History of Medicine Lecture Series
The HMED Lecture series is held each fall. The schedule from last year's series is posted below for your perusal. As for spring semester, you might be interested in the Sarah D. Wangensteen Memorial Lecture Series conducted by the Owen H. Wangensteen Historical Library of Biology and Medicine.
Fall 2004 Lecture Series
(Please note: unless indicated otherwise, each lecture will be held the Monday of its respective week at 12:20 - 1:10 p.m. in Room 555, Diehl Hall.)
Sept. 20
“Why We are Losing the War Against Malaria: A Historical Perspective”
(A Charles E. Culpeper Lecture)
Randall M. Packard, Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University
Oct. 4
“The Use of Alchemy to Establish the Limits of Science: From the Middle Ages to the President's Council on Bioethics”
(Co-sponsored by the Minnesota Center for the Philosophy of Science and the Program for the History of Science and Technology)
William Newman, Ph.D., Indiana University
Oct. 8*
“Eugenics and Its Opposition, 1910-1945: What Have We Learned?”
(Co-sponsored by the Minnesota Center for the Philosophy of Science and the Program for the History of Science and Technology)
Garland Allen, Washington University
*Friday, 3:35-4:30 , Room 131 Tate Laboratory of Physics
Oct. 18
“Physiology and Politics: Animal Welfare in Mid-Twentieth Century America ” (A Sally and Bruce Kantar Lecture)
(Co-sponsored by the Wangensteen Historical Library)
John Parascandola, United States Public Health Service
Oct. 25
“The Origins of Australia's Royal Flying Doctor Service”
C.C. Clawson, University of Minnesota
Nov. 10**
“The Secrets of Women: Anatomy and Dissection in Renaissance Italy ”
(Co-sponsored by the Theorizing Early Modern Studies Group)
Katherine Park, Harvard University
**Wednesday, 12:20-1:10 , Room 555 Diehl Hall
Nov. 22
“Vaccine Trials and the Construction of a Virus: Influenza 1936-1957”
John M. Eyler, University of Minnesota
For more information, please call 612-624-4416.