General News & Related Articles
Elizabeth Hopkinson publishes article in anthropology magazine about her research
Elizabeth Hopkinson, from the 2023-24 cohort for the MPhil in Health, Medicine and Society, recently published an article on the anthropology magazine ‘Sapiens’ detailing a day researching her dissertation.
Hopkinson’s thesis, titled ‘Mornings at the lido: An ethnography of feeling good’, explored the physical and mental health benefits of cold-water swimming. She used Jesus Green Lido in Cambridge as her case study. The article details her interactions with people at the lido, and what she learnt from them.
Read Elizabeth Hopkinson’s blog.
Student Blog
From Wellness to Work Perks: How Reproductive Health Became a Market Strategy, By Paulina Pimentel-Mora
In this issue of the HMS blog, Paulina Pimentel-Mora explores how reproductive health is transformed when it’s filtered through consumer logic and technological systems.
John Kirkley shares his research, "Counting the Closet: Why LGBTQ+ Identities Disappear and How Defining LGBTQ+ Matters for Measurement."
February 2025
On the second issue of the HMS blog, and in honour of LGBTQ+ History Month, course reps Farradeh and Syd are absolutely delighted to platform the research of our wonderful classmate, John “Jay” Kirkley.
Jack Dixon: The Man Behind the Books
Student Reps, Syd and Farradeh interview our department librarian at the Whipple Library.