It's today at 5pm local time: Dr Agnes Arnold-Forster at University of Zurich on the self-made myths of modern British surgeons. #histmed

Really fascinating to see how good epi and good history are much, much closer than often it is often assumed. It's the questions! #histmed #epidemiology

Come join me and Debjani for Dr Agnes Arnold-Forster ('Gender and Social Class: The Self-Made Myths of the Modern British Surgeon') with the Swiss Seminar for the History of Medicine Thursday, April 11, 17:00-18:30, @uzh_en SOF-E-17. Zoom: uzh.zoom.us/j/62885760593?…

What a massive opportunity in this day and age: a lectureship in history of medicine. Great city, superb set of colleagues - what more can you ask for?

Viele Krankheiten haben geschlechtsspezifische Ursachen und Symptome. Doch diese sind oft noch wenig erforscht. Der erste Lehrstuhl für Gendermedizin in der Schweiz an der UZH will das ändern. Warum, beleuchtet das aktuelle UZH Magazin: news.uzh.ch/de/articles/ne…

Having benefited from excellent mentors over the course of her career, a physician concludes that a true mentor is someone who has more imagination about you than you have about yourself. Read the full Perspective: nej.md/3SDFcPf

Janina Kehr Universität Wien, a visiting research fellow HUMA - Institute for Humanities in Africa, just gave a super talk on biomedicine becoming ubiquitous, especially in the Globa North. Consuming so much labour, energy & resources, leaving beloved earth dizzy. Enkosi.

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#michaelhagner s fabulous article from 2017 on OA is super relevant as it highlights the 'intellectual' programme of OA. smw.ch/index.php/smw/…

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Really inspiring paper today in our research seminar. ’Ṣeun Williams making a strong case for the history of animal health in colonial Nigeria.

This term's program for our joint colloquium with Flurin Condrau is now out. All our welcome. With papers from Sarah-Maria Schober, Alexa Stiller University of Zurich Davide Orsini of Rachel Carson Center Oluwaseum Otosede and Pokua Oduo-Bonsrah Geneva Graduate Institute and Dr Agnes Arnold-Forster of Edinburgh.

The Institute of the History of Medicine HistMedJHU, in conjunction with the Welch Library and Chesney Medical Archives, has two complimentary exhibitions opening about HIV/AIDS messaging and education. Opens Feb. 12 at the Welch Medical Library. We hope you're able to check it out!

Corona hat es deutlich gemacht: Nicht nur der Handel ist global, sondern auch die Übertragung von Infektionskrankheiten. Im Talk im Turm diskutierten Flurin Condrau und Jan Fehr darüber, wie wir globalen Gesundheitsherausforderungen begegen können: news.uzh.ch/de/articles/ne…

On Covid denialism and the death of public health with a pinch of #histmed : thegauntlet.news/p/institutiona…

Indeed - the argument for well-thought through involvement of humanities in medical education is well made here and certainly applies to medical education pretty much everywhere.

A beautiful piece of writing on the challenges in academic publishing. As editor of a #histmed journal, I admire you for this move, and the well-written editorial.

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