Christos Lynteris
@visualplague.bsky.social
Professor of Medical Anthropology (St Andrews) researching and writing on zoonoses, plague, epidemics, history of colonial medicine, animal studies, and visual culture
https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/social-anthropology/people/cl1
https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/social-anthropology/people/cl1
Pinned
So great to see my new book How Plague Got Rats:
Mastering a Zoonotic Pandemic, published OA @hopkinspress.bsky.social next May, has got a cover! www.press.jhu.edu/books/title/...
Mastering a Zoonotic Pandemic, published OA @hopkinspress.bsky.social next May, has got a cover! www.press.jhu.edu/books/title/...
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Laura und ich sind gerade beide unterwegs auf Recherchereise, aber bevor wir abgehauen sind haben wir noch eine Bonusfolge @pandemia.bsky.social für unsere Unterstützer veröffentlicht.
Es geht um Fotos der dritten Pestpandemie, um Masken, Murmeltierfelle und die Mandschurei.
🧪
Es geht um Fotos der dritten Pestpandemie, um Masken, Murmeltierfelle und die Mandschurei.
🧪
Pest (Bonus) | Forscher, Fotos, Fellhändler
Podcast Episode · Pandemia · 11/12/2025 · Subscribers Only · 40m
podcasts.apple.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Laura und ich sind gerade beide unterwegs auf Recherchereise, aber bevor wir abgehauen sind haben wir noch eine Bonusfolge @pandemia.bsky.social für unsere Unterstützer veröffentlicht.
Es geht um Fotos der dritten Pestpandemie, um Masken, Murmeltierfelle und die Mandschurei.
🧪
Es geht um Fotos der dritten Pestpandemie, um Masken, Murmeltierfelle und die Mandschurei.
🧪
"The UK’s response to Covid was “too little, too late”, a damning official report on the handling of the pandemic has concluded, saying the introduction of a lockdown even a week earlier than happened could have saved more than 20,000 lives" www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
‘Too little, too late’: damning report condemns UK’s Covid response
Report on handling of pandemic contains stinging criticism of ‘toxic and chaotic’ culture inside Boris Johnson’s No 10
www.theguardian.com
November 20, 2025 at 6:34 PM
"The UK’s response to Covid was “too little, too late”, a damning official report on the handling of the pandemic has concluded, saying the introduction of a lockdown even a week earlier than happened could have saved more than 20,000 lives" www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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Call for papers!
We invite proposals for a special issue addressing historical animal geographies, co-edited by Karen M. Morin & Alice J. Hovorka.
Abstract deadline 15 Jan
Accepted submission deadline 15 Jun
Details here: sciencedirect.com/special-issue/327592/historical-animal-geographies
We invite proposals for a special issue addressing historical animal geographies, co-edited by Karen M. Morin & Alice J. Hovorka.
Abstract deadline 15 Jan
Accepted submission deadline 15 Jun
Details here: sciencedirect.com/special-issue/327592/historical-animal-geographies
November 19, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Call for papers!
We invite proposals for a special issue addressing historical animal geographies, co-edited by Karen M. Morin & Alice J. Hovorka.
Abstract deadline 15 Jan
Accepted submission deadline 15 Jun
Details here: sciencedirect.com/special-issue/327592/historical-animal-geographies
We invite proposals for a special issue addressing historical animal geographies, co-edited by Karen M. Morin & Alice J. Hovorka.
Abstract deadline 15 Jan
Accepted submission deadline 15 Jun
Details here: sciencedirect.com/special-issue/327592/historical-animal-geographies
Tristes Tropiques, 70 years later @franceculture.fr www.radiofrance.fr/francecultur...
"Tristes Tropiques", retour sur un livre visionnaire
Il est des livres qui marquent une génération de lecteurs. "Tristes Tropiques" de Claude Lévi-Strauss, est de ce ceux-là. En 1977, plus de 20 ans après sa parution, trois collaborateurs poursuivent le...
www.radiofrance.fr
November 19, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Tristes Tropiques, 70 years later @franceculture.fr www.radiofrance.fr/francecultur...
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For those who couldn't attend last week, here is @s-pooley.bsky.social's excellent talk on their new book DISCOVERING THE OKAPI.
Out now with Johns Hopkins University Press! 📗🦒
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hx1Z...
Out now with Johns Hopkins University Press! 📗🦒
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hx1Z...
November 18, 2025 at 8:50 AM
For those who couldn't attend last week, here is @s-pooley.bsky.social's excellent talk on their new book DISCOVERING THE OKAPI.
Out now with Johns Hopkins University Press! 📗🦒
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hx1Z...
Out now with Johns Hopkins University Press! 📗🦒
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hx1Z...
Looking forward to convening this symposium on Poison-Healing Boundaries in East Asia @crasshlive.bsky.social this Wednesday, with Marta Hanson, Yan Liu, Elisabeth Hsu and Volker Scheid talking on plants & poisons in Chinese medicine (hybrid registration open) www.crassh.cam.ac.uk/events/47798/
Toxicity, plant animacy and blurred categories - CRASSH
Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities
www.crassh.cam.ac.uk
November 17, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Looking forward to convening this symposium on Poison-Healing Boundaries in East Asia @crasshlive.bsky.social this Wednesday, with Marta Hanson, Yan Liu, Elisabeth Hsu and Volker Scheid talking on plants & poisons in Chinese medicine (hybrid registration open) www.crassh.cam.ac.uk/events/47798/
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Excellent and important special issue of @biosocieties.bsky.social just out! Have a look:
"Reconceptualising Toxicity and Environmental Justice", guest edited by Raffaele Ippolito, Anna Lora‑Wainwright, Beth Greenhough & Maaret Jokela‑Pansini
link.springer.com/journal/4129...
"Reconceptualising Toxicity and Environmental Justice", guest edited by Raffaele Ippolito, Anna Lora‑Wainwright, Beth Greenhough & Maaret Jokela‑Pansini
link.springer.com/journal/4129...
BioSocieties
BioSocieties is a journal dedicated to research on the interrelationship between the life sciences and societyExplores how biotechnology, biomedicine, and ...
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November 17, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Excellent and important special issue of @biosocieties.bsky.social just out! Have a look:
"Reconceptualising Toxicity and Environmental Justice", guest edited by Raffaele Ippolito, Anna Lora‑Wainwright, Beth Greenhough & Maaret Jokela‑Pansini
link.springer.com/journal/4129...
"Reconceptualising Toxicity and Environmental Justice", guest edited by Raffaele Ippolito, Anna Lora‑Wainwright, Beth Greenhough & Maaret Jokela‑Pansini
link.springer.com/journal/4129...
Looking forward to presenting on "How plague got rats: transformations of a pandemic zoonosis" at the @oxford-anthro.bsky.social Medical Anthropology Seminar this Tuesday www.anthro.ox.ac.uk/event/how-pl...
How plague got rats: transformations of a pandemic zoonosis
www.anthro.ox.ac.uk
November 15, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Looking forward to presenting on "How plague got rats: transformations of a pandemic zoonosis" at the @oxford-anthro.bsky.social Medical Anthropology Seminar this Tuesday www.anthro.ox.ac.uk/event/how-pl...
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I am delighted that my report on Foucault's lecture course "The History of Truth" has been published in the current issue of Foucault Studies, together with an excellent contribution by @stuartelden.bsky.social.
doi.org/10.1353/fou....
(Here's the Link for Stuart's piece: doi.org/10.1353/fou....)
doi.org/10.1353/fou....
(Here's the Link for Stuart's piece: doi.org/10.1353/fou....)
November 14, 2025 at 1:26 PM
I am delighted that my report on Foucault's lecture course "The History of Truth" has been published in the current issue of Foucault Studies, together with an excellent contribution by @stuartelden.bsky.social.
doi.org/10.1353/fou....
(Here's the Link for Stuart's piece: doi.org/10.1353/fou....)
doi.org/10.1353/fou....
(Here's the Link for Stuart's piece: doi.org/10.1353/fou....)
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«Ils sont des milliers à cracher et tousser» : la grippe aviaire décime la population mondiale d’éléphants de mer
«Ils sont des milliers à cracher et tousser» : la grippe aviaire décime la population mondiale d’éléphants de mer
En Géorgie du Sud, les éléphants de mer sont confrontés à la propagation du virus qui entraîne avec lui des dizaines de milliers de phoques.
www.liberation.fr
November 14, 2025 at 10:42 PM
«Ils sont des milliers à cracher et tousser» : la grippe aviaire décime la population mondiale d’éléphants de mer
It was great talking with Laura Salm-Reifferscheidt & @kakape.bsky.social @pandemia.bsky.social on the emergence of epidemic photography, and on the impact of this on medical knowledge, colonial biopolitics & epidemic control podcasts.apple.com/at/podcast/p...
Pest (Bonus) | Forscher, Fotos, Fellhändler
Podcast-Folge · Pandemia · 12.11.2025 · Nur Abonnent:innen · 40 Min.
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November 15, 2025 at 10:44 AM
It was great talking with Laura Salm-Reifferscheidt & @kakape.bsky.social @pandemia.bsky.social on the emergence of epidemic photography, and on the impact of this on medical knowledge, colonial biopolitics & epidemic control podcasts.apple.com/at/podcast/p...
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Ne pas oublier Michèle Audin (1954-2025)
Michèle Audin, mathématicienne, historienne, autrice, membre de l'Oulipo, spécialiste de la Commune, femme engagée et passionnée, fille de Maurice Audin, nous a quittés ce matin. En hommage, Diacritik republie un article sur son superbe Oublier Clémence,…
Michèle Audin, mathématicienne, historienne, autrice, membre de l'Oulipo, spécialiste de la Commune, femme engagée et passionnée, fille de Maurice Audin, nous a quittés ce matin. En hommage, Diacritik republie un article sur son superbe Oublier Clémence,…
Ne pas oublier Michèle Audin (1954-2025)
Michèle Audin, mathématicienne, historienne, autrice, membre de l'Oulipo, spécialiste de la Commune, femme engagée et passionnée, fille de Maurice Audin, nous a quittés ce matin. En hommage, Diacritik republie un article sur son superbe Oublier Clémence, paru en 2018. Lire, relire Michèle Audin.
diacritik.com
November 14, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Ne pas oublier Michèle Audin (1954-2025)
Michèle Audin, mathématicienne, historienne, autrice, membre de l'Oulipo, spécialiste de la Commune, femme engagée et passionnée, fille de Maurice Audin, nous a quittés ce matin. En hommage, Diacritik republie un article sur son superbe Oublier Clémence,…
Michèle Audin, mathématicienne, historienne, autrice, membre de l'Oulipo, spécialiste de la Commune, femme engagée et passionnée, fille de Maurice Audin, nous a quittés ce matin. En hommage, Diacritik republie un article sur son superbe Oublier Clémence,…
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📕 Review / Compte rendu
Oliver Matuschek, Les #éléphants de Goethe, trad. par B. Cain-Hérudent, Macula, 2025.
par Jean-Luc Chappey (@ihmc.bsky.social ; @sorbonneparis1.bsky.social)
👉 dx.doi.org/10.1017/ahss...
Oliver Matuschek, Les #éléphants de Goethe, trad. par B. Cain-Hérudent, Macula, 2025.
par Jean-Luc Chappey (@ihmc.bsky.social ; @sorbonneparis1.bsky.social)
👉 dx.doi.org/10.1017/ahss...
November 14, 2025 at 1:47 PM
📕 Review / Compte rendu
Oliver Matuschek, Les #éléphants de Goethe, trad. par B. Cain-Hérudent, Macula, 2025.
par Jean-Luc Chappey (@ihmc.bsky.social ; @sorbonneparis1.bsky.social)
👉 dx.doi.org/10.1017/ahss...
Oliver Matuschek, Les #éléphants de Goethe, trad. par B. Cain-Hérudent, Macula, 2025.
par Jean-Luc Chappey (@ihmc.bsky.social ; @sorbonneparis1.bsky.social)
👉 dx.doi.org/10.1017/ahss...
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The deadly fever in Ethiopia has been identified as Marburg disease.
It’s the first time a Marburg outbreak has been identified in Ethiopia.
#IDsky 🧪
www.afro.who.int/countries/et...
It’s the first time a Marburg outbreak has been identified in Ethiopia.
#IDsky 🧪
www.afro.who.int/countries/et...
Ethiopia confirms first outbreak of Marburg virus disease
Ethiopia’s Ministry of Health has confirmed an outbreak of Marburg virus disease in the South Ethiopia Region, the first of its kind in the country, following laboratory testing of samples from a clus...
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November 14, 2025 at 8:07 PM
The deadly fever in Ethiopia has been identified as Marburg disease.
It’s the first time a Marburg outbreak has been identified in Ethiopia.
#IDsky 🧪
www.afro.who.int/countries/et...
It’s the first time a Marburg outbreak has been identified in Ethiopia.
#IDsky 🧪
www.afro.who.int/countries/et...
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Our lab's paper describing the North American H5N1 epizootic is out now in Nature! So thrilled to have this out, and congratulations to @lambod50.bsky.social for all the fantastic work on this: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Ecology and spread of the North American H5N1 epizootic - Nature
The panzootic of highly pathogenic H5N1 since 2021 was driven by around nine introductions into the Atlantic and Pacific flyways, followed by rapid dissemination through wild migratory birds, primaril...
www.nature.com
November 12, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Our lab's paper describing the North American H5N1 epizootic is out now in Nature! So thrilled to have this out, and congratulations to @lambod50.bsky.social for all the fantastic work on this: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
The complex multispecies consequences of epizootics: how the spread of African Swine Fever among wild boars in Siberia is affecting human-tiger relations in the region, with mutually lethal impact www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘The tigers are hungry’: endangered but deadly, the world’s largest big cat is sowing fear in Siberia’s villages
The spread of African swine flu among the wild boars the animals eat has led to the deadliest winter for attacks on people in the Russian region for decades – and a spike in tiger killings
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:52 PM
The complex multispecies consequences of epizootics: how the spread of African Swine Fever among wild boars in Siberia is affecting human-tiger relations in the region, with mutually lethal impact www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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The fourteenth International Conference of LECTIO will take place from 9 to 11 December. This year's theme is “Representing the Human and Animal Body”. The full programme and registration link are available on the website below.
LECTIO XIV International Conference 'Representing the Human and Animal Body'
www.kuleuven.be
November 14, 2025 at 11:28 AM
The fourteenth International Conference of LECTIO will take place from 9 to 11 December. This year's theme is “Representing the Human and Animal Body”. The full programme and registration link are available on the website below.
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Dans le Monde des Livres du jour j'ai eu la place de parler longuement du livre @clementfabre.bsky.social chez @cnrseditions.bsky.social sur les expériences occidentales de la Chine au XIXe siècle : un travail subtil et original qui renouvelle l'histoire des corps, des empires et des savoirs.
November 13, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Dans le Monde des Livres du jour j'ai eu la place de parler longuement du livre @clementfabre.bsky.social chez @cnrseditions.bsky.social sur les expériences occidentales de la Chine au XIXe siècle : un travail subtil et original qui renouvelle l'histoire des corps, des empires et des savoirs.
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Drawing on her experience at the 2024 #MedHums International Summer School, Charlotte Lock reflects on the role of interdisciplinarity in her research on approaches to knowing, visualising and experiencing the heart.
thepolyphony.org/2025/11/13/t...
thepolyphony.org/2025/11/13/t...
Getting to the Heart of Interdisciplinarity
Charlotte Lock reflects on the role of interdisciplinarity in her research on approaches to knowing, visualising and experiencing the heart. This article is part of a collection of posts from atten…
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November 13, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Drawing on her experience at the 2024 #MedHums International Summer School, Charlotte Lock reflects on the role of interdisciplinarity in her research on approaches to knowing, visualising and experiencing the heart.
thepolyphony.org/2025/11/13/t...
thepolyphony.org/2025/11/13/t...
The flu panzootic continues with devastating consequences: Fears for elephant seals as bird flu kills half of population in South Atlantic
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Fears for elephant seals as bird flu kills half of population in South Atlantic
Study estimates 53,000 females have died on South Georgia since 2023, with ‘dramatic impact’ on future of the species
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 7:54 AM
The flu panzootic continues with devastating consequences: Fears for elephant seals as bird flu kills half of population in South Atlantic
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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📣Our UofG Library Visiting Research Fellowships are now open for applications!
We’re delighted to invite scholars from across the globe to apply to work with our internationally significant collections.
Apply at: www.gla.ac.uk/myglasgow/li...
📆Closing date: 5 January 2026
#UofGLibraryFellows
We’re delighted to invite scholars from across the globe to apply to work with our internationally significant collections.
Apply at: www.gla.ac.uk/myglasgow/li...
📆Closing date: 5 January 2026
#UofGLibraryFellows
November 13, 2025 at 2:05 PM
📣Our UofG Library Visiting Research Fellowships are now open for applications!
We’re delighted to invite scholars from across the globe to apply to work with our internationally significant collections.
Apply at: www.gla.ac.uk/myglasgow/li...
📆Closing date: 5 January 2026
#UofGLibraryFellows
We’re delighted to invite scholars from across the globe to apply to work with our internationally significant collections.
Apply at: www.gla.ac.uk/myglasgow/li...
📆Closing date: 5 January 2026
#UofGLibraryFellows
Book Review: Harry Yi-Jui Wu’s ‘Mad by the Millions: Mental Disorders and the Early Years of the World Health Organization’ @ Somatosphere somatosphere.net/book-review-...
Book Review: Harry Yi-Jui Wu’s ‘Mad by the Millions: Mental Disorders and the Early Years of the World Health Organization’
The website of Somatosphere
somatosphere.net
November 13, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Book Review: Harry Yi-Jui Wu’s ‘Mad by the Millions: Mental Disorders and the Early Years of the World Health Organization’ @ Somatosphere somatosphere.net/book-review-...
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🚨#History #envhist Job Alert: My Department is hiring an Assistant Professor in Environmental History.
🗃️
Come work with us at Warwick. You'll get both excellent colleagues and great students!
See details below... And do not hesitate to spread the word...
👇👇👇
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPK289/a...
🗃️
Come work with us at Warwick. You'll get both excellent colleagues and great students!
See details below... And do not hesitate to spread the word...
👇👇👇
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPK289/a...
Assistant Professor in Environmental History (111009-1125) at University of Warwick
Explore an exciting academic career as a Assistant Professor in Environmental History (111009-1125). Don't miss out on other academic jobs. Click to apply and explore more opportunities.
www.jobs.ac.uk
November 12, 2025 at 12:15 PM
🚨#History #envhist Job Alert: My Department is hiring an Assistant Professor in Environmental History.
🗃️
Come work with us at Warwick. You'll get both excellent colleagues and great students!
See details below... And do not hesitate to spread the word...
👇👇👇
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPK289/a...
🗃️
Come work with us at Warwick. You'll get both excellent colleagues and great students!
See details below... And do not hesitate to spread the word...
👇👇👇
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPK289/a...
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Health and care workers worked tirelessly throughout the COVID-19 pandemic to care for their patients, yet many were not adequately protected.
Together with the @rcn.org.uk we are calling on the UK Government to take a first step in recognising Long COVID as an occupational disease.
Together with the @rcn.org.uk we are calling on the UK Government to take a first step in recognising Long COVID as an occupational disease.
November 12, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Health and care workers worked tirelessly throughout the COVID-19 pandemic to care for their patients, yet many were not adequately protected.
Together with the @rcn.org.uk we are calling on the UK Government to take a first step in recognising Long COVID as an occupational disease.
Together with the @rcn.org.uk we are calling on the UK Government to take a first step in recognising Long COVID as an occupational disease.
Very much looking forward to reading this new book by Robin Fleming!
The cover of my forthcoming book, out in February/March. #dogs #Roman-Britain #animalturm #archaeology
November 12, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Very much looking forward to reading this new book by Robin Fleming!