Posts Tagged ‘medical history’
HHH column: Bridging the gap between histories of nursing and medicine by Hugo Schalkwijk
The HHH column is a monthly blog in which History, Health & Healing members share their thoughts on research, current affairs, or anything to do with medical history. Each edition…
Read MoreVacancy: two student board members for Gewina
Gewina, the Belgian-Dutch Society for the History of Science and University is looking for two student board members from the Netherlands and Belgium for two years. Deadline: July 1 About…
Read MoreInaugural lecture by Rina Knoeff: Old as Methuselah? Supercentenarians, Narrative Wisdom and the Importance of History for Health
On 30 June 2023 at 4.15 p.m., Dr H.G. (Rina) Knoeff, appointed Professor of Health and Humanities at the Faculty of Arts, will be holding her inaugural lecture entitled: Old as Methuselah?…
Read MoreInaugural lecture by Rina Knoeff on June 30: “Old as Methuselah?”
On 30 June 2023 at 4.15 p.m., Dr H.G. (Rina) Knoeff, appointed Professor of Health and Humanities at the Faculty of Arts, will be holding her inaugural lecture entitled: Old…
Read MoreNWO funding for Gemma Blok’s project “Tales from the Dutch Drug Closet”
Congratulations to HHH board member Gemma Blok, professor in the History of Mental Health and Culture at the Open University, for being awarded a NWO grant for her new project.…
Read MoreSave the date for HHH meeting on Sept. 8: Farewell address by Prof. Frank Huisman
This year, our September meeting will coincide with the farewell symposium organised by Prof. Frank Huisman, chair of the HHH board, in occasion of his retirement. You can find the…
Read MoreMedical Humanities and History: Future Directions?
University of Groningen 29-30 June 2023 House of connections, Groningen This international workshop, co-organized by the Groningen Centre for Health and Humanities and the Durham Institute for Medical Humanities will…
Read MoreGerrit Arie Lindeboom prize for medical history
The Gerrit Arie Lindeboom Prize 2023 The Gerrit Arie Lindeboom Prize is a biennial prize for a publication or a dissertation. In 2023, the prize will reward a publication. The…
Read MoreSummer school: Intensity and the Grades of Nature Heat, Colour, and Sound in the Ordering of Pre-Modern Cosmos: 1200-1600
Held in the stunning premises and terrace of the Domus Comeliana, this summer school will explore how heat, colour, and sound have been used, conceptualised and graded in the pre-modern…
Read MoreAn historical perspective of breast cancer in Mexico: information flows and the technological engagements of the post/genomic era
Descartes Centre Colloquium – Tuesday 9 May 2023 Speakers: Abril Saldaña-Tejeda (Associate Professor of Sociology at the Department of Philosophy, Universidad de Guanajuato, Mexico and Senior Fellow at the…
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