History of Medicine and Health

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The History of Medicine and Health Working Group meets monthly to discuss a colleague’s work in progress or to discuss readings that are of particular interest to participants.

Meetings are usually held from 3:30 to 5:00 on first Fridays.

Scholars can participate online, or at the Consortium offices in Philadelphia, 431 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19106, or at the New York Academy of Medicine, 1216 Fifth Avenue (@ 103rd Street), New York, NY 10029.
 

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Participants will avoid any inappropriate actions or statements based on individual characteristics such as age, race, religion, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, nationality, political affiliation, ability status, educational background, or any other characteristic protected by law. Disruptive or harassing behavior of any kind will not be tolerated. Harassment includes but is not limited to inappropriate or intimidating behavior and language, unwelcome jokes or comments, unwanted touching or attention, offensive images, photography without permission, and stalking.

Participants may send reports or concerns about violations of this policy to conduct@chstm.org.

 

Upcoming Meetings

There are no currently scheduled upcoming events.

Past Meetings

  • March 4, 2022

    Patricio Simonetto, University College London, “The Body Where I Was Born In: Embodiment Repertoires During the Sex Change Transition.” Comment by Beans Velocci, University of Pennsylvania.
  • February 4, 2022

    Kirsten Moore-Sheeley, Cedars-Sinai, “Marketing Malaria Control: Nets, Neoliberalism, and a New Approach to Fighting Malaria.” Comment by Ted Brown, University of Rochester.
  • January 7, 2022

    Richard Tait, “Doctors in Society: 15th Century Italy" Thesis Chapter. Ann Carmichael of Indiana University will provide comment.
  • November 5, 2021

    *Please note special date and time.*
     
    Ashoka Vardhan, “Mining the Landscapes: Coal in Hyderabad State, c. 1871-1890.”
     
    Lorena Campuzano Duque, “Sick Mining Landscapes and the Quest of Healthy Miners, 1930-1958.”
     
    This is a joint meeting with the Energy History Working Group.
  • October 13, 2021

    *Please note special date and time.*
     
    Georges Farhat, "Louis Savot’s (ca. 1579-1640) Galenic Perspective on the Art of Building"
     
    This is a joint meeting with the History of Early Modern Science Working Group.
  • April 2, 2021

    Felix Rietmann, University of Fribourg, presents "Narrating Infant Experiences: Audiovisual Stories in the Clinic and around the Globe (1980s–1990s)" -- a chapter from his book manuscript. Comment by Debbie Weinstein, Brown University.
  • December 4, 2020

     
    *The passcode for the meeting is 269565*
     
     
    Errors, Ethics, and Professional Status from the Middle Ages to Modern
    Medicine
    AAHM Ann Arbor 2.0, 2020 Conference Panel 5

     

    Walton Schalick, III, University of Wisconsin, Madison
    “Errare humanum est:” Medical Errors in the Middle Ages

     

    Fedir Razumenko, University of Calgary
    Bridging Clinical Investigation with Ethical Regulation: Four Pioneering Gynecologic Cancer Trials in Canada, 1974-1984

     

    Andrew Hogan, Creighton University
    Defining a Home for Disability in Late-20th Century Pediatrics: Specialties and Status

     
     
  • November 6, 2020

    Kelly O’Donnell, NEH Postdoctoral Fellow, CHSTM, “‘Public Relations in Action’: Doctors’ Wives and the Fight Against Socialized Medicine, 1924–1965.” Commentary by Naomi Rogers, Yale University.
     
  • October 2, 2020

    Haejoo Kim, Syracuse University, "Medical Liberty in Nineteenth-Century Anti-Vaccination Rhetoric." Comment by Pamela K. Gilbert, University of Florida.

     
     
  • April 3, 2020

    Mary Fissell, Johns Hopkins University, will share drafts of the introduction and Chapter 2 of a book in progress about Aristotle’s Masterpiece, now tentatively titled Before Sex Ed.
    Lauren Kassell,  Professor of the History of Science and Medicine, University of Cambridge, will provide the comment.