A promotional poster for the 2026 Joan and Menelaos Aliapoulios Lecture in Hellenic Medicine, titled "How to Mend a Body in Ancient Greece," featuring Jennifer Stager, PhD from the Department of the History of Art at Johns Hopkins University. The poster includes an image of a surgical kit from Colophon, Turkey, made of bronze, silver, and copper, dating from the 1st to 2nd century CE. The kit is displayed with various surgical instruments. The event is scheduled for April 2nd at 4:00 PM at Mountcastle Auditorium, Preclinical Teaching Building, with a reception to follow. An RSVP link is provided.

2026 Aliapoulios Lecture featuring Dr. Jennifer Stager

March 19, 2026

Link to join Virtual Lecture. You are invited to the 2026 Joan and Menelaos Aliapouloios Lecture featuring Dr. Jennifer Stager of…

Indoor portrait of Richard Del Rio standing in front of shelves filled with old, worn books. They wear a textured navy sweater and have a full dark beard with a shaved head.

Colloquium Speaker: Richard Del Rio

March 9, 2026

Dr. Richard Del Rio of Johns Hopkins University will present “The Drug Business in Late Nineteenth Century America,” as part of…

Featured speaker Brad Bolman standing outdoors in front of a blurred background with trees and parked cars. They are wearing a light gray button-down shirt and round glasses.

Colloquium Speaker: Brad Bolman

January 28, 2026

Dr. Brad Bolman of Tulane University will present “Dank Cultivation: Cave Mushrooms, International Commerce, and Underground Knowledge,” as part of our…

Patrick McCray with short gray hair wearing a blue button-up shirt and a dark blazer with a small pin, photographed from the chest up against a bright, softly blurred background.

Colloquium Speaker: Patrick McCray

January 28, 2026

Dr. Patrick McCray of University of California Santa Barbara will present “README: Some Pages from a Bookish History of Computing,” as…

Colloquium Speaker: Graham Mooney

January 28, 2026

Dr. Graham Mooney of Johns Hopkins University will present “Rats in a ‘Renaissance’ City: Rodent Control in Post-war Baltimore,” as part…

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Colloquium Speaker: Nathaniel Comfort

January 28, 2026

Dr. Nathaniel Comfort of Johns Hopkins University will present “Not Boring People: James Watson Finds the Limits of His Own Reputation,”…

Ian Miller with short brown hair wearing glasses and a checkered shirt, photographed indoors with a wooden wall panel behind them.

Colloquium Speaker: Ian Miller

January 28, 2026

Dr. Ian Miller of Saint Johns University will present “The Fengshui Curriculum: Standardizing Landscape Expertise in Late Imperial China,” as part…

Head shot of speaker Daniel HoSang with short gray hair wearing a light blue collared shirt and a dark textured blazer, photographed indoors in front of large grid-patterned windows.

Colloquium Speaker: Daniel HoSang

January 22, 2026

Dr. Daniel HoSang of Yale University will present “Integrating the History & Afterlives of Eugenics into Medical Education: Promises and Possibilities at…