News at the Centre for the History of Medicine
Trade in Lunacy - Public Engagement - Videos
Trade in Lunacy -Videos now available
To see our trailer and for links to the full performance and panel discussion videos see- Info
A public engagement event...Professor Hilary Marland with Talking Birds ran a ' Private Asylum' themed event (June 2013), including a site specific performance in the Shop Front Theatre - (Theatre Absolute)which focused on the history of mental disorder, its management and the development of a 'Trade in Lunacy'.
Histories of Medicine in the Household Videos
Videos from the 'Histories of Medicine in the Household' - Anglo Dutch German Workshop, July 2012, Co-organisers: Dr Roberta Bivins, Professor Hilary Marland, Professor Robert Jütte (Instituts für Geschichte der Medizin der Robert Bosch Stiftung), Professor Frank Huisman (University of Utrecht)
are now available to view on our web: http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/history/chm/research_teaching/research/med_tech_house/conference/videos
We would like to thank all those who kindly participated.
More details about the Workshop and the project 'Medicine, Technology and the Household in Modern Britain'- Dr Roberta Bivins & Professor Hilary Marland may be found on our web pages: http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/history/chm/research_teaching/research/med_tech_house/conference/
http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/history/chm/research_teaching/research/med_tech_house/
Hiding in the Pub to Cutting the Cord: Video and Podcast
The Warwick Centre for the History of Medicine project: 'Hiding in the Pub to Cutting the Cord? Fatherhood and Childbirth in Britain, 1950s to present' convened by Dr Laura King has endeavoured to bring together the public, arts and academia in a series of events.
A film has been produced showcasing this project and features the theatre production 'Our Fathers', by Babakas, performed at the Warwick Arts Centre on 12th and 13th June 2012, panel discussions which followed these performances, and poetry readings at the Coventry Mysteries festival on 16th June 2012. http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/history/chm/outreach/hiding_in_the_pub/video
This project was generously supported by the Wellcome Trust, via the Centre's Strategic Award: Situating Medicine; New Directions in the History of Medicine.