HIV/AIDS Education & Messaging Exhibits @ the Welch Medical Library
Johns Hopkins Medicine Exhibition: Spreading the Word: HIV/AIDS Education and the People's Health The CDC reported the first cases of AIDS on June 5, 1981. In 1985, scientists confirmed that AIDS was caused by a virus, later named the human immunodeficiency virus, or HIV. Since the first reported cases of the disease, HIV/AIDS has killed some 40 million worldwide. In response to the pandemic, activists, artists, community-health organizations, public health experts, and healthcare professionals created a variety of visually engaging materials that sought to educate the public about the disease and its prevention. In other instances, HIV/AIDS became the subject of specific pieces of art and popular culture. On display are two complimentary exhibits highlighting examples of these visually engaging materials. The National Library of Medicine’s traveling exhibit, AIDS Posters and Stories of Public Health: A People’s History of a Pandemic, highlights the cultural output of community workers, activists, and artists who sought to educate the public about HIV/AIDS. In the exhibit Spreading the Word: HIV/AIDS Education and the People’s Health, 1983-2001, visitors will see how different types of print media and images were used in public-health initiatives, AIDS education, art, and popular culture in the United States from 1983 to 2001. These media and images range from public health posters and pamphlets to graphic novels and comic books. Both exhibits encourage us to think about how HIV/AIDS messaging has changed over time and to interrogate how some of the messaging was delivered. The exhibits remind us, too, about the impact HIV/AIDS has had on the lives of people in the U.S. and beyond. The exhibits also stand as another important reminder. Despite the historical material on display, HIV/AIDS is not a thing of the past. Exhibit designed by: Jason M. Chernesky, Terri Hatfield, and Michael Seminara
Colloquium Speaker: Matthew Klingle
Dr. Matthew Klingle of Bowdoin College will present ““Wear and Tear”: An Ecology of Diabetes, Stress, and Discrimination,” as part of our Fall 2023 Colloquium presented by the Program in the History of Science, Medicine, & Technology.
Who: Matthew Klingle
When: December 7th, 2023 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: “Wear and Tear”: An Ecology of Diabetes, Stress, and Discrimination
Colloquium Speaker: Antoine Johnson
Dr. Antoine Johnson of Johns Hopkins University will present “(Re)Framing AIDS: Black AIDS Activism in the Bay Area,” as part of our Fall 2023 Colloquium presented by the Program in the History of Science, Medicine, & Technology.
Who: Antoine Johnson
When: November 16th, 2023 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: (Re)Framing AIDS: Black AIDS Activism in the Bay Area
Colloquium Speaker: Aishah Scott
Dr. Aishah Scott of Providence College will present “Trickledown Respectability Politics and HIV/AIDS in Black America,” as part of our Fall 2023 Colloquium presented by the Program in the History of Science, Medicine, & Technology.
Who: Aishah Scott
When: October 26th, 2023 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: “Trickledown Respectability Politics and HIV/AIDS in Black America”
Colloquium Event: Madagascar Workshop
Colloquium Speaker: Pablo Gomez
Dr. Pablo Gomez of the University of Wisconsin-Madison will present “Slave Trading and the Imagination of the Quantifiable Body in the Early Modern Atlantic,” as part of our Fall 2023 Colloquium presented by the Program in the History of Science, Medicine, & Technology.
Who: Joseph Vignone
When: September 28th, 2023 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: “Slave Trading and the Imagination of the Quantifiable Body in the Early Modern Atlantic”
Colloquium Speaker: Joseph Vignone
Dr. Joseph Vignone of Gonzaga University will present “Remembering Bodies: Theories of Mind and Memory in Medieval Islamic Medical Compendia,” as part of our Fall 2023 Colloquium presented by the Program in the History of Science, Medicine, & Technology.
Who: Joseph Vignone
When: September 14th, 2023 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: “Remembering Bodies: Theories of Mind and Memory in Medieval Islamic Medical Compendia”
Special Event: Book Talk with Dr. Lisa Haushofer
Colloquia Speaker: Graham Mooney
Dr. Graham Mooney of Johns Hopkins University will present “How Public Health Makes “Behavior”: Alcohol Programs in Post World War II Baltimore,” as part of our Spring 2023 Colloquium presented by the Program in the History of Science, Medicine, & Technology.
Who: Graham Mooney
When: May 2nd, 2023 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: How Public Health Makes “Behavior”: Alcohol Programs in Post World War II Baltimore