Book via Eventbrite Following the symposium there will be a FREE creative writing workshop focussing on an historical object: book via Eventbrite.
Read morePortraying pregnancy: from Holbein to social media
This exhibition is being curated by Professor Karen Hearn of University College London, who has written a new book to accompany it: Portraying Pregnancy: From Holbein to Social Media (Paul Holberton Publishing). More information
Read moreTeaching anatomy from classical to modern times: SSHM
Download booking form This two day symposium is being organised by the Scottish Society of the History of Medicine, in association with the British Society for the History of Medicine and the History Society of the Royal Society of Medicine. The aim is to explore the development of anatomy teaching from the earliest times to […]
Read moreIHR History Day 2019: 19th November
Discover research collections at this free one-day event designed for history students, researchers and writers, run by the Institute of Historical Research: Plan your next research project Meet specialist librarians & archivists Hear from historical organisations Talk to publishers Build your network The day includes a history fair showcasing over 50 libraries, archives and other […]
Read more‘Contrary to her profession of a midwife …’ An upcoming seminar in Manchester by Sarah Fox …
North West Early Modern Seminars Wednesday 9th October 2019 Manchester Metropolitan University, Geoffrey Manton Building 3.00 – 5.00 pm
Read moreWhen was reproduction invented? A debate in the Cambridge Festival of Ideas…
From abortion to climate crisis, intimate experiences to planetary policy, reproduction presents urgent challenges today. This debate invites participants to stand back and take a long view.The panellists, including the editors of the field-defining synthesis, Reproduction: Antiquity to the Present Day (Cambridge, 2018), will lead a discussion of when, how and for what purposes reproduction as we know it […]
Read moreReconceiving the womb in medicine, law and society
Description: This symposium will explore diverse womb-related developments from the past, present and future, investigating important ethical and socio-legal questions emerging from new and future technologies. Historically, the womb has featured in medical, social and legal debates about women. A functioning womb saved a woman from the ‘curse’ of barrenness, but also was often blamed […]
Read moreDe Partu working lunch at Born Yesterday conference
A De Partu working lunch will take place during this week’s Born Yesterday conference at the University of Nottingham. It will be held during the lunch break on Thursday 5th. An announcement will be made to confirm the venue. Non-members are welcome. Agenda:1. Welcome2. The Jean Donnison Essay Prize – planning3. Collaboration with the British […]
Read moreRCM Library temporarily closing 19th August…
RCM Library and Heritage Collections: our move and temporary closure Later this year, mid-November, the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG) will be moving to their new home in Union Street, located close to London Bridge. The RCOG’s Research and Information Services, including library, archives, rare books, museum and artworks, along with the integrated […]
Read moreNew book review
Coming home: how midwives changed birth, by Wendy Kline (Oxford University Press, 2019) is reviewed by Professor Rosemary Mander.
Read moreStill time to register for ‘Born Yesterday’ at Nottingham in September…
Royal College of Midwives – Special collections
‘This collection comprises primarily personal papers originally deposited at the Royal College of Midwives, now held at the RCOG. It includes case registers, pupil case books, notebooks, diaries, photographs and printed material, relating to the experiences of midwives and how childbirth has changed throughout the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.’ A very useful table of contents […]
Read moreMidwifery in Victorian Manchester: Collection Encounter
Teens and Sex, the History of Brook Advisory Centres
Mary Cronk (1932-2018)
Mary Cronk, who has died aged 86, was held in high regard by the mothers she cared for and the many midwives to whom she was an inspiration and a role model. Mary came from a strong radical tradition. Her father was a Clydeside shop steward and her mother worked for the Co-operative Society in […]
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