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Pybus Podcast Collection (Lectures in the History of Medicine) Now Available

posted on March 4, 2025

Research Summary: Pybus Podcast Collection

Category: Educational Audio Archive – History of Medicine
Host Institution: Northern Centre for the History of Medicine, Newcastle University
Key Topics Covered: Colonial drug trade, embodied pain in religious conflict, postural history, household medical knowledge, hospital systems, and early modern psychiatry
Speaker Affiliations: University of Leicester, Newcastle University, Emory University, University of Cambridge, University of Huddersfield, Queen Mary University of London
Sponsorship: Supported by the Wellcome Trust
Availability: Regularly updated online with new audio recordings from the Pybus Seminar Series
Scholarly Focus: Interdisciplinary examination of medical history through diverse research perspectives spanning colonial medicine, social history, and cultural narratives of illness and treatment
Access Model: Public seminars with open podcast distribution

The Northern Centre for the History of Medicine at Newcastle is delighted to announce that the Pybus Podcast Collection is now available online. The collection is an archive of audio recordings taken from the Pybus Seminar Series, a programme of public seminars sponsored by the Northern Centre for the History of Medicine, Newcastle University and supported by the Wellcome Trust. The distinguished speakers represent a diverse range of Medical Historical research.

The Pybus Podcast Collection is regularly updated with new audio recordings. The podcasts currently available include:

The Drug Trade in Colonial India Dr Nandini Bhattacharya (University of Leicester)

The body in pain and tales of redemption and damnation during the wars of religion Dr Luc Racaut (Newcastle University)

“Stand Up Straight”: Posture and the Meanings Attributed to the Upright Body Prof Sander L. Gilman (Emory University)

Collecting Knowledge for the Family: Household Recipe Books in Early Modern England Dr Elaine Leong (University of Cambridge)

The Hospital Crisis in Post-war Britain and France: Leeds and Lille, 1918-28 Prof Barry Doyle (University of Huddersfield)

Madness and Passions in Early Modern Spain Dr Elena Carrera (Queen Mary, University of London)

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