Publications of the Project

Monograph: The French Invention of Menopause and the Medicalisation of Women’s Ageing: A HIstory (Oxford University Press, 2022). ISBN: 9780192842916. See the page on this here.

Monograph: The Gendering of Ageing in the Emergence of Biomedicine (currently contracted with Cambridge University Press, forthcoming 2024). See a short description of this book here.

Journal Part-Special Edition: ‘Gendered and Sexual Aging in the History and Culture of Medicine, in the Journal of Aging Studies. Co-edited with Professor Sarah Lamb (Brandeis University). See the papers in this here.

Journal Articles

‘Conceptual Layers in the Invention of Menopause in Nineteenth-Century France,’ French History 32 (2) May 2018, 226-248. DOI: 10.1093/fh/cry006.

Temporal Layering in the Long Conceptual History of Sexual Medicine: Reading Koselleck with Foucault,’ Journal of the Philosophy of History 15 (1), April 2021, 5-27.

Aphrodisiacs in the Global History of Medical Thought, co-authored with Rashmi Pithavadian, Journal of Global History 16 (1) March 2021: 24-43. DOI: 10.1017/S1740022820000108.

Conference Papers

Do Menopausal Women Need Estrogen Replacement to Avoid Osteoporosis? Journal of Evolution & Health 4 (1), December 2019, 1-10. Papers from the Ancestral Health Symposium, San Diego CA, USA 2019. DOI: 10.15310/J34145992.

The French Elaboration of Ideas about Menopause, Sexuality and Aging 1805-1920. French History & Civilization 8: Papers from the George Rudé Seminar (2019), 34-50.

Menopause from an Integrative Historical and Evolutionary Perspective. Journal of Evolution & Health 3 (1), February 2019, 1-10. Papers from the Ancestral Health Symposium, Boseman MT, USA 2018. DOI: 10.15310/2334-3591.1097.

Interviews, Blog posts, Videos etc.

‘Menopause was a French Invention at a Time of Revolution’, Psyche Magazine (Aeon Media Group Ltd),  July 30th 2024: https://psyche.co/ideas/menopause-was-a-french-invention-at-a-time-of-revolution

‘More Health Scare than Healthcare for Women, 360info, May 10th 2024. Doi: 10.54377/49fe-0cd9. https://360info.org/more-health-scare-than-healthcare-for-women/

‘A Long History of Aphrodisiacs, from Health Tonic to Sexual Aid,’ Psyche Magazine (Aeon Media Group Ltd), 19th May 2021: https://psyche.co/ideas/a-long-history-of-aphrodisiacs-from-health-tonic-to-sexual-aid

George Rude Seminar and French Historical Studies combined online conference July 2020: ‘French Doctors and the Intercultural Discovery of Women’s Longevity’:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SgWmuT1uRT4

Ancestral Health Symposium talk, San Diego July 18th 2019: ‘How Ancestral are Hormone Replacement Therapies?‘: https://youtu.be/dextYgwan18.

30/30 Health Podcast interview, August 28th 2018: http://www.3030strong.com/3030-health-podcast/menopause