Posts Tagged ‘history of the body’
HHH column: Just a scratch by James Kennaway
The HHH column is a monthly blog in which History, Health & Healing members share their thoughts: on research, current affairs, and anything to do with medical history. Each edition…
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 MoreHHH column: Knowbody knows by Maaike Hommes
The HHH column is a monthly blog in which History, Health & Healing members share their thoughts: on research, current affairs, and anything to do with medical history. Each edition…
Read MoreVictorian 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…
Read MorePhD 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…
Read MorePush: Childbirth in global screen culture
Editors Amy C. Chambers, Xi W. Liu, and Kate Taylor-Jones are inviting proposals for contributions to the edited volume “Push, Childbirth in global screen culture”. The act of childbirth is…
Read MorePurity, pollution, purification and defilement
On June 28-30, 2022, the University of Haifa and Tel Aviv University are organising the conference “Purity, pollution, purification and defilement in the premodern Mediterranean”. Purity and purification were key…
Read MoreGlobal-historical and intersectional approaches to the emergence of reproductive rights after 1945
The conference “Whose choice, whose rights? Global-historical and intersectional approaches to the emergence of reproductive rights after 1945” takes place on June 9 and 10 in Glasgow and online. The…
Read MoreFrom 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…
Read MoreHistories of surgical training, skills and knowledge in early modern Europe
On September 23 and 24, 2022, the workshop “Learning to cut, bandage and cure. Histories of surgical training, skills and knowledge in early modern Europe” is held at the École…
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