IHMC2- Newsletter of the Institute for the History of Medicine and Science, University of Valencia The Institute for the History of Medicine and Science López Piñero (IHMC) is now a research center of the University of Valencia. The Institute organizes master and doctorate programs in "History of science and scientific communication." It also develops numerous activities (exhibitions, cinema, etc.) and research seminars. The center is located in a restored eighteenth century palace (Palau de Cervero) in which is the historical library with an extraordinary collection of bibliographical resources, particularly medical books since sixteenth-century. The center also gathers the scientific and medical instruments collection and organizes permanent and temporary exhibitions. SEMINARS The new series of seminars during the Fall 2015 are: Opening session: 15 October Bernadette Bensaude-Vincent (University Paris 1-Pantheon-Sorbonne): Chemistry: The Impure Science /Intellectual property in science and technology/ 4 November: Dominic Berry (University of Edinburgh) Scientific innovation in IP: the challenges of agroecology and synthetic biology in the UK 18 November: Stathis Arapostathis (National and Kapodistrian University of Athens) Intellectual Property Rights and Industrial Culture in Greece in the 20th century 25 November: Rafaela Domínguez (Universitat de València) Propietat intel·lectual i medicaments alemanys a Espanya 2 November: Round table : Knowledge on sale? Book presentation 20 January 2016, 18 h. "Ciència i medicina en la València foral, Afers, vol. XXX, 82 (2015). Edited by Carmel Ferragud (IHMC) i M. Luz López (CSIC), Closing session 27 January 2016 Carolin Schmitz (Ingenio CSIC-UPV) Enfermos, herbolarios y médicos de corte: la itinerancia terapeúica en el siglo XVII All session: Palau Cerveró, Conference room, 16 h. NOVEMBER SERIES: /The mystery of Madame Lafarge: Science, Justice and Law/ With the collaboration of the French Institute. The conferences will take place at the conference room of the French Institute: Moro Zeit, 6, 46001 València 3 November. 19h: The Lafarge affair. Michel Gache, Circle Marie Capelle-Marie Lafarge L'affaire Lafarge, Pierre Chenal. 1938.110 min (French) 10 November 20 h: Science, Justice and Law Olivier Leclerc (Centre de Recherches crÃtiques sur le Droit, University© Jean Monnet, Paris): The Judge and the Expert: Science at the courts. Book presentation: The truth about the Lafarge Affair. Science, Justice and Law during the nineteenth century (Barcelona, 2015) by José Ramón Bertomeu Sánchez. New seminars series (on (1) Identities and (2) Women, children and health) will be organized in 2016. Details will be provided soon. EXHIBITIONS FALL 2015: STEVIA: The sweet panacea This exhibition is focused on natural and artificial sweeteners, particularly on those related to Stevia, the group of plants whose name is based on Pere Jaume Esteve (c.1500-1556), a professor of the University of Valencia. Opening: 28 October 2015. CINEMA Thursdays, 18 h. Conference room. OCTOBER: Self-experiments 1 Oct: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Rouben Mamoulian, 1931 15 Oct: Monkey Business, Howard Hawks, 1952 22 Oct: X, Roger Corman, 1963 29 Oct: The Fly, David Cronenberg, 1986 NOVEMBER: Sweet and Sugar 5 Nov: Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, Mel Stuart, 1971 12 Nov: Waitress, Adrienne Shelly, 2007 19 Nov: Chocolat, Lasse Hallstrom, 2000 26 Nov: Tiempos de azucar, Juan Luis Iborra, 2001. DECEMBER: Ancient Science and Medicine 3 Dec: Agora, Alejandro Amenabar, 2009 10 Dec: Der Medicus, Philipp Stolzl, 2013 17 Dec: Giordano Bruno Giuliano Montaldo, 1973 *** The members of the IHMC are very grateful for the support received from many researchers, departments and research institutes over the last year. Their support have made possible the continuation of the center and the preservation of its bibliographic heritage and instrument collections. The center now expanding the collaborations with other educational institutions. The new center will continue to support innovative research, critical thinking, pedagogical innovation, as well as the preservation and study of books, documents, andmaterial and visualculture related to science, technology and medicine. Further information Web: http://www.uv.es/uvweb/institut-universitari-historia-medicina-ciencia-lopez-pinero/ca/institut-historia-medicina-ciencia-lopez-pinero-1285893059754.html Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Instituto-de-Historia-de-la-Medicina-y-de-la-Ciencia-López-Piñero-160896327303957/ <https://www.facebook.com/Instituto-de-Historia-de-la-Medicina-y-de-la-Ciencia-L%C3%B3pez-Pi%C3%B1ero-160896327303957/> Twitter: https://twitter.com/PalaudeCervero Video: http://www.uv.es/uvweb/institut-universitari-historia-medicina-ciencia-lopez-pinero/ca/videos-1285901090268/Recurs.html