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“Suicide and its prevention” conference, an impression
Cecile aan de Stegge and Manon Parry On May 19-21, 2022, the conference “Suicide and its Prevention: Contemporary and Historical Perspectives in Nursing, 1890-2020” took place at the Rijksmuseum Boerhaave…
Read MoreHHH column: Just a scratch by James Kennaway
The HHH column is a monthly blog in which History, Health & Healing members share their thoughts: on research, current affairs, and anything to do with medical history. Each edition…
Read MoreJune 22: PhD defense Jon Verriet Radboud University
On Wednesday 22 June at 10:30h, Jon Verriet defends his dissertation Representing the healthy lifestyle, Contested ideas about nutrition and physical exercise in the Netherlands, 1940-2020. The ceremony will take place…
Read MoreOpen now: HHH expo “The history of medicine in seven objects”
Open now on the HHH website: the expo “The history of medicine in seven objects”! This online exhibition was curated by research master students and PhD candidates who participated in…
Read MoreVENI grant for Noortje Jacobs
We can donate our organs, blood, bones, urine, milk and sperm – the possibilities seem endless in medicine today. Which moral boundaries do we use when thinking about this? And…
Read MoreHHH column: Knowbody knows by Maaike Hommes
The HHH column is a monthly blog in which History, Health & Healing members share their thoughts: on research, current affairs, and anything to do with medical history. Each edition…
Read MoreUtrecht University launches first interdisciplinary medical humanities master
In September, 2022, UMC Utrecht and Utrecht University start a new interdisciplinary Medical Humanities master programme. Developed by the faculties of medicine (UMC Utrecht) and humanities (Utrecht University), it is…
Read MoreA pioneer in the history of psychiatry: Joost Vijselaar retired
This spring, Joost Vijselaar retires from the chair of professor of the history of psychiatry at Utrecht University. To honour Joost, his great achievements in the field, and his justified…
Read MoreA biography of the sperm bank by Tinne Claes
In her new book Zaad zonder naam, Een biografie van de spermabank (‘Semen with no name, A biography of the sperm bank’), Tinne Claes tells the story of the Belgian…
Read MoreHHH column: A problematic legacy by Joost Vijselaar
The HHH column is a monthly blog in which History, Health & Healing members share their thoughts: on research, current affairs, and anything to do with medical history. Each edition…
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