Third CHMD Workshop: History & Ethics of Human Reproduction & Embryo
Research
On 10 December 2004 the Centre for the History of Medicine and Disease,
University of Durham (UK), Queen's Campus, Stockton, runs a workshop on
"History & Ethics of Human Reproduction & Embryo Research".
The aim of this workshop is to discuss the historical value decisions as
well as the interest groups that have influenced and shaped debates and
practices surrounding human reproduction and the embryo in the course of
the twentieth century and up to today. The workshop will bring together
Historians and Philosophers on themes such as abortion, birth control
practices, infertility, IVF, embryology, and embryonic stem cell
research. We are particularly interested in discussing the historical
and intellectual links between these fields, in Britain as well as in
Germany.
The workshop is supported by the Wellcome Trust.
Programme
12.00 Get Together and Buffet Lunch
13.15 Holger Maehle (Durham): Welcome and introductory remarks
13.30 Charlotte Augst (London): Making laws about reproductive medicine
– a German/British comparison
14.30 Christine Hauskeller (Exeter): The scientific and public debate on
stem cell medicine in Germany and the UK. Different histories –
different ethical discourses
15.30 Coffee/Tea Break
16.00 Nick Hopwood (Cambridge): "Ourselves unborn"? Human embryology
before IVF
17.00 Christina Benninghaus (Bielefeld): Displaying expertise: advice
literature for infertile couples from the 19th and 20th century
18.00 Short Break
18.15 Gayle Davis (Glasgow): Abortion law reform and the Scottish
medical community, c. 1960-1980
19.15 Lutz Sauerteig (Durham): Concluding remarks
For further details, registration and the full programme, please visit
our web page at http://www.dur.ac.uk/chmd/events/workshop3.htm
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Dr Lutz Sauerteig
University of Durham, Queen's Campus
Wolfson Research Institute
Centre for the History of Medicine and Disease
UK
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