Some Mersenne members might be interested in the following seminar series
hosted by the Wellcome Trust Centre for the History of Medicine, University
College London.
Mind in Medicine: New Histories of Psychiatry
Organisers: Dr Rhodri Hayward and Dr Sonu Shamdasani
Thursdays, 5.30 - 7.00pm, preceded by tea at 5.15pm
4th Floor Lecture Room
210 Euston Road
London NW1 2BE
Please note however that the first seminar in this series will take place
on a Monday.
Monday 23 October 2006
5.30-7.00pm
Professor Mikkel Borch-Jacobsen (Department of Comparative Literature,
University of Washington/Paris)
A Black Box named Sybil
Thursday 09 November 2006
5.30-7.00 pm
Dr Maria Teresa Brancaccio (Institut universitaire d'histoire de la
médecine et de la santé publique, University of Lausanne)
From Benzedrine to Ritalin (1930s-1990s): How Amphetamines became a
Medication for Children
Thursday 16 November 2006
5.30-7.00pm
Dr Fernando Vidal (Max Planck Institute, Berlin)
Brainhood and the History of the Self
Thursday 07 December 2006
5.30-7.00pm
Dr Akihito Suzuki (Keio University, Japan)
Madness at Home: Domestic Psychiatry and its Limits in Early Victorian
England
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