Hi everyone! I'm Christopher Rose (call me Chris). I'm a social historian of medicine, and I specialize in the history of 19th and 20th century #Egypt. I normally tweet @khowaga. You may know me as one of the founding cohosts of @15MinuteHistory. (1/17)

I earned my Ph.D. from @UT_HistDept in 2019, but I've been working in public scholarship for much longer. For 18 years I worked with K-12 educators as part of the @UT_Hemispheres consortium. I'm also a past president of the Middle East Outreach Council ( @MEOCouncil). (2/17)

I've taught university courses @UTAustin as a grad student & as a postdoc with @UTIHS1, and for several semesters as contingent faculty @stedwardsu. As of the end of the fall 2020 semester, I'm now an "independent scholar" (and looking for a permanent position)! (3/17)

This week, I'll discuss why medical history ( #histmed) is important for social & political history. I'll also discuss some of my work on Egypt later in the week, specifically relating to the so-called "Spanish" flu of 1918-20 and the cholera outbreaks of the 1880s and 90s. (4/17)

So, let's jump right in, shall we? What *IS* the "social history of medicine"? (5/17)

The history of medicine, broadly defined, is the history of the practice of medicine--meaning historic understandings of the body and its functions, care, maintenance, and the ways that these changed over time. #histmed #Twittistorian (6/17)

A subfield within #histmed is concerned with disease--this is the one that I belong to. Disease is fascinating, both epidemiologically and socially, and there are a myriad of scholars working today on the topic. (I'll mention some of them later on). (7/17)