Posts by Chiara Lacroix
Registration open for Gewina Woudschoten Conference 2024
On 21-22 June 2024, Gewina, the Belgian-Dutch Society for the History of Science and Universities, will hold its 10th Woudschoten Conference in Zeist. The theme of this year’s jubilee edition…
Read MoreHHH column: Abortion in 19th-century America through the eyes of Mary Gove Nichols by Nienke Groskamp
The HHH column is a monthly blog in which History, Health & Healing members share their thoughts on research, current affairs, or anything to do with medical history. Each edition…
Read MoreGewina spring meeting on bodily remains in museums
On April 26, Gewina will hold its Spring Meeting in Museum Vrolik in Amsterdam. The meeting (in Dutch) is titled “Human remains in museums”, and it will address the question:…
Read MoreRegister for HHH spring meeting on medical biography (March 8)
Medical biography: A contested genre? 8 March, Allard Pierson Museum, Amsterdam We are delighted to publish the programme of this spring’s HHH meeting. As always, participation in the meeting is…
Read MoreHHH vacancy: website and newsletter editor
HHH is looking for an enthusiastic editor for our website and newsletter. Are you working in medical history (for example as a PhD candidate) and would you like to get…
Read MoreCall for submissions: Antonie Luyendijk-Elshout Early Career Impact Award
Antonie Luyendijk-Elshout was the first female medical historian in the Netherlands. She wrote extensively and meticulously on the history of early modern history of medicine. Her work on early modern…
Read MoreHHH column: More than a royal vagina by Leonieke Vermeer
The HHH column is a monthly blog in which History, Health & Healing members share their thoughts on research, current affairs, or anything to do with medical history. Each edition…
Read MoreJob vacancy: Postdoc position on the 21st-century medical museum
Social Studies of Medicine Postdoctoral Fellowship: “The 21st-century Medical Museum” The Department of Social Studies of Medicine (SSoM) invites applications for a postdoctoral fellowship on the contemporary medical museum. This…
Read MoreERC project vacancy: Coping with decline: Comparative social-historical analysis of depopulation and community welfare in Europe, 1950-2022
HHH member Yuliya Hilevych has been awarded an ERC Starting Grant for a project examining welfare provision, especially around health and care, in depopulating European communities since the 1950s. The project members are looking…
Read MoreNew COST project: National, International and Transnational Histories of Healthcare, 1850-2000
The European Cooperation in Science and Technology has started a project aiming to bring together European researchers working on the modern history of healthcare. To find out more about the…
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