First Annual HHH Meeting & Lecture

As you all know, we recently announced a new direction for HHH: from now on, instead of our two separate spring and autumn meetings, we will come together once a year for one larger annual event. With this yearly festive lecture, we hope to strengthen the network function of HHH and create a moment where everyone can reconnect, share ideas, and celebrate our field in a more meaningful way.

This year’s programme is designed to highlight both conversation and inspiration. We will open with a roundtable on Lifelong Learning in the History of Medicine, bringing together different perspectives, open up discussions, reflections and brainstorms on the educational challenges within our field. After the break, Hieke Huistra will deliver the 2026 HHH Annual Lecture: ‘The living dead: Donated bodies in Dutch academic hospitals, 1970–2020’.

During this afternoon, the Gerrit Arie Lindeboom award by Stichting Historia Medicinae  will also be presented, celebrating research within our field. And of course, we will end the day with drinks at Grand Café Living, giving everyone the chance to catch up and continue the conversation.

We warmly invite everyone in the HHH network, and anyone interested in History, Health & Healing, to join us for an inspiring afternoon!

Date: 26 March 2026
Time: 15:00–18:00 + drinks afterwards
Location: Boothzaal, Utrecht University (This room is located in the University Library at the Utrecht Science Park (USP), Heidelberglaan 3, 3584 CS Utrecht)
Registration: historyhealthhealing@gmail.com (registering per part of the afternoon (round table/lecture) is also possible)

Programme
15.00-15.45 Round table Lifelong Learning in the History of Medicine
15.45-16.00 Coffee/tea break
16.00-17.00 Annual HHH Lecture by Hieke Huistra
17.00-17. 30 Gerrit Arie Lindeboom award (Stichting Historia Medcinae) & closing remarks by HHH board
17.45-19.15 Drinks @ Grand Café Living