Alison Pugh, Longing and Belonging

Alison Cawsey

Alison Cawsey passed away in June 2009. She was a remarkable person and her death is a profound professional and personal loss. Born in 1963, Alison grew up in the south of England and, from 1981 to 1984, studied Natural Sciences at Jesus College Cambridge. During this period she met her life partner Richard. Alison always excelled academically but not always in the sporting arena; however, at ...

Longing for the Longue Durée.

The authors of The History Manifesto respond to the Viewpoint commentary and extend the dialogue between the book's arguments and the recent historiography of science, technology, and medicine.

Baby longing and men’s reproductive motivation

Childbearing in low-fertility societies sometimes results from a strong desire to have a(nother) child. Since women tend to dominate discussions on ‘baby longing’ or ‘baby fever’, it is not clear whether men also feel the powerful urge to have a child. Moreover, the demographic importance of baby longing has yet to be assessed. Using cross-sectional surveys from contemporary Finland and focusin...

Wccmt Case Study – Alison Ritchie

John Wynne Pugh: a medical saga.

John Pugh died on 21 June 1976, 40 years, all but one month, after developing Addison's disease. Save for the first three years of this period, he lived a full life both socially and professionally. He developed his illness at a time when the treatment of this disease was in the research stage, so his history is something of a medical saga which his family feel should be put on record if only, ...