David Riches Medal awarded to Viktoriia Grivina
Ladislav Holy Memorial Trust awards Viktoriia Grivina for thesis chapter.
Department news
Poison-Healing Boundaries in East Asia
Christos Lynteris is convening a symposium on toxicity, plant animacy and blurred categories in East Asia at Pembroke College on November 19th 2026.
Special Issue: Invasive Species, Global Health, and Colonial Legacies
Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences special issue edited by Jules Skotnes-Brown and Christos Lynteris
Ladislav Holy Memorial Trust Postgraduate Workshop Grant
This year's grant has been awarded to Yichi Zhang, Evgeniya Pakhomova and Nathan McAllister for the workshop titled "Intense Episodes: Feeling, Temporality, and Representation."
Departmental Seminars 2025-6
The 2025-6 Departmental Seminar programme for Semester 1 has been announced.
Yichi Zhang wins Rose Sidgwick award
PhD Candidate Yichi Zhang has won the prestigious Rose Sidgwick award of the British Federation for Women Graduates in open competition.
Dr Jules Skotnes-Brown has been awarded the 2025 First Book Prize of the Royal Historical Society
Jules Skotnes-Brown’s Segregated Species: Pests, Knowledge, and Boundaries in South Africa, 1910-1948 has been awarded the Royal Historical Society’s First Book Prize.
Impact Innovation Grant Award for a Creative Toolkit for Coping with Climate Emotions
Dr Bridget Bradley has been awarded an Impact Innovation Grant for the amount of £12,417 for her project "A Creative Toolkit for Coping with Climate Emotions".
Double Teaching Award for Dr Bridget Bradley
The Department's teaching has been recognised in the recent 1416 Teaching Awards, with Dr Bridget Bradley winning two awards.
Zoonosis as a Historical and Anthropological Question Conference
The Global War Against the Rat will convene its final conference on June 16-17 2025.