Posts Tagged ‘material culture’
Narcotic City digital archive opened
On October 29, the opening of the digital Narcotic City Archive was celebrated in Amsterdam. The archive collects and preserves the heritage of substance use and many associated social, cultural,…
Read MoreExperiencing ear trumpets in the Enlightenment
In the Exploring Research series of the Wellcome Collection, HHH member Ruben Verwaal discusses the oldest acoustic hearing aids in the collection: ear trumpets. He will explain how ear trumpets…
Read MoreMedical Objects Symposium
The KU Leuven Interdisciplinary Platform for the Study of the Sciences (LIPPS) is organising an afternoon symposium on the subject of medical objects. Medical objects have different functions and generate…
Read MoreWanted: PhD candidate medical history Utrecht University
An interesting opportunity for an aspiring medical history PhD candidate has come up at the Freudenthal Institute (part of Utrecht University). The topic of research is the collection history of…
Read MoreRina Knoeff appointed full professor Health & Humanities
HHH board member Rina Knoeff has been appointed full professor of Health and Humanities at the University of Groningen. Hers is one of the new Aletta Jacobs chairs the university…
Read MoreHHH column: The importance of tracing objects by Mieneke te Hennepe
The HHH column is a blog in which History, Health & Healing members share their thoughts: on research, current affairs, and anything to do with medical history. Each author will…
Read MoreHHH workshop Jan 12: Patient’s files – how to move forward
Irene Geerts Patient’s files are a rich source for medical historians, but they also present us with a dilemma: does respecting privacy considerations mean refraining from using them for research…
Read MoreWellcome PhD seminar: Patient voice and lived experience
The Wellcome Collection is organising three online ‘Dissertation Inspiration’ sessions this month. These sessions are aimed at early career researchers including those studying or planning to study PhD’s. The sessions…
Read MoreWellcome PhD seminar: Interrogating colonial collections
The Wellcome Collection is organising three online ‘Dissertation Inspiration’ sessions this month. These sessions are aimed at early career researchers including those studying or planning to study PhD’s. The sessions…
Read MoreWellcome PhD seminar: Epidemics and infectuous disease
The Wellcome Collection is organising three online ‘Dissertation Inspiration’ sessions this month. These sessions are aimed at early career researchers including those studying or planning to study PhD’s. The sessions…
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