History Prof @ Durham University | Historian of Britain and the Atlantic world | w/ special interests in the history of science, medicine and technology (including AI).https://bsky.app/profile/bookscribbler.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/bookscribbler.bsky.social/post/3mjezoethnk2tLooking forward to giving a talk this week on the media history of mental health. #hps #sts #history #hstm #childhood #mediahistory #britishhistory #mentalhealth #museums #manuscriptculture #printculture #psychiatry #psychology #imagination #emotion13 Apr 2026 14:00 +0000at://did:plc:vlcqdcpdy3x6nukcsfmiu7ox/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjezoethnk2thttps://bsky.app/profile/bookscribbler.bsky.social/post/3mj2yqr6hwc2dLooking forward to giving this paper virtually at the Bill Brock memorial conference being held in Oxford tomorrow. #HSTM #STS #blackstudies #HPS @africanarchives.bsky.social @bho.bsky.social @global-ih.bsky.social @eahmh.bsky.social @thevicsoc.bsky.social @euchems-histchem.bsky.social09 Apr 2026 14:17 +0000at://did:plc:vlcqdcpdy3x6nukcsfmiu7ox/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj2yqr6hwc2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/bookscribbler.bsky.social/post/3miwgez7ouk2t Gender, Science and Sociability in the Diary of Jane Ewbank of York (1778-1824) is published today with Boydell and Brewer! 35% off if you use the code BB135. Book link in comments ws.bsky.social @historyscience.bsky.social @womenshistnet.bsky.social @cecs-york.bsky.social @bshsnews.bsky.social07 Apr 2026 18:38 +0000at://did:plc:vlcqdcpdy3x6nukcsfmiu7ox/app.bsky.feed.post/3miwgez7ouk2thttps://bsky.app/profile/bookscribbler.bsky.social/post/3m6psirs42k22My JRCPE article about Dr Archibald Hewan and Glasgow's medical libraries is out! You can read it for FREE via the link. Hewan was the first black physician to serve as a missionary in Africa. #histstm #histsci #hps #BookHistory #churchhistory #AfricanHistory https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1478271525139729528 Nov 2025 21:14 +0000at://did:plc:vlcqdcpdy3x6nukcsfmiu7ox/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6psirs42k22https://bsky.app/profile/bookscribbler.bsky.social/post/3m5tfne7aus2xMy PhD student Lenka Schmalisch has completed her PhD! Congratulations Dr Schmalisch!17 Nov 2025 14:09 +0000at://did:plc:vlcqdcpdy3x6nukcsfmiu7ox/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5tfne7aus2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/bookscribbler.bsky.social/post/3lzyeqdwck22qWow! The first African American female doctor in Alabama! #sts #hps #blackhistory #histmed @womenshistnet.bsky.social @jwomenshistory.bsky.social #histsci [contains quote post or other embedded content]29 Sep 2025 15:56 +0000at://did:plc:vlcqdcpdy3x6nukcsfmiu7ox/app.bsky.feed.post/3lzyeqdwck22qhttps://bsky.app/profile/bookscribbler.bsky.social/post/3luslcsbq3224Thank you @sebfalk.com and @saraluckelman.bsky.social for mentioning my book! Really sorry to miss Seb's paper - which I'm sure was amazing! #BookHistory #EarlyModern #HistSTM #HPS #STS [contains quote post or other embedded content]25 Jul 2025 17:31 +0000at://did:plc:vlcqdcpdy3x6nukcsfmiu7ox/app.bsky.feed.post/3luslcsbq3224https://bsky.app/profile/bookscribbler.bsky.social/post/3lsdhax24bk2lWhen it comes to cognitive abilities, ChatGPT is the Emperor‘s new clothes for university students. I do not understand why universities are not taking more active action to collectively counter the problem. #education #sts #hps #media #ai #data #humanities https://theconversation.com/mit-researchers-say-using-chatgpt-can-rot-your-brain-the-truth-is-a-little-more-complicated-25945024 Jun 2025 06:18 +0000at://did:plc:vlcqdcpdy3x6nukcsfmiu7ox/app.bsky.feed.post/3lsdhax24bk2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/bookscribbler.bsky.social/post/3lsbezaizi22rFor all the naysayers who predicted the digital death of annotation... #bookhistory #manuscripts #marginalia #reading https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/jun/23/marginalia-mania-how-annotating-books-went-from-big-no-no-to-booktoks-next-trend23 Jun 2025 10:33 +0000at://did:plc:vlcqdcpdy3x6nukcsfmiu7ox/app.bsky.feed.post/3lsbezaizi22rhttps://bsky.app/profile/bookscribbler.bsky.social/post/3lo2n6imk3s25Good news! This week I was interviewed by @NewBooksNetwork about my recent book: https://newbooksnetwork.com/media-and-the-mind #EarlyModern #histsci #bookhistory #HistSTM #HSTM #arthistory #manuscripts30 Apr 2025 20:30 +0000at://did:plc:vlcqdcpdy3x6nukcsfmiu7ox/app.bsky.feed.post/3lo2n6imk3s25https://bsky.app/profile/bookscribbler.bsky.social/post/3lpo6ukhdns23Historians know that incorrect information becomes increasingly hard to fact check over time. We are sleep walking into an age of misinformation as we increasingly rely on AI to think for us. #histsci #hps #sts #bookhistory #data #history #journalism https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/20/chicago-sun-times-ai-summer-reading-list21 May 2025 08:32 +0000at://did:plc:vlcqdcpdy3x6nukcsfmiu7ox/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpo6ukhdns23https://bsky.app/profile/bookscribbler.bsky.social/post/3lova7uo2ek2xI'm currently researching the place of science in the early abolitionist movement's moral and legal arguments against enslavement. Today I came across this noteworthy observation: #histsci #histmed #hps #sts #philosophy #bioethics #blackhistory #publichealth11 May 2025 10:20 +0000at://did:plc:vlcqdcpdy3x6nukcsfmiu7ox/app.bsky.feed.post/3lova7uo2ek2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/bookscribbler.bsky.social/post/3loqg4v5knk2tManuscript submitted to the publisher for review! #histsci #histmed #sts #hps #gender #literature #manuscripts #diaries #bookhistory #britishhistory09 May 2025 12:22 +0000at://did:plc:vlcqdcpdy3x6nukcsfmiu7ox/app.bsky.feed.post/3loqg4v5knk2thttps://bsky.app/profile/bookscribbler.bsky.social/post/3loqaoidwg226Coming to a London conference near you .... #histsci #histmed #hps #sts #philosophy #bioethics #blackhistory #publichealth09 May 2025 10:45 +0000at://did:plc:vlcqdcpdy3x6nukcsfmiu7ox/app.bsky.feed.post/3loqaoidwg226