It's the big day! Welcome to #BSHSGlobalHist! We’re sharing #HistSci #HistTech & #HistMed research from around the world, from prosthetics to astrophotography, big history to small science, oral history to material culture... #HSTM #HistSTM #Twitterstorians #SciComm

All of our presenters will be on hand on their personal or institutional accounts to answer questions and talk more about their work - follow along and join the conversation with the conference hashtag #BSHSGlobalHist

We’ll be online for the next fourteen(!!!) hours - you can find the programme for the day in a Twitter thread here: https://twitter.com/BSHSOutreach/status/1216060569444323328 and on our website: https://www.bshs.org.uk/bshs-twitter-conference #BSHSGlobalHist

Some ‘housekeeping’ [1/3]:

Our website hosts our Social Media Guidelines ( http://www.bshs.org.uk/policy-social-media-guidelines) and Equality & Diversity Statement ( http://www.bshs.org.uk/policy-statement-on-equality-and-diversity)

We’ve tried to note any content of a sensitive nature - if you notice any problems, please DM us

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Housekeeping [2/3]:

All of our images and audio should come with a text description - again, if you notice any problems, please DM us

Our presenters take responsibility for permissions relating to all media appearing as part of their ‘papers’

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Housekeeping [3/3]

And of course, no one should stare at a screen for 14 hrs - we assure you our behind-the-scenes team are taking regular breaks! Our hope for today is for you to drop by when something interests you or you feel the need for a taste of #HSTM

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Up next is @rebecca_le_get with 'The use and re-use of medicalised landscapes: the retention of former tuberculosis #sanatoria sites in #Australia, and their utilisation for health in the present' #ReusingSanatoria #TBHistory #SEAustralia #HistMed #BSHSGlobalHist