CfP: Carceral Frontiers – Penal Histories of the Russian Far East and Beyond – Max Weber Netzwerk Osteuropa
International Workshop, 29-30 January 2026, Helsinki Organizers: Anna Mazanik (Max...| Max Weber Netzwerk Osteuropa
International Workshop, 29-30 January 2026, Helsinki Organizers: Anna Mazanik (Max...| Max Weber Netzwerk Osteuropa
The New Orleans Pharmacy Museum, established at Dufilho's pharmacy site, offers tours that highlight early pharmaceutical practices and their evolution. Engaging presentations foster understanding of historical treatments’ context and significance. Continue reading →| Books, Health and History
Henry Gray's "Anatomy, Descriptive and Surgical," published in 1858, evolved into the renowned "Gray's Anatomy." Gray's collaboration with Dr. Carter produced lasting impact despite his early death. Meanwhile, television series like "ER" and "Grey's Anatomy" shaped medical dramas, blending realism and fictional storytelling, captivating audiences for decades. Continue reading →| Books, Health and History
by Anthony Murisco, Public Engagement Librarian On February 8th, 2021, the city of Boston was celebrating in a big way. For Dr. Rebecca Lee Crumpler’s 190th birthday, the city had decided to declare the entire day in her honor. Despite … Continue reading →| Books, Health and History
Let’s explore some homemade gifts from the NYAM Library’s cookery collections, and look also at “the gift of life”: blood. Continue reading →| Books, Health and History
By Dr. Michael Robinson, National Army Museum Research Fellow, University of Birmingham (UK), and the Library’s 2024 Paul Klemperer Fellow in the History of Medicine I spent one month working in the New York Academy of Medicine’s magnificent library and … Continue reading →| Books, Health and History
by Anthony Murisco, Public Engagement Librarian This upcoming weekend marks New York City’s annual Pride Parade. The parade and the events surrounding it help make NYC’s celebration of pride t…| Books, Health and History
One of my responsibilities as a graduate student in the history of medicine is to serve as a teaching assistant to Johns Hopkins undergraduates who elect to take the department’s courses. Traditionally, the history of medicine survey course has mostly attracted premedical students who are looking to satisfy the school’s writing requirements with content that… Read More »The Case for Studying History As a Medical Student The post The Case for Studying History As a Medical Student first...| Biomedical Odyssey
If there is one thing that characterizes good history, it is transparency. Even if one objects to the intense focus on acknowledging diversity, equity, and inclusion over the past several years, erasing what you may not agree with is not the answer. The post Let’s Not Erase the History of Medical Ethics appeared first on The Hastings Center for Bioethics.| The Hastings Center for Bioethics
Tucked away on the first floor of The Johns Hopkins Hospital is a room that looks closer to a 19th-century parlor than anything having to do with clinical care. The room is covered with patterned sofas, lamps and reading nooks. Littered around are books covering everything from women’s history and leadership to guides on physical examination.| Biomedical Odyssey
Does it matter that some eminent scientists and intellectuals have firmly believed in ‘psychic’ phenomena? Or should we just accept vocally dismissive statements on these matters by scientifically distinguished disbelievers? This is one of several questions I touched upon in my latest article, which I was invited to contribute to a thematic issue of the ... Read more The post Censoring William James first appeared on Forbidden Histories.| Forbidden Histories
When Francis Bacon – a key figure of the Scientific Revolution in Britain – travelled France as an adolescent, he was puzzled by a number of strange experiences. As mentioned in my video on Bacon’s views on “natural magic”, one such experience involved his dream which seemed to predict the unexpected death of his father ... Read more The post Warts and All: Francis Bacon’s Account of a Cure by “Sympathetic Magic” first appeared on Forbidden Histories.| Forbidden Histories
The National Humanities Center is pleased to announce the appointment of 31 Fellows for the 2024–25 academic year.| nationalhumanitiescenter.org
Tuesday 18th June 2024, International Congress of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, Edinburgh. This is the third time, over the period of a decade that I have done a one-man, peaceful protest out…| Hole Ousia
16th June 2024 To: Dr Lade Smith, CBE, President of the Royal College of Psychiatrists Copied to: Dr Trudi Seneviratne, Registrar, Royal College of Psychiatrists, Professor Subodh Dave, Dean, Royal…| Hole Ousia
The processes designed to “soften” Upper Canada’s disease landscape—such as agriculture and settlement—were also tools of settler colonialism.| NiCHE
Note from Andrea: Check out this awesome resource guide we created in collaboration with Sean Carleton, Carolyn Podruchny, and Active History! By Sean Carleton, Andrea Eidinger, Carolyn Podruchny. We are living in unprecedented times, or so we are being told by many commentators, health experts, and politicians these days. Just last week, Dictionary.com| Unwritten Histories
As readers of this blog will surely know, the Wellcome Library and Wellcome Images hold one of the world’s great archives of historical medical and scientific images. Over the next few years …| Sick City Project
