Event 2
Below is the programme of studies prepared for this course. Resources generated for some of the sessions can be accessed through the links included in the programme.
Day 1: Bibliographic Tools in Literature, Medicine, and Science Interdisciplinary Research (Wellcome Library)
| Session 1 | Ross MacFarlane (Wellcome Library): ‘Introduction to Wellcome Library’s Collections’ (slides) |
| Session 2 | William Schupbach (Wellcome Library): ‘Reading Paintings, Prints, and Drawings’ |
| Session 3 | Carole Reeves (Outreach Historian, Wellcome Trust Centre for the History of Medicine, UCL): ‘Utilising New Technologies: Making Films and the History of Medicine in Motion Project’ (LitSciMed Film Competition flyer) (‘Wellcome Library’s LitSciMed Film Competition’ on Films page) |
| Session 4 | Frances Larson (Honorary Research Fellow, Durham, and author of An Infinity of Things: How Sir Henry Wellcome Collected the World (Oxford University Press, 2009)): Tour of Medicine Man Gallery |
| Session 5 | Ross MacFarlane (Wellcome Library): Tour of Wellcome Library |
| Session 6 | Jenn Phillips-Bacher (Wellcome Library): ‘Online Resources at the Wellcome Library’ (slides) |
| Session 7 | Chris Hilton (Wellcome Library): ‘Archives, Manuscripts, and Rare Books’ |
Day 2: How to do Meaningful Interdisciplinary Research Linking Literature and Medicine (King’s College London)
| Session 1 | Neil Vickers (KCL): ‘The Fallacy of Retrospective Diagnosis and How a Knowledge of Medical History Might Aid Literary Interpretation and How it Can Mislead’ |
| Session 2 | Brian Hurwitz (KCL): ‘The Case History as Genre’ (slides) |
| Session 3 | Jane Darcy (KCL): Guided tour of Foundling Museum with further time to explore |
| Session 4 | General discussion time, McRae Gallery, Royal College of Surgeons |
Day 3: Literature, Medicine, and Material Culture (Royal College of Surgeons)
| Session 1 | Simon Chaplin (RCS): Tour of Hunterian Museum |
| Session 2 | Sharon Ruston, Alannah Tomkins, Simon Chaplin: Reading Group – ‘Object Narratives in Medical and Scientific Literature’ (slides) |
| Session 3 | Individual presentations: Preparation time |