Our own Dr. Graham Mooney will present “Public health and the value of municipal labor: Baltimore’s postwar sanitation strikes,” as part of our Fall 2026 Colloquium presented by the Program in the History of Science, Medicine, & Technology.

Who: Graham Mooney
When: September 17, 2026 at 3pm
Where: Hybrid: In person in Welch 303 and via Zoom. For more information and to receive pre-circulated papers, contact Marian Robbins at myrobbins@jhmi.edu.
Title: Public health and the value of municipal labor: Baltimore’s postwar sanitation strikes. 

Dr. Ellan Spero of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology will present “Fabricating Chemurgic Futures: Valorizing Biomaterial and Narrative” as part of our Fall 2026 Colloquium presented by the Program in the History of Science, Medicine, & Technology.

Who: Ellan Spero
When: September 24, 2026 at 3pm
Where: Hybrid: In person in Gilman 300 and via Zoom. For more information and to receive pre-circulated papers, contact Marian Robbins at myrobbins@jhmi.edu.
Title: Fabricating Chemurgic Futures: Valorizing Biomaterial and Narrative

On Wednesday, September 30^th at 3pm, Dr. Karissa Haugeberg will present “Prescribed Silence: Understanding the Long-Term Impact of Harassment and Retaliation in Nursing” as the Class of 1973 Nursing History Lectureship, co-sponsored by the HSMT Fall 2026 colloquia series.  Registration is required for this event. There will be no pre-circulated paper.

This will be a hybrid event taking place in both Carpenter Room B of the School of Nursing located at 525 North Wolfe Street and available virtually. A link will be sent out to all  who register. For those attending in person, there will be a reception to follow.

For more details and to register, please visit the School of Nursing Event page here.

The Department of the History of Medicine (HOM) and the Department of the History of Science & Technology (HOST) will hold a Zoom open house for those interested in applying to their PhD programs for Fall 2027 admission on October 1, 2026, from 12:00 to 1:00pm ET.

Professors from both departments will both be in attendance to introduce you to our programs. Please join us for the Zoom session below to hear more about the program and ask questions you may have regarding the Program, the departments, or the application process.

Click here for zoom link.

For more information about the program, advisor open houses, colloquia links, and more, visit our admissions page at https://hopkinshistoryofmedicine.org/admissions/.

You are invited to the 31st Hideyo Noguchi Lecture featuring Dr. Mary Fissell. She will present “The Fabric of Healing: Towards a History of Bandaging” on Thursday, October 8th at 4pm EST. Location and further details will be released soon.

Dr. Jeremy Schneider of Cornell University will present “Extinction in Blumenbach’s Natural History,” as part of our Fall 2026 Colloquium presented by the Program in the History of Science, Medicine, & Technology.

Who: Jeremy Schneider
When: October 15, 2026 at 3pm
Where: Hybrid: In person in Gilman 300 and via Zoom. For more information and to receive pre-circulated papers, contact Marian Robbins at myrobbins@jhmi.edu.
Title: Extinction in Blumenbach’s Natural History

Dr. Subodhana Wijeyeratne of Purdue University will present “The Islands and the Stars: A History of Japan’s Space Programs,” as part of our Fall 2026 Colloquium presented by the Program in the History of Science, Medicine, & Technology.

Who: Subodhana Wijeyeratne
When: October 29, 2026 at 3pm
Where: Hybrid: In person in Gilman 300 and via Zoom. For more information and to receive pre-circulated papers, contact Marian Robbins at myrobbins@jhmi.edu.
Title: The Islands and the Stars: A History of Japan’s Space Programs

Dr. Benjamin Siegel of Boston University will present “Supply-Side Appetite: How Big Food Engineered Our High-Protein Diets,” as part of our Fall 2026 Colloquium presented by the Program in the History of Science, Medicine, & Technology.

Who: Benjamin Siegel
When: November 5, 2026 at 3pm
Where: Hybrid: In person in Welch 303 and via Zoom. For more information and to receive pre-circulated papers, contact Marian Robbins at myrobbins@jhmi.edu.
Title: Supply-Side Appetite: How Big Food Engineered Our High-Protein Diets

Dr. Sharon Kingsland, Johns Hopkins University Emeritus, will present “Is the Study of Plant ‘Intelligence’ a New Paradigm for Plant Science or a New Pseudoscience for Our Time? What Lessons Can Historians Draw from This Current Debate?,” as part of our Fall 2026 Colloquium presented by the Program in the History of Science, Medicine, & Technology.

Who: Sharon Kingsland
When: November 12, 2026 at 3pm
Where: Hybrid: In person in Gilman 300 and via Zoom. For more information and to receive pre-circulated papers, contact Marian Robbins at myrobbins@jhmi.edu.
Title: Is the Study of Plant ‘Intelligence’ a New Paradigm for Plant Science or a New Pseudoscience for Our Time? What Lessons Can Historians Draw from This Current Debate?

Dr. Alexandra Lord of the National Museum of American History will present “In the Wake: Suicide and Its Afterlife in America, 1890-2020,” as part of our Fall 2026 Colloquium presented by the Program in the History of Science, Medicine, & Technology.

Who: Alexandra Lord
When: December 3, 2026 at 3pm
Where: Hybrid: In person in Welch 303 and via Zoom. For more information and to receive pre-circulated papers, contact Marian Robbins at myrobbins@jhmi.edu.
Title: In the Wake: Suicide and Its Afterlife in America, 1890-2020