By: Maggie Cogswell

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Jeremy Greene awarded the 2021 Nicholas Davies Memorial Award
October 20, 2020

Jeremy Greene awarded the 2021 Nicholas Davies Memorial Award by the American College of Physicians. Dr. Greene receives the award for…

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Antique book title page reading “Aristotle’s Master-Piece: Or, The Secrets of Generation displayed in all the parts thereof,” followed by a detailed contents list and printing information at the bottom.
Mary Fissell on the podcast of the Consortium for History of Science, Technology, and Medicine
October 15, 2020

Professor Mary Fissell discusses her research on Aristotle’s Masterpiece on the podcast of the Consortium of History of Science, Technology, and…

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New Faculty Search in History of Medicine
October 7, 2020

The Department of the History of Medicine of the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine invites applications for tenure-track faculty at…

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Protest poster reading “STOP FORCED STERILIZATION / ¡ALTO A ESTERILIZACIÓN FORZADA!” with illustrated figures and a raised fist in a bold black-and-orange woodcut style.
Ayah Nuriddin, Sasha White, and Graham Mooney publish article in the Lancet.
October 3, 2020

Ayah Nuriddin, Sasha White, and Graham Mooney examine the entangled histories of racism, violence, medicine, and public health, in “Reckoning with…

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Jeremy Greene interviewed in the Washington Post
October 1, 2020

Our own Jeremy Greene was interviewed for a Washington Post article addressing the President’s claims about insulin pricing in Tuesday night’s…

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Event poster in French: “Colloque Psy-ences: Outiller l’esprit,” held online via Zoom on Friday, September 25 from 9:45 a.m., free with mandatory registration at colloquepsyences.wordpress.com. Speakers: Sabine Arnaud (CNRS), Erika Dyck (University of Saskatchewan), Jeremy Greene (Johns Hopkins University), Julie Jebeile (Université de Berne), Dominic Martin (UQAM), Mara Mills (NYU), Franck Varenne (Université de Rouen). Logos for UQAM Département de philosophie and CIRST; image of assorted nuts, bolts, and a wrench in the shape of a brain.
Jeremy Greene at the Psy-ences Conference, hosted by the Université Quebec du Montréal
September 25, 2020

Jeremy Greene presents new work on the histories of wireless technologies and the brain at the Psy-ences Conference, hosted by the…

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Marta Hanson presents at the University of Minnesota
September 24, 2020

Marta Hanson presents on the reversal from “sick man of Asia” to “sick Uncle Sam, at University of Minnesota’s Considering China…

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Jeremy Greene co-authors article in Isis
September 20, 2020

Jeremy Greene co-authors “Innovation on the Reservation: Information Technology and Health Systems Research among the Papago Tribe of Arizona, 1965–1980” with…

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Elizabeth O’Brien receives the 2020 Forum for History of Human Science Dissertation Prize
September 3, 2020

Congratulations to Professor Elizabeth O’Brien, recipient of the 2020 Forum for History of Human Science Dissertation Prize! Dr. O’Brien received the…

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Historic black-and-white scene of masked ambulance workers standing beside vehicles, each holding a stretcher, on a wet street with buildings in the background.
Jeremy Greene provides some historical context for the Washington Post
September 3, 2020

Professor Jeremy Greene (and William H. Welch) provides some historical context for the current pandemic in the Washington Post article, “‘The…

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