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News on the issue of patient files preservation
The KVAN (Koninklijke Vereniging Archiefsector Nederland, Royal Association of the Archive Sector in the Netherlands) and the KIA (Kennisnetwerk Informatie en Archief, Knowledge Network Information and Archive) have recently published a…
Read MoreWonderkamer issue on the history of the vulva makes the news
In the last newsletter, we pointed to the newly published issue of Wonderkamer, the magazine of the Gewina history of science society. “Het grote kutnummer” focuses on the history of…
Read MoreSept 16: HHH autumn meeting “Policing pandemics”. Register now!
The HHH autumn meeting is coming up! On 16 September, 2022, we hope to see you at the UMC Utrecht. In our autumn meeting, medical history always ‘meets’ another discipline.…
Read MoreMeet the new HHH web editor Chiara Lacroix
Farewell message from the current web editor, Irene Geerts About two years ago I was invited by the HHH board to join them and create a website for the network.…
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 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 MoreHHH receives generous gift from Cosmas and Damian foundation
Frank Huisman Last month, I was in for a pleasant surprise: I was called by Godelieve van Heteren, board member of the Cosmas and Damian Foundation in Nijmegen. The board…
Read MoreEen pionier in de geschiedenis van de psychiatrie: Joost Vijselaar met emeritaat
Dit voorjaar heeft Joost Vijselaar afscheid genomen als hoogleraar geschiedenis van de psychiatrie aan de Universiteit Utrecht. Ter ere van Joost, zijn grote verdiensten voor het veld en zijn terechte…
Read MoreHHH Patient’s files survey asks for your help
As part of the HHH project “Patient’s files and privacy in medical history”, Eileen van der Burgh is putting together an overview of research that uses patient’s files as historical…
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