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Dear Colleagues, The Centre for the History of Medicine and Disease is delighted to announce the following programme of events which will take place during this academic year. THE FOETUS GOES PUBLIC Friday 7th October 2011 Grand Opening of "The Foetus Goes Public" Exhibition Holliday Building, Queen's Campus (Upper Rotunda) 1.30 pm The exhibition will run until Friday 9th December 2011 Friday 21st October 2011 Exhibition Lecture Series by Professor John McLachlan Holliday Building, Queen's Campus (room A11) 12.45 pm Friday 11th November 2011 Exhibition Lecture Series by Dr Nadja Reissland Wolfson Research Institute, Queen's Campus (room F009) 10.00 am Friday 25th November 2011 Exhibition Lecture Series by Dr Sebastian Pranghofer Title: Personhood Before Birth? Early Modern Images of the Unborn Holliday Building, Queen's Campus (room A15/A16) 12.45 pm Entry to the exhibition and lectures is free. For any queries relating to The Foetus Goes Public exhibition please contact [log in to unmask] or [log in to unmask] CHMD RESEARCH SEMINARS Friday 14th October CHMD Research Seminar Speaker: Dr Fabio Zampieri, Padua University, Italy Title: Before the Dawn of Evolutionary Medicine: Darwinism and Medical Sciences between 1880 and 1940 Ebsworth Building, Queen's Campus (room D317) 12 pm - 2 pm Friday 2nd December 2011 CHMD Research Seminar Speaker: Gábor Szegedi, Central European University, Budapest Title: Sex education as part of marriage and anti Venereal Diseases policies in Hungary and Germany between 1920 and 1950 Ebsworth Building, Queen's Campus (room D014) 12 pm - 2 pm Friday 20th January 2012 CHMD Research Seminar Speakers: Dr Andrej and Dr Ivana Petrovic, Durham University Title: Enter only with a pure mind': The role of belief in the Greek healing rituals Wolfson Research Institute, Queen's Campus (room F009) 12 pm - 2 pm Friday 3rd February 2012 (tbc) Co-hosted with the Wolfson Research Institute Speaker: Professor Ramon Reichert, University of Vienna Title: Screening Science: Narration in US-American Sex Education Movies of the 1950s' Venue to be confirmed 12.30 pm - 2.30 pm Friday 27th April 2012 CHMD Research Seminar Speaker: tbc Wolfson Research Institute, Queen's Campus (room F009) 12 pm - 2 pm Further information relating to these events can be found on our website: http://www.dur.ac.uk/chmd/news/ For catering purposes, please confirm your attendance at any of the research seminars by emailing [log in to unmask] or telephone: 0191 3340700 For any queries relating to our Research Seminar Programme please contact [log in to unmask] or [log in to unmask] 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: [log in to unmask] Office hours: Monday 9.30 am - 2.45 pm Tuesday 9.30 am - 2.45 pm Wednesday 9.30 am - 2.30 pm