VENI 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…

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Victorian resurrections

On September 22-24, 2022, the University of Vienna organizes the conference “Victorian resurrection”. Death and resurrection as well as the fears, fantasies and fads that surround them, pervade Victorian literature…

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PhD defense Jon Verriet

On June 22, 2022, Jon Verriet will defend his dissertation Representing the healthy lifestyle: Contested ideas about nutrition and physical exercise in the Netherlands, 1940-2020 at Radboud University. Time: Wednesday…

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From automata to transhumans

The conference “From automata to transhumans, Debating human nature and its limitations 1600-2000” takes place in Pisa and online on April 21 and 22, 2022. An important part of the…

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