UKAHN 25th Annual Colloquium: Greenwich University June 2024 By Dr Janet Hargreaves On this 25th year of the UKAHN Colloquium we were lucky to be hosted by the University of Greenwich in the historical Royal Navy College at Greenwich. The Read more…
Book Review The Midnight Man by Julie Anderson, published by Hobeck Books Limited, 2024 By Amanda Gwinnup The Midnight Man is set in Clapham, London, centered around the South London Hospital for Women and Children (SLH). It takes place Read more…
The 9th November 2022 was a special day for the history of nursing and allied fields when three of Professor Christine Hallet’s students graduated. Dr Sarah Roger’s PhD is entitled ‘A Maker of Matrons’? A study of Eva Lückes’s Read more…
Thanks go to Dr Claire Chatterton for this fascinating and compelling blog: One hundred years ago this month, it was reported in the press that “a most remarkable situation has arisen” at a mental health institution near Nottingham, known variously Read more…
Her War by Amanda Lynn Gwinnup I am a PhD student in my final year at the University of Huddersfield, my thesis, provisionally titled Invisible Illnesses and Hidden Disabilities due to be submitted in 2022, focuses on the post-war experiences Read more…
This week we should all have been in Chichester at the annual UKAHN colloquium, but once again Covid spoiled our plans to meet in person. To ensure everyone receives their yearly dose of nursing history, on Tuesday 29 June the Read more…
It is very exciting to hear that the British Society for the History of Medicine Congress, aims to meet face to face, 15th -18th September in Sheffield this year. Call for abstracts is open until 31st May, and it would Read more…
Sarah Rogers PhD student, University of Huddersfield Recently I read this quote written by Eva Lückes, matron of The London Hospital, 1880-1919. It seems to me, as relevant today, as when she wrote it nearly 140 years ago: ‘The most Read more…
Dr Sue Hawkins, honorary researcher at Kingston University. What connects free school meals and pauper nurses? Both have been accused of promoting dependence on state aid. Last week, in the debate on provision of free school meals, one MP defended Read more…
Nursing history research is a vibrant and expanding discipline with an growing number of outlets for peer-reviewed publishing. Two of the main titles in Europe which focus on nursing history, The UKAHN Bulletin and The European Journal for Nursing History Read more…