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How far down does top-down go? Franz Boas between psychology and anthropology
How far down does top-down go? Franz Boas between psychology and anthropology
Noga Arikha (European University Institute) will give a talk in the framework of the lecture series on 'History of the Human Mind' hosted by the EUI History of Science and Medicine Working Group. How far down does top-down go? Franz Boas between psychology and anthropology. There is a rich and growing body of experimental research…
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The Meaning of Midlife
The Meaning of Midlife
Talk by Ben Hutchinson, part of the health humanities lecture series on ageing organised by KU Leuven. For all information, please visit this page.
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How to be suspicious of your own mind: From Bacon to Locke
How to be suspicious of your own mind: From Bacon to Locke
Guido Giglioni (Università di Macerata) will give a talk in the framework of the lecture series on ‘History of the Human Mind’ hosted by the EUI History of Science and Medicine Working Group. For more information and to receive the Zoom link, please email one of the organisers: timo.houtekamer@eui.eu, marie.vanhaaster@eui.eu, maxime.guttin@eui.eu.
Hidden Histories of HIV
Hidden Histories of HIV
Join two cultural historians, Dr Hannah Elizabeth and Dr Janet Weston, who will share their research recovering the hidden histories of people affected during the HIV/AIDS epidemic. Their work unearths the stories of those often missing from mainstream narratives about HIV in the UK and Europe, such as people living and working in prisons, drug…
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HHH spring meeting: Framing statistics?
HHH spring meeting: Framing statistics?
Medical history meets historical demography On the 10th of March, the History Health and Healing network will meet with historical demography! This meeting will take place at the Radboud University in Nijmegen, where professor dr. Jan Kok, professor in economic, social and demographic history, will give a word of welcome. The keynote will be given by…
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Exploring Donor Anonymity: An Interdisciplinary Conversation
Exploring Donor Anonymity: An Interdisciplinary Conversation
In the last decades, donor anonymity has gained critical attention in many European countries, including in Belgium. Partially in response to the activism of donor-conceived persons, a number of law proposals have been submitted since 2015 to partially or completely waive donor anonymity. Donor anonymity has also become a topic of debate in Belgian society…
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Nuclear Research in Medicine after the Second World War
We seek proposals for a conference on the history of nuclear research in medicine. The conference will be held at the Medical University of Vienna and the Austrian Academy of Sciences in Vienna from the 20th to 21st of March 2023. Deadline for submissions is the 15th of November 2022. Nuclear Research in Medicine after…
Population Politics in the Tropics: Demography, Health and Transimperialism in Colonial Angola
Population Politics in the Tropics: Demography, Health and Transimperialism in Colonial Angola
History of Medicine and Health Seminar organised under the auspices of the Groningen Centre for Health and Humanities and the Centre for Historical Studies Samuël Coghe (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin) Population Politics in the Tropics: Demography, Health and Transimperialism in Colonial Angola The seminar is hosted on ZOOM. For link email: james.kennaway@rug.nl Find the full programme…
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Compassion and care: Emotions and experience in the care of children through history
The care system in the UK is under increasing pressure: systematic budget cuts, prolonged austerity, and sustained issues with staff recruitment, retention and burnout have all contributed to the crumbling of the nation’s care agencies. Independent care reviews across the UK have highlighted the need to reform and ‘reset’ the system of children’s social care,…
Dignity in Later Life
Dignity in Later Life
Talk by Nancy Jecker, part of the health humanities lecture series on ageing organised by KU Leuven. For all information, please visit this page.
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Hoe redden we de jeugdzorg?
Hoe redden we de jeugdzorg?
De Nederlandse jeugdzorg staat onder grote druk. Te weinig personeel, te veel bureaucratie en eindeloze wachtlijsten maken dat kinderen en jongeren in psychische nood of onveilige situaties niet de hulp krijgen die ze verdienen. Hoe maken we de jeugdzorg toekomstbestendig? Met o.a. jeugdpsychiater prof. Floortje Scheepers (UMC Utrecht) en jurist dr. Joost Huijer (UU). Visit…
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Mary Seacole as Doctress, Nurse and Healer
Mary Seacole as Doctress, Nurse and Healer
In the annual RCN History of Nursing Forum lecture, Helen Rappaport explores the making of Mary Seacole as a cultural icon, delving into her contributions to nursing and medicine alongside her holistic practice. Having been raised in Jamaica and worked in Panama, Mary Seacole came to England in the 1850s and volunteered to help out…
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“Minority science” in the short 20th century: Imagining science from the margins of academia
When the roars of World War I went silent, the process of redrawing social, cultural, and geographic borders began. Gradually, continental empires seemed a thing of the past, and the idea of the national state seemed to have prevailed – even if overseas empires still remained strong. Socialism became a legitimate approach in academia, with…
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British Society for the History of Pharmacy’s Annual Conference
Join us in Oxford for our annual conference, based just outside the city at the Holiday Inn. Full details and a booking form have been sent out to members with the January 2023 Gazette, or are available to download here. Our programme combines short talks, invited speakers, visits and social events, many linked to the conference theme…
Fifth Biennial Women’s Network Symposium. Access to Equality: Reproductive Justice in the United States
The origins of the American democratic project are rooted in a theory that juxtaposes freed men and enslaved people. The Enlightenment theorized the rights of free men and their access to what was conceived of as natural rights, and the Declaration of Independence refers to these as inalienable rights. We know that these rights were…