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“Science & Society”: History of Science, Medicine, & Technology Postgrad Conference (Oxford, 7 June 2013)
The Wellcome Unit for the History Medicine, University of Oxford is pleased to announce the History of Science, Medicine, and Technology Postgraduate Conference 2013 Science and Society will take place on 7 June 2013 at 10:00-17:00 At the History Faculty Lecture Theatre, George Street, … Continue reading
AHRC-funded PhD: “Making germs real” (London, in collaboration with Science Museum; September 2013-)
Fully-funded AHRC PhD studentship: “Making germs real: creating, performing and learning about a dangerous invisible thing in the public sphere, c.1860-1930” Applications are invited for an AHRC-funded PhD working on how germs were made real to different groups and individuals. … Continue reading
The future for biomedical collections: ethics, law and social connections in health-related research (Anniversary Event, 28 May 2013, Edinburgh)
The future for biomedical collections: ethics, law and social connections in health-related research JK Mason Institute for Medicine, Life Sciences and Law Anniversary Event 28th May 2013 4pm-5.30pm followed by a wine reception McEwan Hall Reception Room, Teviot Place, Edinburgh, … Continue reading
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Tagged biomedical collections, ethics, hi, history of medicine, law, medical humanities
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Case Studies of Medical Portraiture (Workshop, London, July 12, 2013)
Case Studies of Medical Portraiture concluding workshop July 12th 2013 King’s College London Strand Building, room S8.08 Programme 9:00 – Registration 9:30 – Panel 1 Keynote Address: Lucia Dacome (University of Toronto) – ‘The anatomy of the embroiderer: celebrity, domesticity … Continue reading
Medical Humanities: special section ed. Ludmilla Jordanova on “Portraits, patients & practitioners” (June 2013, vol 39(1))
In the June 2013 (vol 39(1) issue) of Medical Humanities, there is a special section, edited by Prof Ludmilla Jordanova (who will be joining Durham University on 1 September 2013), on “Portraits, patients and practitioners”. In her editorial that introduces … Continue reading
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Tagged art history, history of medicine, medical humanities, medical portraiture, medicine, patient, Portrait, portraiture
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Collaborating with Medical Communities: Personal Experiences of Digesting the Medical Past
Ian Miller, Irish Research Council Postdoctoral Fellow at the Centre for the History of Medicine in Ireland, University College Dublin, writes: As I stood at the back of the operating theatre dressed in a blue surgical gown watching a stomach … Continue reading
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Tagged digestion, history of medicine, medical humanities
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An invitation to collaborate: Playwright Paul Brooks’ new project on the Contagious Diseases Acts
The Play’s The Thing… Paul Brooks, writer, director and producer and founder of Public House Theatre Company, writes: Genuine conversations No.1: ‘What are you reading?’ ‘An article on syphilis in Victorian London.’ ‘Right… Pint?’ I’m quite lucky with my friends. … Continue reading
Mental Health and Dependency (Second Medical Humanities Research Network Scotland Symposium, Glasgow, 18 May)
The second MHRNS Symposium, themed on “Mental Health” and “Dependency” will take place on Saturday 18 May, 4 University Gardens, Glasgow. Guest speakers are: Dr Lucy Burke (Manchester Metropolitan University), “Care and Dependency: Keywords in Disability Culture or Why Language … Continue reading
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Tagged disability studies, geography, history of medicine, medical humanities, mental health, MHRNS
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New Interdisciplinary Series of History of Health & Medicine Seminars, King’s College London
King’s College London has inaugurated a new seminar series focusing on interdisciplinary investigations of the history of health and medicine. The first series focuses on “The Body”. Speakers in this first series comprise: 1 May Hilary Marland (Warwick): ‘Lay Down Rules and … Continue reading
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Tagged body, health, history of medicine, interdisciplinary, medical humanities
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Lynn Bothelo: Keeping Time at Bay: old age, medicine, and money in early modern England (IAS Public Lecture, Durham University, 1 May 2013)
Institute of Advanced Study ‘About Time’ Public Lecture Series Professor Lynn Bothelo, Indiana University of Pennsylvania ‘Keeping Time at Bay: old age, medicine, and money in early modern England’ 1 May 2013, 6.15 – 7.15pm Kingsley Barrett Room, Calman Learning … Continue reading
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Tagged early modern, history of medicine, IAS, medical humanities, time
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