Posts Tagged ‘health humanities’
HoMH Seminars RUG – prof. dr. Stefanie Gänger – ‘More people die of fevers, than of any other distemper’. On the Ascendancy of a Diagnosis, 1760–1830
This year, the theme for The History of Medicine and Health Seminars at Rijksuniversiteit Groningen is “diagnosis”. Wednesday 22 April, 16.00-17.00: Prof. dr. Stefanie Gänger (Heidelberg University) – ‘More people die…
Read MoreHoMH Seminars RUG – dr. Chris Millard – Harrowing, discomfiting, perilous, brutish and unpleasant: the visibility of diagnostic procedures in Munchausen Syndrome in 1950s England.
This year, the theme for The History of Medicine and Health Seminars at Rijksuniversiteit Groningen is “diagnosis”. Wednesday 25 March, 16.00-17.00: dr. Chris Millard (University of Sheffield) – Harrowing, discomfiting,…
Read MoreFirst Annual HHH Meeting & Lecture (26th of March) – Register now!
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…
Read MorePulse Network Medical & Health Humanities 2026 lectures
PULSE seminar series 2026 kicks off on 19 February 15:00-17:00 with a session on Museums and Health. Presentations by Visiting Fellow Anna Woodham (King’s College London) and University of Amsterdam’s…
Read MorePulse Seminar: Edward Fischer & Manon Parry – Cultural Contexts of Health & Long Covid
Pulse Seminar March 19th, 15:00-17:00 University of Amsterdam: Kloveniersburgwal 48, room e1.01e Edward fischer – Long Covid, Lived Experience, and the Limits of Medical Categories Long Covid resists biomedical approaches…
Read MoreHealth Humanities Lecture Series 2025-2026: Health and the Natural Environment (KU Leuven)
From March to May, the KU Leuven organises its annual Health Humanities Lecture Series. This year’s theme is Health and the Natural Environment. The six lectures explore the entangled relations between nature and health. Bringing together perspectives from medical history, psychology, disability studies, colonial studies, and environmental humanities,…
Read MoreMieneke te Hennepe appointed professor by special appointment of Medical History
Prof. Mieneke te Hennepe has been appointed professor by special appointment of Medical History. She focuses on the question of how medical heritage can be meaningful to students, patients, healthcare…
Read MoreOproep: student of vrijwilliger gezocht voor historisch archiefonderzoek ( Johannes Wier Stichting)
Oproep: student of vrijwilliger gezocht voor historisch archiefonderzoek Johannes Wier StichtingDe Johannes Wier Stichting (JWS) bevordert en beschermt het recht op gezondheid, met speciale aandacht voor mensen in kwetsbare posities…
Read More2025/2026 Roy Porter Student Essay Prize Competition
Deadline for entries is 1 February 2026. Rules and Entry Form The Society for the Social History of Medicine invites submissions to its 2025/6 Roy Porter Student Essay Prize Competition. You…
Read More8th International Conference on the History of Occupational and Environmental Health
8th International Conference on the History of Occupational and Environmental Health, 15-17 April 2026 @ KU Leuven Organised by: ICOH Scientific Committee on the History of the Prevention of Occupational…
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