Helen King

Helen King

Contributor

Helen King is Professor of Classical Studies at The Open University, UK. After a BA in Ancient History and Social Anthropology at UCL, followed by a PhD on ancient Greek menstruation, she has worked in an interdisciplinary way on a range of topics around the histories of gender, gynecology, midwifery and puberty. She is a monthly contributor to www.wondersandmarvels.com and also writes for The Conversation UK, https://theconversation.com/profiles/helen-king-94923/articles

Health and Wellness

The History of a Wrist: When Historians Fall Over

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In mid-September, I fell over my back door step and landed on my wrist. The pain was so bad it made me vomit, and a lengthy trip to the local Minor Injuries Unit ensued. X-rays were done and a partial plaster cast applied, only to be removed 24 hours later at the Trauma Unit in… Read more →

History

Being the Same and Different

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This time last year, I’d just returned from three months at the University of Vienna being the Käthe Leichter visiting professor in Gender Studies and Women’s Studies. This position, much like Iris Andraschek’s installation Der Muse Reicht’s, which dominates the inner courtyard of the main campus there, indicates the strides that gender studies has made… Read more →