Professor Christine Hallett has recently been appointed as Professor of Nursing History. She has written a number of books on the subject and her latest volume is due for publication in December, which will explore the story and life of Read more…
The call for abstracts for the 2019 UKAHN colloquium in Cirencester is now available: https://ukahn.org/wp/ukahn-colloquium-2019/
The 2019 joint meeting of the Canadian Society for the History of Medicine and the Canadian Association for the History of Nursing will take place June 1-3, 2019 at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, unceded xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) territory. In Read more…
University of Nottingham, Humanities Building, Friday 11 January 2019, 10.00 – 16.00. Keynote speaker: Professor Christine Hallett (University of Huddersfield) This one-day workshop seeks to bring together researchers with an interest in the history and representations of healthcare, medicine, nursing, Read more…
In June 2018, I had my first monograph published, Negotiating Nursing: British Army Sisters and Soldiers in the Second World War (Manchester University Press). Some of you will already have published your first book, but for those of you who Read more…
This large and imposing building, situated opposite the Art Gallery and the University of Salford, has housed the Working Class Movement Library, since 1987. The library contains material documenting the history of the political, industrial, social and cultural institutions of Read more…
The committee are pleased to announce that Dr Iain Hutchison of the University of Glasgow has won our 2018 prize with an essay entitled: Experience, memory, and Glasgow’s paediatric nurses, 1926-1948 This interesting and well-presented essay about the lives of Read more…
In November 2017 I travelled to Stuttgart at the invitation of the Robert Bosch Institute to take part in a workshop entitled: “Marketplace, Power, Prestige: The Healthcare Professions’ Struggle for Recognition”. The basis of the workshop was interprofessional working and Read more…
‘No Man’s Land’ is a touring exhibition of women’s photography and the First World War. The photographs include perspectives from women who were ambulance drivers, nurses, official photographers, as well as more contemporary artists. This exhibition is relevant to people Read more…
In the Spring of 1917, a young staff nurse called Nellie Spindler paid a visit to one of the grandest of Europe’s gothic monuments: the medieval cathedral at Amiens. One of the youngest members of the Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Read more…