historical, m...
cambridgeuniversitypress.podbean.com
September 7, 2025 at 10:22 PM
DISGUST ~ un- & dis-comforting, ingratiating its way into our senses ~ repugnant, offensive. Here, I have the absol pleasure of learning from world experts, Philippa Nicole Barr & Ditte Marie Munch-Jurisic, on public health & warfare. LISTEN IN!
cambridgeuniversitypress.podbean.com/e/hot-off-th...
cambridgeuniversitypress.podbean.com/e/hot-off-th...
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🎧 Hot off the Press
Is feeling disgusted an immediate effective response or something deeper?
Sharon Crozier-De Rosa speaks to Philippa Barr and Ditte Marie Munch-Jurisic about what disgust really is.
Listen to the full episode now 🔗 https://cup.org/4lL3Iuc
Is feeling disgusted an immediate effective response or something deeper?
Sharon Crozier-De Rosa speaks to Philippa Barr and Ditte Marie Munch-Jurisic about what disgust really is.
Listen to the full episode now 🔗 https://cup.org/4lL3Iuc
August 27, 2025 at 7:43 PM
🎧 Hot off the Press
Is feeling disgusted an immediate effective response or something deeper?
Sharon Crozier-De Rosa speaks to Philippa Barr and Ditte Marie Munch-Jurisic about what disgust really is.
Listen to the full episode now 🔗 https://cup.org/4lL3Iuc
Is feeling disgusted an immediate effective response or something deeper?
Sharon Crozier-De Rosa speaks to Philippa Barr and Ditte Marie Munch-Jurisic about what disgust really is.
Listen to the full episode now 🔗 https://cup.org/4lL3Iuc
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New mix from @abulmogard.bsky.social. A quiet weave of inspirations, collaborators and deep atmosphere — from Meredith Monk to Félicia Atkinson and William Basinski.
“An atmosphere you could inhabit.”
Listen Now → bleep.com/bleep-mix-30...
“An atmosphere you could inhabit.”
Listen Now → bleep.com/bleep-mix-30...
June 4, 2025 at 3:23 PM
New mix from @abulmogard.bsky.social. A quiet weave of inspirations, collaborators and deep atmosphere — from Meredith Monk to Félicia Atkinson and William Basinski.
“An atmosphere you could inhabit.”
Listen Now → bleep.com/bleep-mix-30...
“An atmosphere you could inhabit.”
Listen Now → bleep.com/bleep-mix-30...
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‘Unlike other proteins, prions can gain the ability to replicate, causing damage as they spread; they can jump between bodies, and sometimes even between species.’
Stephen Buranyi on prions: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Stephen Buranyi on prions: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Stephen Buranyi · Folding and Unfolding: Protein to Prion
How and why do proteins, which are produced by our body to build structures (such as skin and muscle) or carry out tasks...
www.lrb.co.uk
July 21, 2025 at 8:23 AM
‘Unlike other proteins, prions can gain the ability to replicate, causing damage as they spread; they can jump between bodies, and sometimes even between species.’
Stephen Buranyi on prions: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Stephen Buranyi on prions: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Had a great chat on ABC Drive about how #OneHealth is reshaping our view of pandemics. We discussed public health history, emotional responses like fear and blame, and why our institutions must evolve to reflect interdependencies. The 10-min interview starts ~1hr36 in: www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
Drive - ABC listen
Join us to get up to speed on the latest news and information you need to know
www.abc.net.au
July 18, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Had a great chat on ABC Drive about how #OneHealth is reshaping our view of pandemics. We discussed public health history, emotional responses like fear and blame, and why our institutions must evolve to reflect interdependencies. The 10-min interview starts ~1hr36 in: www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
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For infectious disease experts (& those who follow them), the Arizona plague death seems to have gotten notice in nearly every news outlet around the world by now. Most of it is repetitive & uninformative. This interview w/ plague expert David Wagner is not www.scientificamerican.com/article/pneu...
Pneumonic Plague Infections in Modern Times Show the Black Death Isn’t Dead
A person in Arizona recently died of pneumonic plague—a rare and severe form of the disease. An expert explains how the bacteria that spurred the Black Death centuries ago continues to claim lives
www.scientificamerican.com
July 15, 2025 at 5:07 PM
For infectious disease experts (& those who follow them), the Arizona plague death seems to have gotten notice in nearly every news outlet around the world by now. Most of it is repetitive & uninformative. This interview w/ plague expert David Wagner is not www.scientificamerican.com/article/pneu...
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“Scientific collaboration on health threats offers a new pathway for regional influence” Read Philippa Nicole Barr in The Interpreter.
https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/one-health-diplomacy-how-australia-can-lead-regional-disease-prevention
https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/one-health-diplomacy-how-australia-can-lead-regional-disease-prevention
One Health diplomacy: How Australia can lead regional disease prevention
Scientific collaboration on health threats offers a new pathway for regional influence.
www.lowyinstitute.org
July 14, 2025 at 5:07 PM
“Scientific collaboration on health threats offers a new pathway for regional influence” Read Philippa Nicole Barr in The Interpreter.
https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/one-health-diplomacy-how-australia-can-lead-regional-disease-prevention
https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/one-health-diplomacy-how-australia-can-lead-regional-disease-prevention
My particular niche of the merch stand at the @anzshm.bsky.social 2025 biennial conference. Running all week at the Sydney University New Law Building Annex - come say hi 👋
July 9, 2025 at 4:11 AM
My particular niche of the merch stand at the @anzshm.bsky.social 2025 biennial conference. Running all week at the Sydney University New Law Building Annex - come say hi 👋
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As discussions restart this week at the World Health Organization in Geneva on the #PandemicAgreement, we reflect on the process to date in a new analysis, "The Pandemic Treaty - a forensic review of process and pitfalls," just published in the journal Global Public Health.
bit.ly/accordprocess
bit.ly/accordprocess
The pandemic treaty: A forensic review of process and pitfalls
This article examines efforts to develop a pandemic treaty through World Health Organization member state agreement from 2021 to 2025, focusing on challenges during the process. The COVID-19 pandem...
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July 7, 2025 at 10:31 PM
As discussions restart this week at the World Health Organization in Geneva on the #PandemicAgreement, we reflect on the process to date in a new analysis, "The Pandemic Treaty - a forensic review of process and pitfalls," just published in the journal Global Public Health.
bit.ly/accordprocess
bit.ly/accordprocess
Pleased with this generous review of my book by Heather Battles @anthroetc.bsky.social in Medical History: "Barr’s historical work can thus contribute to wider inter-and trans-disciplinary conversations about the design and implementation of public health responses" www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Philippa Nicole Barr, Uncertainty and Emotion in the 1900 Sydney Plague (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2024), pp. 71, £17.00, paperback, ISBN: 9781108821063. | Medical History | Cambridge Cor...
Philippa Nicole Barr, Uncertainty and Emotion in the 1900 Sydney Plague (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2024), pp. 71, £17.00, paperback, ISBN: 9781108821063. - Volume 69 Issue 2
www.cambridge.org
July 9, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Pleased with this generous review of my book by Heather Battles @anthroetc.bsky.social in Medical History: "Barr’s historical work can thus contribute to wider inter-and trans-disciplinary conversations about the design and implementation of public health responses" www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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Sumera is such a wonderful composer. I was listening to the Paavo Järvi recording of his first three symphonies today and it's incredible stuff, especially the second.
May 28, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Sumera is such a wonderful composer. I was listening to the Paavo Järvi recording of his first three symphonies today and it's incredible stuff, especially the second.
Sumera Is extraordinary, simple yet beautiful, I can't turn it off
This afternoon's listening: two #NewReleases featuring singularly undramatic symphonies. Koechlin's is pleasant and sonorous, but nothing really happens and after 5 minutes I couldn't stop my mind wandering. Sumera's are hauntingly atmospheric, and I loved every hypnotic minute.
May 28, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Sumera Is extraordinary, simple yet beautiful, I can't turn it off
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Emotions and Society has just published a review of my book 'Uncertainty and Emotion in the 1900 Sydney Plague' and recommends it for students from high school to postgrad. Read it here: bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/view/journal...
#EmoSoc @jonathangheaney.bsky.social @bupjournals.bsky.social
#EmoSoc @jonathangheaney.bsky.social @bupjournals.bsky.social
April 10, 2025 at 3:47 AM
Emotions and Society has just published a review of my book 'Uncertainty and Emotion in the 1900 Sydney Plague' and recommends it for students from high school to postgrad. Read it here: bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/view/journal...
#EmoSoc @jonathangheaney.bsky.social @bupjournals.bsky.social
#EmoSoc @jonathangheaney.bsky.social @bupjournals.bsky.social
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Charmaine Robson @charmr.bsky.social reviews 'Uncertainty and Emotion in the 1900 Sydney Plague', by Philippa Nicole Barr @philippabarr.bsky.social
@cambridgeup.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1080/1031...
@cambridgeup.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1080/1031...
April 8, 2025 at 10:33 AM
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Charmaine Robson @charmr.bsky.social reviews 'Uncertainty and Emotion in the 1900 Sydney Plague', by Philippa Nicole Barr @philippabarr.bsky.social
@cambridgeup.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1080/1031...
@cambridgeup.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1080/1031...
April 8, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Charmaine Robson @charmr.bsky.social reviews 'Uncertainty and Emotion in the 1900 Sydney Plague', by Philippa Nicole Barr @philippabarr.bsky.social
@cambridgeup.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1080/1031...
@cambridgeup.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1080/1031...
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ANZSHM's next conference will be held in Sydney, 8-12 July 2025, with the theme ‘Health History in the Making’ 🍎
CFPs are due 28 February & we have a range of bursaries for ECR colleagues!
Check out our conference website here: www.anzshm2025.com/call-for-pap...
CFPs are due 28 February & we have a range of bursaries for ECR colleagues!
Check out our conference website here: www.anzshm2025.com/call-for-pap...
Call for Papers | ANZSHM
www.anzshm2025.com
February 18, 2025 at 4:47 AM
ANZSHM's next conference will be held in Sydney, 8-12 July 2025, with the theme ‘Health History in the Making’ 🍎
CFPs are due 28 February & we have a range of bursaries for ECR colleagues!
Check out our conference website here: www.anzshm2025.com/call-for-pap...
CFPs are due 28 February & we have a range of bursaries for ECR colleagues!
Check out our conference website here: www.anzshm2025.com/call-for-pap...
The 1st review of my book in Spanish has been published. For Marco Agustoni, the book examines how the plasticity of emotions, particularly disgust, can be modified by changing medical knowledge dialnet.unirioja.es/servlet/arti... a través de @dialnet.bsky.social
Conocimiento médico, afectos y emociones. Un abordaje teórico sobre la transformación de la sensibilidad en contextos de incertidumbre
Autoría: Marco Agustoni.
Localización: Revista Latinoamericana de Estudios sobre Cuerpos, Emociones y Sociedad ( RELACES ). Nº. 46, 2024.
Artículo de Revista en Dialnet.
dialnet.unirioja.es
February 17, 2025 at 3:11 AM
The 1st review of my book in Spanish has been published. For Marco Agustoni, the book examines how the plasticity of emotions, particularly disgust, can be modified by changing medical knowledge dialnet.unirioja.es/servlet/arti... a través de @dialnet.bsky.social