History of Medicine Seminars for 2009

December 16 (Wed) 2:00 - 3:30 p.m. -- Bldg 38A, NLM Visitor Center
Prof. Ellen K. Feder, The American University, Washington DC, "Naming the Problem: 'Intersexuality' vs. 'Disorders of Sexual Development'."
November 19 (Thur) 2:00 - 3:30 p.m. -- Bldg 38A, NLM Visitor Center
Prof. Andrea Tone, McGill University, "The Age of Anxiety: A History of America’s Turbulent Affair with Tranquilizers."
November 4 (Wed) 2:00 - 3:30 p.m. -- Bldg 38A, Lister Hill Auditorium
Professor Rashid Bashshur, University of Michigan
Professor Gary Shannon, University of Kentucky
"The History of Telemedicine."
September 9 (Wed) 2:00 - 3:30 p.m. -- Bldg 38A, Lister Hill Auditorium
Helen Horowitz, Smith College, "Underneath the Whirls: Rethinking Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Sex, Nervous Breakdown, and S. Weir Mitchell."
August 27 (Thur) 2:00 - 3:30 p.m. -- Bldg 38A, Lister Hill Visitor Center
Miriam Posner, Yale University, "Conventions of Display: Cultures of Exhibition in Twentieth-Century Medicine."
August 13 (Thur) 2:00 - 3:30 p.m. -- Bldg 38A, Lister Hill Visitor Center
Julia F. Irwin, Yale University, "Poster Children and the Construction of American International Identity."
August 6 (Thur) 2:00 - 3:30 p.m. -- Bldg 38A, Lister Hill Visitor Center
R. Allen Shotwell, Indiana University - Bloomington, "The Anatomist and the Book in the Early Sixteenth Century."
May 12 (Tue) 2:00 - 3:30 p.m. -- Bldg 38A, Lister Hill Visitor Center
Christian Warren, The New York Academy of Medicine & Brooklyn College, "Rickets: Hubris and Neglect in American Public Health."
April 15 (Wed) 2:00 - 3:30 p.m. -- Bldg 38A, Lister Hill Visitor Center
Catherine Kudlick, University of California - Davis, "Disability History and History of Medicine: Rival Siblings or Conjoined Twins?"
January 14 (Wed) 2:00 - 3:30 p.m. -- Bldg 38A, Lister Hill Auditorium
Gail Kern Paster, Folger Shakespeare Library, "The Humor of It: Bodies, Fluids, and the History of Medicine in Shakespeare."

Lecture Schedules for: 2012

Seminar Schedules for: 2011 2010 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997

NLM Special Programs for 2009

Black History Month Lecture
"Opening Doors: Celebrating the Journey and Achievements of African American Academic Surgeon"
Margaret A. Hutto, The Historical Society of Washington, D.C.
Jill L. Newmark, National Library of Medicine
Wednesday, February 11, 2009, 2:00 - 3:30 p.m
Lister Hill Auditorium, Building 38A
Women's History Month Lecture
"Student Bodies"
Heather Prescott, Central Connecticut State University
Tuesday, March 24, 2009, 2:00 - 3:30 p.m
Lister Hill Visitor Center, Building 38A
Gay, Bisexual, Lesbian and Transgender (GBLT) Awareness Month Lecture
"Derek Jarman's Six-Pronged Attack on AIDS"
William Pencak, Professor of History and Jewish Studies
The Pennsylvania State University
Tuesday, June 2, 2009, 2:00 - 3:30 p.m
Lister Hill Auditorium, Building 38A
Second Annual James Cassedy Memorial Lecture
"The Information RX"
Nancy Tomes, Professor
Stony Brook University
Tuesday, July 7, 2009, 2:00 - 3:30 p.m
Lister Hill Auditorium, Building 38A
Hispanic History Month Lecture
"Gender, the Maize God, and the Politics of Fertility: Mayan Ritual Bloodletting in Ancient Mesoamerica"
Gerardo Aldana, Professor
University of California at Santa Barbara
Wednesday, October 28, 2009, 2:00 - 3:30 p.m
Lister Hill Visitor Center, Building 38A