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Reminder: we are looking forward to a busy week of events in history of science, technology and medicine at the Universities of Manchester and Salford. All events are open to the public -- all welcome. Monday 5 March (today), 4.00pm Chinese Studies Seminar MARTA HANSON (Johns Hopkins University) VISUALISING THE GEOGRAPHY OF DISEASES IN CHINA, 1870s-1920s Hosted by the University's Centre for Chinese Studies University of Manchester, Samuel Alexander Building, Room A101 http://www.ccs.humanities.manchester.ac.uk/ If you miss this talk, there will be an informal session involving Marta Hanson on Tuesday. Tuesday 6 March, 2.30pm Informal panel session WESTERN MEDICINE AND TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE - HISTORICAL AND PHILOSOPHICAL APPROACHES Aya Homei (University of Manchester) Marta Hanson (Johns Hopkins University) Keekok Lee (University of Manchester) John Pickstone (University of Manchester) Dagmar Schaefer (University of Manchester, organiser) University of Manchester, Simon Building, Room 2.57 (CHSTM Seminar Room) Tuesday 6 March, 6.30pm Donald Cardwell Memorial Lecture OTTO SIBUM (Uppsala University) IN JAMES JOULE'S LABORATORY: EXPERIMENTING IN MANCHESTER AND SALFORD CIRCA 1850 University of Salford, Lady Hale Lecture Theatre http://www.chstm.manchester.ac.uk/newsandevents/seminars/cardwelllecture/ Wednesday 7 March, 4pm Seminar OTTO SIBUM (Uppsala University) INVENTING COULOMB'S LAW: 'UNE BALANCE ELECTRIQUE', OR, THE MATERIAL CULTURE OF FRENCH ENLIGHTENMENT RATIONALITY University of Manchester, Simon Building, Room 2.57 (CHSTM Seminar Room) http://www.chstm.manchester.ac.uk/newsandevents/seminars/chstm/ Thursday 8 March, 4pm Seminar PRISCILLA WALD, Duke University RACE, CELLS AND MONSTROSITY: BIOTECHNOLOGY IN PUBLIC DISCOURSE University of Manchester, Simon Building, Room 2.57 (CHSTM Seminar Room) http://www.chstm.manchester.ac.uk/newsandevents/seminars/chstm/ All events are open to the public. -- Carsten Timmermann, PhD Centre for the History of Science, Technology and Medicine The University of Manchester, Simon Building, Room 2.36 Manchester M13 9PL, United Kingdom Phone +44-(0)161-275 7950 Fax +44-(0)161-275 5699 http://www.chstm.manchester.ac.uk/aboutus/people/profile/?personid=1616 http://www.manchester.ac.uk/chstm http://www.cancer-history.org