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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Resources from Digitisation Doctor workshop now available
A full report on the Digitisation Doctor workshop of April 15 is now available, along with many of the presentations given on the day. A brief summary of the day with links to presentations can be found below: Introduction –… Continue reading
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Pregnancy Testing on ‘Making History’
The latest episode of the Radio 4 series Making History (tx 16th April 2013), includes a segment on pregnancy testing in the 1950s and the surprising laboratory methods used in this process. The segment highlights the research of Jesse Olszynko-Gryn… Continue reading
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‘Hippocrates on the Tiber: Airs and Diseases in the Making of Baroque Rome’
The next seminar in the History of Pre-Modern Medicine academic seminar series, will take place on Tuesday 5th March. Details: Silvia de Renzi (Open University) ‘Hippocrates on the Tiber: Airs and Diseases in the Making of Baroque Rome’ Abstract: The revival of… Continue reading
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‘Making History’ in the Wellcome Library
The BBC Radio 4 series Making History investigates issues about the past, raised by questions from the programme’s listeners. This week’s episode (now available for listeners in the UK on the Radio 4 website) has a strong emphasis on the… Continue reading
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‘Gendering Childbirth in Antiquity and Early Modern Europe’
The next seminar in the History of Pre-Modern Medicine academic seminar series, will take place on Tuesday 19th February. Details: Helen King (Open University) ‘Agnodice’s First Patient: Gendering Childbirth in Antiquity and Early Modern Europe’ Abstract: In the history of medicine,… Continue reading
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‘Politeness and Pogonotomy: shaving and masculinity in Georgian Britain’
The next seminar in the History of Pre-Modern Medicine academic seminar series, will take place on Tuesday 5th February. Details: Alun Withey (University of Exeter) ‘Politeness and Pogonotomy: shaving and masculinity in Georgian Britain’ Abstract: By the mid eighteenth century,… Continue reading
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Digitisation Doctor: a free workshop at Wellcome Library
Wellcome Library are organising a free one-day workshop that will explore the practicalities of digitisation and facilitate conversation between those involved in digitisation projects. The workshop will take place on April 15, 10:00am-4:00pm at the Wellcome Trust Gibbs Building, 215… Continue reading
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‘Fertility Troubles and Domestic Medical Knowledge’
The next seminar in the History of Pre-Modern Medicine academic seminar series, will take place on Tuesday 22nd January. Details: Lisa Smith (University of Saskatchewan) Fertility Troubles and Domestic Medical Knowledge in Eighteenth Century England and France Abstract: The ability… Continue reading
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‘Plague and ‘Syphilis’ in Early Modern Europe: the Rise of Cultural Toxins’
The next seminar in the History of Pre-Modern Medicine academic seminar series, will take place on Tuesday 4th December. Details: Sam Cohn (University of Glasgow) Plague and ‘Syphilis’ in Early Modern Europe: the Rise of Cultural Toxins The seminar will… Continue reading
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Wellcome Collection Development: drop-in dates for your diaries
Thanks to everyone who has been in touch over the past fortnight with your thoughts on our redevelopment plans. We can now confirm the dates and times of our drop-in sessions being held here in the Wellcome Library. We’ve tried… Continue reading