Events
Forthcoming events
Seminars in HPS
History of Medicine Seminars meet during Michaelmas and Lent full terms. The 'Generation to Reproduction' seminars and reading group explore topics in the area of our Wellcome Trust strategic award. Medical history also features in the Departmental Seminars, Cabinet of Natural History, Twentieth Century Think Tank and other series. For details, see the seminar programme.
Cambridge Interdisciplinary Reproduction Forum
Historians of medicine from HPS are active in the Cambridge Interdisciplinary Reproduction Forum, a graduate/faculty research group at the Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities.
Past events
Exhibition
Books and Babies: Communicating Reproduction, an exhibition supported by our Wellcome Trust strategic award, was on display at the University Library from July to December 2011.
Reproduction on Film
The second 'Reproduction on Film' series, covering the topic of Monstrosity, took place during February and March 2012 at the Cambridge Arts Picturehouse.
Our first 'Reproduction on Film' series, covering the topic of Reproductive Dystopias, took place during March 2011 at the Cambridge Arts Picturehouse.
Workshops and conferences
A conference on Transforming Pregnancy Since 1900 was held in the Department on 29–30 March 2012.
A conference on Communicating Reproduction was held in the Department on 5–6 December 2011.
An Interdisciplinary Workshop on Reproduction was held at CRASSH on 18 November 2011.
Debating Reproduction: IVF, our first debate on the history of scientific and ethical issues surrounding in vitro fertilisation, took place at Cambridge University Library on 20 October 2011 as part of the Festival of Ideas.
A conference on Alchemy and Medicine from Antiquity to the Enlightenment was held at Peterhouse on 22–24 September 2011.
A workshop on Leprosy, Language and Identity in the Medieval World was held at King's College on 12–13 April 2011.
A workshop on Reproduction and the Sciences in Cambridge was held in the Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience on 8 April 2011.
An Interdisciplinary Workshop on Reproduction was held in the Department on Friday 12 November 2010.
An Interdisciplinary Workshop on Reproduction was held at CRASSH on Friday 30 October 2009.
A workshop on Seriality and scientific objects in the age of capital and empire, 1848–1919 was held in the Department on 22–23 April 2009.
A one-day international workshop on Ancient Greek and Roman Scientific, Medical and Technical Writing was held at Newnham College on 21 March.
An Interdisciplinary Workshop on Reproduction was held at CRASSH on Friday 14 November 2008.
A workshop on Seriality and scientific objects in an age of revolution, 1780–1848 was held in the Department on 16–17 June 2008.
A workshop on Ancient Greek and Roman medical and scientific writing was held at Newnham College on 15 March 2008.
The 'Missing Link': medicine in late antiquity and the early middle ages was held at King's College on 8 March 2008.
Secrets and knowledge: medicine, science and commerce, 1500–1800 was held at CRASSH on 15–16 February 2008.
An Interdisciplinary Workshop on Reproduction was held at CRASSH on Friday 16 November 2007.
Cases in Science, Medicine and the Law, a two-day conference, was held at CRASSH on 20–21 April 2007.
A PhD workshop on medieval and early modern science and medicine was held on 23 March 2007.
Interdisciplinary Workshops on Reproduction were held on 17 November 2006 and 2 March 2007.
Temporalizing the great chain of being: a reappraisal after 70 years, a one-day workshop, was held on Tuesday 16 January 2007.
Astrology and the Body 1100–1800, a two-day conference, was held on 8–9 September 2006.
Science and medicine in the multinational empires of Central and Eastern Europe, a one-day conference, was held on 23 June 2006.
The Free School Lane Workshop on Reproduction, with talks by members of the Departments of HPS and Social Anthropology and the Centre for Family Research, was held on Monday 17 October 2005.
Between the farm and the clinic: agriculture and reproductive technology in the twentieth century, a one-day workshop funded by the Wellcome Trust, was held on Friday 29 April 2005.
Wellcome Lectures
The Seventh Cambridge Wellcome Lecture in the History of Medicine was given by Staffan Müller-Wille (University of Exeter) on Thursday 19 January 2012. A paper by Dr Müller-Wille was discussed at a workshop on the same day.
The Sixth Cambridge Wellcome Lecture in the History of Medicine was given by Mary Fissell (Johns Hopkins University) on Thursday 20 January 2011.
The Fifth Cambridge Wellcome Lecture in the History of Medicine was given by Angus McLaren (University of Victoria) on Thursday 3 December 2009. Professor McLaren also led a workshop discussion on the same day.
The Fourth Cambridge Wellcome Lecture in the History of Medicine was given by Rayna Rapp (New York University) on Thursday 4 December 2008. Professor Rapp also led a discussion earlier in the day.
The Third Cambridge Wellcome Lecture in the History of Medicine was given by Simon Szreter (St John's College, Cambridge) on Thursday 29 November 2007.
The Second Cambridge Wellcome Lecture in the History of Medicine was given by Hilary Marland (University of Warwick) on Thursday 23 November 2006. A paper by Professor Marland was discussed at a workshop earlier in the day.
The First Cambridge Wellcome Lecture in the History of Medicine was given by Helen King (Reading University) on Thursday 1 December 2005. A paper by Professor King was discussed at a workshop earlier in the day.