Writing Nature in the History of Medicine
Scholars within the natural sciences are not the only scholars who study, analyze and write about nature. So do also scholars within the social sciences and the humanities. But how is this done? And what is this thing called "nature"?
Typhoid innoculation, Texas 1943. Photo: The Library of Congress.
This Monday we turn to the Medicine, and will discuss the history of diseases.
Time: May 27, 2013, 13.00-16.00
Place: Eilert Sundt’s Building, room 551 (the TIK-centre, floor 5)
Organizers: Anne Kveim Lie and Christoph Gradmann (Institute of Health and Society, UiO).
More information will follow.
"Writing nature" is the topic for an ongoing seminar series organized by the Kultrans research group “Nature and the Natural”. Representatives from various disciplines are invited to present and discuss with us.
List of previous "Writing nature" seminars:
1) Når antropologer skriver natur, 15. februar 2012
2) Writing nature in science and technology studies (STS), 14. mars 2012
3) Writing animals, 25. april 2012
4) Writing nature in climate studies, 2. mai 2012.
5) Writing nature in geography, 26. september 2012.
6) Writing Nature in Cultural History, 21 november 2012