Events and Visits
Find out about the talks, seminars and workshops that we’ve got coming up, and read about recent tours and courses at the Library. And we’ll share our accounts of the most interesting conferences and events we’ve been to.
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Finding lost science in early modern poetry
Workshop: Finding lost science in early modern poetry Wednesday 22 November 2017, Wellcome Library, Wellcome Collection Didactic poetry of the early modern period can reveal fascinating insights about what people of the time thought about science and how they expressed… Continue reading
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Leprosy and diet in medieval Normandy
The first seminar in the 2017–18 History of Pre-Modern Medicine seminar series takes place on Tuesday 10 October. Speaker: Dr Elma Brenner (Wellcome Collection), ‘Leprosy and diet in medieval Normandy’ Food and drink were key markers of status in medieval… Continue reading
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History of Pre-Modern Medicine seminar series, 2017–18
The History of Pre-Modern Medicine seminar series returns this autumn. The 2017–18 series – organised by a group of historians of medicine based at London universities and hosted by the Wellcome Library – will commence with four seminars in the… Continue reading
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Art in the asylum
What is the value of art created in the asylum, and who has the right to decide how it’s used? These are some of the questions raised by the Adamson Collection – 5,500 paintings, drawings and sculptures by people (mainly… Continue reading
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Greek manuscripts at the Wellcome Library: a symposium and concert
On Thursday 25 May 2017 the Wellcome Library will host a one-day symposium on its Greek manuscripts, aiming to explore hitherto unknown or very little studied medical texts. Topics will include the diagnosis and therapy of diseases, and the ownership… Continue reading
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The Vesalius Census: the reception history of the ‘Fabrica’ from 1543 to 2016
The next seminar in the 2016–17 History of Pre-Modern Medicine seminar series takes place on Tuesday 28 February. Speaker: Dr Dániel Margócsy (University of Cambridge) From its very beginnings, Andreas Vesalius’ ‘De humani corporis fabrica’ of 1543, this most fabulous of anatomy atlases,… Continue reading
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Early modern Ottoman spaces and sites of medical healing and learning
The next seminar in the 2016–17 History of Pre-Modern Medicine seminar series takes place on Tuesday 31 January. Speaker: Professor Miri Shefer-Mossensohn (Tel-Aviv University) Early modern Ottoman spaces and sites of medical healing and learning Abstract: This lecture analyses the sites and… Continue reading
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Improving Wikipedia: one reference at a time!
#1Lib1Ref is an annual global initiative organised by Wikipedia, which encourages library staff to make simple changes to articles to improve the accuracy of information available online. #1Lib1Ref also makes it easier for Wikipedia users to find out about the… Continue reading
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New digital and critical tools for the history of medicine and religion
The next seminar in the 2016–17 History of Pre-Modern Medicine seminar series takes place on Tuesday 17 January. Speaker: Dr Michael Stanley-Baker (Max Planck Institute, Berlin) New digital and critical tools for the history of medicine and religion Abstract: Historians of medicine in… Continue reading
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History of Pre-Modern Medicine seminar series, Spring 2017
The History of Pre-Modern Medicine seminar series returns this month. The 2016–17 series – organised by a group of historians of medicine based at London universities and hosted by the Wellcome Library – will conclude with three seminars. The series… Continue reading