History of Science, Medicine and Technology Group seminars
The History of Science, Medicine and Technology Group seminars take place throughout the academic year and are open to all.
Seminar description
This research group organises a seminar series about the history of science, medicine and technology. We also have a seminar series in the history of medicine, in collaboration with the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, and you can find details on their seminar webpage.
Time and location
Sessions take place on Wednesdays at 4.10pm in Room G.16, Doorway 4 , Old Medical School unless stated otherwise below. Everyone welcome!
Event schedule
Semester 2, 2023/24
| Date | Speaker | Topic | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Thu 15 Feb |
Johannes Mattes | "Poles and people: Geographical societies, statehood, and civil society, 1870-1925" |
1:10pm (please feel free to bring your lunch) Science, Technology and Innovation Studies, Old Surgeons’ Hall, High School Yards (enter via Surgeon’s Square) |
| Mon 4 Mar | Petros Bouras-Vallianatos (Athens) |
‘Byzantine medicine in light of the Global Middle Ages: current trends and future avenues’ The talk is joint with CLAIBS. |
5.10pm, Meadows Lecture Theatre |
| Wed 27 Mar |
Leah Astbury (Manchester) |
“The myth of the (early modern) vaginal orgasm” Joint with Histories of Gender and Sexuality |
|
| Wed 1st May |
Leonardo da Vinci's Geology: A Conversation with Ivano del Prete and Lucia Tantardini
Among Leonardo's remarkable notebooks are a tantalising set of writings on geological phenomena, such as the layering of rocks and the origins of marine fossils. These will be the focus of a public conversation with Ivano Dal Prete (Yale) and Lucia Tantardini (Cambridge). Dal Prete is a historian of science who has recently published On the Edge of Eternity: The Antiquity of the Earth in Medieval and Early Modern Europe (2023); Tantardini is an art historian and specialist in the works of Leonardo.
This conversation is a collaboration between the Leonardo da Vinci Society and the research group for History of Science, Medicine & Technology at the University of Edinburgh. |
5pm, online via Zoom (register here) | |
| Wed 15th May |
Sarah Ghasedi (Washington) |
"How the discovery of Sophia Jex-Blake's anonymous Scotsman journalism deepens our understanding of her historic campaign for female doctors in nineteenth-century Britain" Joint with Histories of Gender and Sexuality |
4-6pm, Seminar room 5, Chrystal Macmillan Building |
Further information
Please contact the organiser if you have any questions.
Dr Zubin Mistry (BA, MA, PhD)
Lecturer; Early Medieval European History
- University of Edinburgh
- School of History, Classics and Archaeology
Contact details
- Email: Zubin.Mistry@ed.ac.uk
Dr Richard Oosterhoff
Lecturer in History; Early Modern Europe
- University of Edinburgh
- School of History, Classics and Archaeology
Contact details
- Email: richard.oosterhoff@ed.ac.uk
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