HistMed at the Faculty of Humanities

Visit our mini exhibition on the webpages of the Special Collections:

History of Medicine in UVic Collections

Contacts:
Hélène Cazes
hcazes@uvic.ca

see www.helenecazes.info

Anne-France Morand (Université Lille III, France) afmorand@uvic.ca

Our collective organizes a regular work-in-progress seminar for graduate students and faculty, and it also organizes workshops/conferences ("Anatomies of Melancholy", April 2006; "Patients' Tales", April 2007,  "Mirrors of Melancholy", October 2007, "The Sex of Angels and... Young Persons", April 2009,"Binds, Bonds, and Bands", April 2010, "Imaging and Imagining the Body"), with the participation of researchers from other universities.

 

Welcome to web page of
the Research Collective for

History of Medicine at the University of Victoria

The UVic History of Medicine research collective is interdisciplinary and interdepartmental, with the goal of joining ideas and work that pertain to history of medicine and to the definition of the discipline. The collective welcomes students, professors, researchers and members of the community. It coordinates existing work at and around UVic in History of Medicine, including presentations and debates.

Our upcoming Symposium is

APRIL 2, 2011

BABY TALK

In collaboration with CECRP (Center for Early Childhood Research and Policy), an Interdisciplinary and Disciplinary Explorations of

The Languages of Infancy


Download Poster/Program here

11 speakers, 4 faculties, 6 departments and plenty of debates!

Looking forward to seeing you in Clearihue A 203 9:30-5, April 2, 2011!


 

Hermaphrodite

Past events:

In collaboration with Roberto Lopresti  (University of Palermo), a panel at the Congress of PNRC the Pacific Northwest Renaissance Society (Victoria, October 23-26 2010) on Vesalius: the Cutting Edge of Anatomy (16-18th c.)

Mini-conference
Imaging and
Imagining
the Human Body

April 24, 2010
Program

Mini-conference in collaboration with Help-Uvic/ REACH, January 8 2010
Binds, Bonds, and Bands
G
race and Discipline
in ancient conceptions of childhood
Download the program/poster

Mini-Conference 25 April 2009
The Sex of Angels and ... Young Persons

Mini-Conference 24 April 2006
Anatomies of Melancholy

Mini-Conference 21 April 2007

Patients' Tales: Narrations and Representations from the Other Side of Medicine. In collaboration with Eric Nelson (nelsoned@plu.edu) of Pacific Lutheran University in Seattle (www.plu.edu).

 

International Conference 5-8 October 2007 Mirrors of Melancholy: Models History and Reception. In collaboration with the IUHMSP in Lausanne.