June 2019

Professor Gareth Williams and Dr Heidi Larson: The Truth About Vaccines

Event date: 
Thursday 9 April 2020 to Friday 10 April 2020
Time: 
18:00
Location: 
Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh 9 Queen Street, Edinburgh, EH2 1JQ

Date: 9 April 2020

Title: The Truth About Vaccines

Time: 6pm -  7.30pm

Cost: £3

Speakers: Professor Gareth Williams, University of Bristol and Dr Heidi Larson, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

Description:

 

In 1998 a medical furore broke out when The Lancet published an article by Andrew Wakefield questioning the benefits of the MMR vaccination which was being given unquestioningly to children throughout the UK.

 

John Crichton: Forensic Psychiatry: From Plato to the Modern ‘Insanity’ Defence

Event date: 
Wednesday 22 January 2020 to Thursday 23 January 2020
Time: 
18:00
Location: 
Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh 9 Queen Street, Edinburgh, EH2 1JQ

Date: 22 January 2020

Title: Forensic Psychiatry: From Plato to the Modern ‘Insanity’ Defence

Times: 6pm – 7pm

Cost: £3

Speaker: John Crichton, Chair of RCPsych in Scotland

Description:

 

In Scotland's enlightenment a bride stabs her husband on their wedding night; a nobleman kills his brother; a veteran kills his devoted wife - who then pleads mercy for him on her deathbed.

 

Professor Chris Philo: “Cats robbed him of his wealth, his health and his reason”: The Wild and Tranquil Geographies of Animals and Madness

Event date: 
Wednesday 20 November 2019 to Thursday 21 November 2019
Time: 
18:00
Location: 
Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh 9 Queen Street, Edinburgh, EH2 1JQ

Date: 20 November 2019

Title: “Cats robbed him of his wealth, his health and his reason”: The Wild and Tranquil Geographies of Animals and Madness

Times: 6pm – 7pm

Cost: £3

Speaker: Professor Chris Philo, Professor of Geography, University of Glasgow

Description:

The McCarthy Award for History of Medicine Research

Event date: 
Thursday 17 October 2019 to Friday 18 October 2019
Time: 
17:00
Location: 
Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh 9 Queen Street, Edinburgh, EH2 1JQ

Date: 17 October 2019

Title: The McCarthy Award for History of Medicine Research

Times: 5pm – 7pm

Cost: Free

 

Description:

 

Join us at the cutting-edge of history of medicine research where new ideas and discoveries collide with traditional thought and theory. At this event you’ll have the opportunity to hear our McCarthy Award finalists present their exciting pieces of research. A panel of esteemed judges will preside.

Last year’s winning presentation was on Sir Patrick Manson and his experiments on malarial mosquitos.

 

Professor Abraham Verghese: The Physician as Revolutionary: From Frantz Fanon to “Che”

Event date: 
Wednesday 18 September 2019 to Thursday 19 September 2019
Time: 
18:00
Location: 
Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh 9 Queen Street, Edinburgh, EH2 1JQ

Date: 18 September 2019

Title: The Physician as Revolutionary: From Frantz Fanon to “Che”

Times: 6 – 7pm

Cost: £3

Speaker: Professor Abraham Verghese, Stanford University Medical School

 

Description:

 

Sarah Wise: Gaslight Stories: Women in White, Eccentric Heirs, Inconvenient People

Event date: 
Wednesday 14 August 2019 to Thursday 15 August 2019
Time: 
18:00
Location: 
Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh 9 Queen Street, Edinburgh, EH2 1JQ

Date: 14 August 2019

Title: Gaslight Stories: Women in White, Eccentric Heirs, Inconvenient People

Times: 6pm – 7pm

Cost: £3

Speaker: Sarah Wise, Independent Scholar

 

Description:

 

The 1800s saw a series of scandals where individuals were locked away in lunatic asylums – the victims of unscrupulous persons who wanted to be rid of a ‘difficult’ family member, spouse or friend. But who were the victims of this trade? Was a male head of household simply able to ‘put away’ an unwanted wife or disobedient daughter?

 

Dr Alun Withey: Concerning Beards: Facial Hair, Health and Hygiene in Britain, c. 1650-1900

Event date: 
Wednesday 3 July 2019 to Thursday 4 July 2019
Location: 
Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh 9 Queen Street, Edinburgh, EH2 1JQ

Date: 3 July 2019

Title: Concerning Beards: Facial Hair, Health and Hygiene in Britain, c. 1650-1900

 

Times: 6pm – 7pm

Cost: £3

Speaker: Dr Alun Withey, Senior Lecturer in History, University of Exeter

 

Description:

 

Workshop: The Ambiguity of Violence as Resistance

Event date: 
Friday 28 June 2019 to Saturday 29 June 2019
Location: 
Godfrey Thomson Hall, Thomson’s Land, Holyrood Road

28 June 2019, 10:00-18:00

Workshop: The Ambiguity of Violence as Resistance

Location: Godfrey Thomson Hall, Thomson’s Land, Holyrood Road

Registration required, space limited

To register: ambiguityofviolenceasresistance.eventbrite.co.uk

Sponsors: CNaM Network, School of Social and Political Science, Global Justice Academy and Development Academy, Politics and International Relations

 

Amy McMonagle

Amy is responsible for the coordination of activities and archival work in the lead up to our 50th anniversary this year. 

About to enter her 4th year of Law School, she has an interest in undertaking further study towards a career in research. 

With a focus on encouraging, and participating in, interdisciplinary study (having recently completed a presentation on “Gender and Autism: Engaging with a New Perspective”), Amy looks forward to working alongside IASH over the summer.