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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History of Pre-Modern Medicine Seminar Series, 2014-15
The History of Pre-Modern Medicine seminar series returns this autumn. The 2014-15 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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A medical student meets the history of medicine
The Wellcome Library and the Society of Apothecaries jointly organise a mini-course introducing medical students to the History of Medicine through lectures and tours. Here offering her thoughts on the recent three-day course, is Vaish Dandavate, a first year medical… Continue reading
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Intimate Worlds: exhibiting erotica from Henry Wellcome’s collection
Sexual objects collected by Henry Wellcome are currently on display at the Royal Albert Memorial Museum in Exeter. The exhibition Intimate Worlds: exploring sexuality through the Sir Henry Wellcome collection opened at the beginning of April and runs for one… Continue reading
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Workshop: Digital Approaches to Premodern Medicine and Health
Following on from our announcement about digitising our pre-1500 Western Manuscripts, readers may be interested in our Digital Approaches to Premodern Medicine and Health workshop, which is taking place on Friday 23 May, 09.30-16.45 at the Wellcome Trust. The workshop… Continue reading
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‘Ethics and etiquette at the deathbed in early modern medicine: a second look’
The final seminar in the 2013-14 History of Pre-Modern Medicine academic seminar series, will take place on Tuesday 4th March. Details: Maria-Pia Donato (Università di Cagliari / I.H.M.C. Paris) Ethics and etiquette at the deathbed in early modern medicine: a… Continue reading
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Happy Valentine’s Day
It’s amazing what you can find in a history of medicine library: The Valentine’s Day card, probably from the 1920s, doesn’t hold back on the ‘hearts and flowers’ (and cherubs) when it’s opened: This and several other Valantine’s Day cards… Continue reading
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‘Trouble with the Classics: Education Reform and the Cultivation of a Premodern Medical Tradition in India’
The next seminar in the 2013-14 History of Pre-Modern Medicine academic seminar series, will take place on Tuesday 18th February. Details: Anthony Cerulli (Hobart and William Smith Colleges) Trouble with the Classics: Education Reform and the Cultivation of a Premodern Medical Tradition… Continue reading
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‘The transformation of medicine in early modern Britain’
The next seminar in the 2013-14 History of Pre-Modern Medicine academic seminar series, will take place on Tuesday 4th February. Details: Patrick Wallis (LSE) The transformation of medicine in early modern Britain “In this paper, I discuss evidence for changes… Continue reading
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Daumier’s Flâneur: an appropriated man
The cover of the September 2013 Apollo magazine might have aroused a semi-conscious flicker of déjà vu in some visitors to the Wellcome Library. It reproduced a painting by the Scottish-born painter Peter Doig. The painting, called Metropolitain, is one… Continue reading
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History of pre-modern medicine seminar series, Spring 2014
The History of Pre-Modern Medicine seminar series returns this month. The 2013-14 series – organised by a group of historians of medicine based at London universities and hosted by the Wellcome Library – will conclude with four seminars. The series… Continue reading