Month: October 2022

CHSTM Research Seminar, University of Manchester: Inventing the Urban River: The Case of the Cooum in Madras City, 11th October, 5pm

October 6, 2022

‘Inventing the Urban River: The Case of the Cooum in Madras City’, Dr. Aditya Ramesh, Department of History, University of Manchester 11 October 2022, 5pmCHSTM Seminar Room: Simon 2.57 [maps and travel]Seminars will also be streamed. URL to be announced. Keep an eye on the seminar webpage for more details. Abstract: A common refrain in the … More CHSTM Research Seminar, University of Manchester: Inventing the Urban River: The Case of the Cooum in Madras City, 11th October, 5pm

CHSTM, University of Manchester: Lunchtime Seminar: A Duty to Care: The Emotional Experience of Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service Sisters during the Second World War, 11th October, 1pm

October 5, 2022

‘A Duty to Care: The Emotional Experience of Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service Sisters during the Second World War’, Katherine Roberts (University of Manchester, UK) Over the course of the Second World War, 12,000 nurses served with the Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service (QA). The majority of these women were civilian reservists with no … More CHSTM, University of Manchester: Lunchtime Seminar: A Duty to Care: The Emotional Experience of Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service Sisters during the Second World War, 11th October, 1pm

CHSTM, University of Manchester: Lunchtime Seminar: More than buildings for medical treatment – hospitals from 20th century in the city of Porto, Portugal, 4th October, 1pm

October 3, 2022

‘More than buildings for medical treatment – hospitals from the 20th century in the city of Porto, Portugal‘, Monique Palma (NOVA School of Science and Technology, CIUHCT, Portugal) This is a work in progress which one of the aims is to create a roadmap of medical spaces in Porto, Portugal. A roadmap is a tool to … More CHSTM, University of Manchester: Lunchtime Seminar: More than buildings for medical treatment – hospitals from 20th century in the city of Porto, Portugal, 4th October, 1pm

CHSTM Seminars, University of Manchester

October 3, 2022

The University of Manchester are very pleased to announce that CHSTM Research Seminars are back. They aim to produce a varied programme featuring invited speakers from institutions across Britain and the world, ranging from well-known senior figures to promising younger members of the profession. They are particularly keen to foster an interdisciplinary atmosphere; alongside all … More CHSTM Seminars, University of Manchester

Virtual #HSTM: Making Public History of Medicine in Northern Ireland, 4th October 1-2:30pm ET (6pm GMT)

October 3, 2022

Event Information Making Public History of Medicine in Northern Ireland October 4 at 1-2:30 PM ET Register in advance for this meeting: https://uni-regensburg.zoom.us/meeting/register/u5Arf-mrpzIuGdYNrEib8c–SWf2mIWOMXVY After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. Join us on October 4 at 1-2:30 PM ET, in our first collaboration with the History of Science, Technology … More Virtual #HSTM: Making Public History of Medicine in Northern Ireland, 4th October 1-2:30pm ET (6pm GMT)

Virtual #HSTM

October 3, 2022

In March 2020, Canadian PhD Student Sarah Qidwai recruited four of her social media contacts, also early career historians of science, to produce content at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Since conferences and on campus opportunities would be gone for the foreseeable future, as countries around the world went into lockdown, she visualized building … More Virtual #HSTM

CHOMI Seminar Series – “An Alternative to Antibiotics: Soviet Bacteriophage Therapy and its Role in Cold War Politics”, 20th October at 4pm

October 3, 2022

Please join us on October 20th at 4:00 pm for the next event in our Centre for the History of Medicine in Ireland (CHOMI) Autumn seminar series: “An Alternative to Antibiotics: Soviet Bacteriophage Therapy and its Role in Cold War Politics”  Miriam Lipton (Oregon State University) During WWII, the Allies had a secret weapon, one that … More CHOMI Seminar Series – “An Alternative to Antibiotics: Soviet Bacteriophage Therapy and its Role in Cold War Politics”, 20th October at 4pm