January 19-March 8, 2016, University of Cambridge
History of Medicine Seminars ~ Lent Term 2016
History of Modern Medicine and Biology Seminars
Organized by Nick Hopwood and Mary Brazelton
- 19 January
- Chris Manias (KCL)
- The lost beasts: international palaeontology and the evolution of the mammals, 1880-1950
- 9 February
- Tatjana Buklijas (Liggins Institute and Central European University)
- The maternal-fetal relationship since 1900
- 1 March
- Sally Sheard (Liverpool)
- Shortening hospital stays: clinico-economic dialogues in the twentieth century
Early Science and Medicine Seminars
Organized by Lauren Kassell, Valentina Pugliano and Gabriella Zuccolin
- 26 January
- Liana Saif (Oriental Institute, Oxford)
- Humours, spirits, and souls: Aetiology and therapeutics in medieval Islam
- *Please note early start: 4pm (tea from 3:30pm)*
- 16 February
- Emilie Savage-Smith (Oriental Institute, Oxford)
- A literary history of medicine: the world’s earliest history of medicine, composed in Syria by the physician and poet Ibn Abi Usaybiʿah (d. 1270)
- 8 March
- Gabriele Ferrario (Taylor-Schechter Genizah Unit, Cambridge)
- Graeco-Arabic science in medieval Jewish culture: evidence from the Cambridge Genizah collections
Generation to Reproduction Seminars
Organized by Lauren Kassell and Nick Hopwood
- 2 February
- Lisa Malich (Berlin)
- Of women and birds: the nesting instinct in pregnancy in the twentieth century
- 23 February
- TBC
Seminars are held in Seminar Room 1, Department of History and Philosophy of Science, Free School Lane, Cambridge CB2 3RH.
Tea and biscuits are available from 4:40pm; seminars run from 5:00 to 6:30pm.
All welcome!
Posted: January 14, 2016