- An exciting conclusion to my time as Research Fellow on the @mediaandepidemics.bsky.social project! Dr Melissa Dickson & I are co-writing a book ‘A British Literary Contagion: ‘Russian Flu’ and Popular Culture at the Fin de Siècle’ for the @manchesterup.bsky.social @sshmedicine.bsky.social series🦠
- Our book examines the cultural afterlives of the so-called “Russian Flu” of the 1890s across British and Anglo-Irish literature, popular media, and medical discourse 📚 📰 🩺 🤧
- By situating literary texts alongside periodical culture, medical journalism, and spiritualist media, we examine #epidemic media cultures, #influenza and 19C medicine, while highlighting contemporary debates in the #medicalhumanities #medhums #litsci #hstm #histmed #19C #pandemicpreparedness 🦠Jan 8, 2026 11:06
