Past Events

May 16, 2023
4:00 pm

Special Event: Book Talk with Dr. Lisa Haushofer

Drawing on extensive archival research, historian Lisa Haushofer reveals in Wonder Foods that the story of modern food and nutrition was not about innocuous technological advances or superior scientific insights, but rather about the powerful logic of exploitation and economization that undergirded colonial and industrial food projects. In the process, these wonder foods shaped both modern food regimes and how we think about food. Join us for a book talk where Dr. Lisa Haushofer will be discussing her recent book, Wonder Foods: The Science and Commerce of Nutrition, in conversation with Anne Kveim Lie and others. This is the last event of academic year for us, and it is co-sponsored by the Department of History of Medicine, the Center for Medical Humanities and Social Medicine, and the Program in Medicine, Science, & Humanities. Title: Wonder Foods: The Science and Commerce of Nutrition Who: Dr. Lisa Haushofer What: Book Talk When: Tuesday, May 16th at 4pm Where: Bird in Hand Café located at 11 East 33rd Street
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May 4, 2023
Colloquium
3:00 pm / 4:30 pm

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

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May 1, 2023
4:00 pm

Noguchi Lecture: Punch Drunk Slugnuts with Dr. Stephen Casper

You are invited to the 48th Hideyo Noguchi Lecture in the History of Medicine on Monday, May 1st at 4pm featuring Dr. Stephen T. Casper presenting Punch Drunk Slugnuts: A Cultural History of Violence, Stigma, Sport, and Concussion. The event will occur in person in the West Reading Room on the 2nd floor of the Welch Library Building located at 1900 East Monument Street with reception to follow. There will be a webinar livestream available. Stephen T. Casper, PhD is Professor in the History of Medicine at Clarkson University and an expert on the history of neurology, neuroscience, and the human sciences. His current book project is called Punch Drunk and Dementia: A Cultural History of Concussion, c.1870-2020. The book is under contract with Johns Hopkins University Press, and it explores the cultural history of blunt force trauma to the head. He is also currently co-editing an anthology entitled Troubling Encounters in the History of the Human Sciences: Latin America and the United States Empire, 1870s-2000s, a volume now forthcoming with Cambridge University Press. He discloses that he is an expert witness in the history of medicine in concussion litigation pending in the United States and Britain. This lecture tells a cultural story about the way it became normal to hit our heads. From early Vaudeville acts to Bob Hope's sideshow routines before boxing matches at Madison Square Gardens; from everyday speech on the streets of Chicago or the letters of eminent authors like Hemingway, Steinbeck and Malcolm X; to aggressive sports and risky daredevil stunts; violence to the head and its lasting ramifications entered American culture in languages of slang, physical comedy, bravado, humor and stigma. This history of concussion and its diseases thus looks not at what scientists and doctors discovered about head injury and its effects alone across the twentieth century, but instead explores the way those doctors and scientists and their cultures navigated violence and the inevitable harms that followed from it. The legacies - medical, institutional, and cultural - remain visible today. Title: Punch Drunk Slugnuts: A Cultural History of Violence, Stigma, Sport, & Concussion What: Lecture with Reception to follow Who: Dr. Stephen Casper of Clarkson University When: Monday, May 1st at 4pm Where: West Reading Room, 2nd Floor Welch Library Building, 1900 East Monument Street, 21205 Zoom Webinar Link: https://jhjhm.zoom.us/j/96110198581?pwd=dm8wNy9kVzBhdlN0YXZZZHZYNVlZUT09
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April 20, 2023
Colloquium
3:00 pm / 4:30 pm

Colloquia Speaker: Jessica Hester

Jessica Hester of Johns Hopkins University will present ““The Subject Is Rather Odiferous”: Navigating Womanhood and Walloped Senses in the Dissecting Room of the Woman’s Medical College of Pennsylvania,” as part of our Spring 2023 Colloquium presented by the Program in the History of Science, Medicine, & Technology.

Who: Jessica Hester
When: April 20th, 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: “The Subject Is Rather Odiferous”: Navigating Womanhood and Walloped Senses in the Dissecting Room of the Woman’s Medical College of Pennsylvania

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April 6, 2023
Colloquium
3:00 pm / 4:30 pm

Colloquia Speaker: Leigh Alon

Leigh Alon of Johns Hopkins University will present ““A Jew Can Only Look to Another Jew For Help”: Tay Sachs Screening and Managing Jewish Peoplehood and Involvement in the 1970s Civil Rights Movement,” as part of our Spring 2023 Colloquium presented by the Program in the History of Science, Medicine, & Technology.

Who: Leigh Alon
When: April 6th, 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: “A Jew Can Only Look to Another Jew For Help”: Tay Sachs Screening and Managing Jewish Peoplehood and Involvement in the 1970s Civil Rights Movement

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March 17, 2023
March 16, 2023
Colloquium
3:00 pm / 4:30 pm

Colloquia Speaker: Zubin Mistry

Dr. Zubin Mistry of University of Edinburgh will present “The Problem of Monastic Gynecology: Reproduction, Religion and Medicine in Western Europe Before 1100,” as part of our Spring 2023 Colloquium presented by the Program in the History of Science, Medicine, & Technology.

Who: Zubin Mistry
When: March 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: “The Problem of Monastic Gynecology: Reproduction, Religion and Medicine in Western Europe Before 1100”

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March 9, 2023
Colloquium
3:00 pm / 4:30 pm

Colloquia Speaker: Rana Hogarth

Dr. Rana Hogarth of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign will present “The Science of Skin Color: Miscegenation and the Eugenic Gaze in the Early Twentieth Century,” as part of our Spring 2023 Colloquium presented by the Program in the History of Science, Medicine, & Technology.

Who: Rana Hogarth
When: March 9th, 2023
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: “The Science of Skin Color: Miscegenation and the Eugenic Gaze in the Early Twentieth Century”

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March 2, 2023
Colloquium
3:00 pm / 4:30 pm

Colloquia Speaker: Eram Alam

Dr. Eram Alam of Harvard University will present “The Logistical Body: Reflections on Medicine and Movement,” as part of our Spring 2023 Colloquium presented by the Program in the History of Science, Medicine, & Technology.

Who: Eram Alam
When: January 26th, 2023
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: “The Logistical Body: Reflections on Medicine and Movement”

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February 21, 2023
Colloquium
3:00 pm / 4:30 pm

Colloquia Speaker: Courtney E. Thompson

Dr. Courtney E. Thompson of Mississippi State University will present “A Calculus of Compassion: Emotion, Medicine, and Identity in Late-Nineteenth-Century America,” as part of our Spring 2023 Colloquium presented by the Program in the History of Science, Medicine, & Technology.

Who: Courtney E. Thompson
When: February 21st, 2023
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: “A Calculus of Compassion: Emotion, Medicine, and Identity in Late-Nineteenth-Century America”

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