Posts Tagged ‘medical history’
Seminar programme of PULSE network for the medical & health humanities
Seminar Programme 1st Semester 2023/2024 In collaboration with Amsterdam School of Historical Studies 28 September DISABILITY Co-hosted with Critical Health Humanities, Universiteit van AmsterdamChaired by Leni Van Goidsenhoven (Universiteit van…
Read MoreCatharina Th. Bakker receives the Lindeboom Prize for her book “De lijfarts van de koning”
During Frank Huisman’s farewell symposium on September 8, 2023, the medical historian and HHH member Catharina Th. Bakker received the eighth Gerrit Arie Lindeboom Prize from the chairman of the…
Read MoreReminder of 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 MoreThe National Health Service ad the legacies of empire
This two-day international symposium marks the 75th anniversary of the British National Health Service (NHS) by focusing on a neglected theme in the organisation’s history, culture and current medical practices.…
Read MoreExploring Medieval Health Crises: Authority, Practice, & Knowledge (session at IMC Leeds 2024)
From epidemics and famine to barber surgeons and midwives, healing during the Middle Ages represented the ultimate response to social and personal crises. While the medieval medical experience was often…
Read MoreBSHM Congress 2023
The President and Officers of the British Society for the History of Medicine look forward to welcoming you to the 2023 BSHM Congress at Cardiff University. Participation is open to…
Read MoreTransatlantic Perspectives on Sport & Physical Culture in Germany and the USA during the 20th Century
Over the course of the 20th century, sport and physical culture had immense repercussions for German American relations and how German people perceived Americans, and vice versa. In both nations,…
Read MoreGlobalizing Schizophrenia: The History and Legacy of the WHO Studies of Schizophrenia
Convener: Alfred Freeborn, Max Planck Institute for the History of Science The World Health Organization studies of schizophrenia were unique in their international, temporal and technical scale. Beginning with the…
Read MoreThe Right Man in the Right Place Education, Pre-Eugenics, and the Brain in Huarte’s “Examen de Ingenios”
How did Galenism influence education, politics, and professional selection up to the late 17th century? A relevant and clear-cut source is Juan Huarte’s Examen de Ingenios, published in 1575 and…
Read MoreHHH column: Accepting the spatial potential of a problematic past by Eline Van Leeuwen
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…
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