Posts by Chiara Lacroix
Seminar series on medical and philosophical physiologies
The Initiatives Sciences de l’Antiquité at Sorbonne University will host four talks on physiology in the ancient world. The programme is as follows: The Hippocratic Background to Aristotle’s Gynaecology (Hybrid session) …
Read MoreJob vacancy: PhD position in history and philosophy of the life sciences
The Freudenthal Institute and Descartes Centre at Utrecht University are looking for a PhD candidate to join the research group “Microbiome research and race in the ‘Local South’”, which investigates…
Read More“The past belongs to everyone”: Meeting on accessibility in the public history sector
In this meeting on November 3, people with disabilities, public history professionals, students and history teachers share their knowledge about physical accessibility in the public history sector. Friday November 3…
Read MoreRobert Vonk appointed professor of the history of social welfare at Utrecht University
As of October 1, 2023, Robert Vonk has been appointed professor of the History of Social Welfare at Utrecht University. The chair focuses on the development of social welfare in…
Read MoreWelcome to new HHH board member Manon Parry
Dr Manon Parry, Professor of Medical and Nursing History at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, has just joined the HHH board after Prof. Frank Huisman retired this September. In the text below,…
Read MoreHHH column: The introduction of smallpox vaccination into Jewish communities in the Netherlands by Daniella Zaidman-Mauer
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 MoreCall for contributions for chapters on the history of alternative medicine
The Cahiers Geschiedenis van de Geneeskunde en Gezondheidzorg (Cahiers History of Medicine and Healthcare) are looking for contributions for their new book on the theme of alternative medicine. The Cahiers…
Read MoreJob vacancy: PhD position on social inequalities in the Dutch health transition
The Radboud Institute for Culture and History is looking for a PhD candidate in the field of Economic, Social and Demographic History to study what caused health inequalities in the…
Read MoreHHH autumn meeting 2023: Farewell symposium for Prof. Frank Huisman
This year, our September meeting coincided with the address by Prof. Frank Huisman, chair of the HHH board and professor in the history of medicine at UMC Utrecht, in occasion…
Read MoreSymposium for the 30 years of the Florence Nightingale Institute
The online museum for nursing and care FNI (Florence Nightingale Institute) is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year. To celebrate this happy occasion, V&VN is organizing a symposium on October…
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