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Dear
Colleagues,
The Centre
for the History of Medicine and Disease is delighted to announce a forthcoming
exhibition.
THE FOETUS
GOES PUBLIC
Images of
the Unborn from the Middle Ages to the Twenty-First Century
An exhibition
of the history of the public images of embryos and foetuses will take place in
the Holliday Building at Durham University’s Queen’s Campus in
Stockton-on-Tees from Friday 7th October until Friday 9th
December.
‘The
Foetus Goes Public’ looks at how images of embryos and foetuses shape our
understanding of life and reproduction. This exhibition tells the
fascinating story of how the foetus moved from obscure Medieval manuscripts to
become a public icon in the twentieth century that, today, is available to
everyone at anytime through the internet.
Dr Lutz Sauerteig
from the Centre for the History of Medicine and Disease will officially open
the exhibition on 7th October at 1.30 pm.
The
exhibition is accompanied by a series of public lectures :
Prof John McLachlan (School of
Medicine and Health), ‘Imagining the Embryo’ (21 October, 12.45pm,
Holliday Building, Room A011).
Dr Nadja Reissland (Department of
Psychology), ‘Fetal Crying: Is the Fetal Cry Face Gestalt Associated with
Prenatal Depression and Attachment?’ (11 November, 10.00 am, Wolfson
Research Institute, Room F009).
Dr Sebastian Pranghofer (CHMD and
Department of Philosophy), ‘Personhood Before Birth? Early Modern Images
of the Unborn’ (25 November, 12.45pm, Holliday Building, Room A015/016).
Entry to the
exhibition and the lectures is free.
For more
information, contact Rachel Simpson on telephone 0191 3340700, email: [log in to unmask] or
visit http://www.dur.ac.uk/chmd/.
Apologies for
any cross-posting.
Best wishes,
Rachel Simpson
Administrator/Outreach Officer
Centre for the History of Medicine and Disease
Wolfson Research Institute
Durham University
Queen's Campus
University Boulevard
Stockton-on-Tees
TS17 6BH
Tel:
0191 3340700
Email:
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Office hours:
Monday 9.30 am - 2.45 pm
Tuesday 9.30 am - 2.45 pm
Wednesday 9.30 am - 2.30 pm