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Calendar of Events
Anatomy of Antisemitism: Jews, Cadavers, and the Politics of Medical Discourse in East Central Europe
September 13, 2019 - 12:00pm to 2:00pm
Location: 602 Cathedral of Learning
Natalia Aleksiun, PhD
Professor of Modern Jewish History
Graduate School of Jewish Studies
Touro College
Co-sponsored by the Humanities Center and Jewish Studies Program.
Global Health Governance (specific title to be announced)
September 13, 2019 - 3:30pm to 4:45pm
Location: Baker Hall A53 Steinberg Auditorium Carnegie Mellon University
Jennifer Prah Ruger, PhD
Amartya Sen Professor of Health Equity, Economics, and Policy
Faculty Chair at the Center for High Impact Philanthropy
University of Pennsylvania
Sponsored by the CMU Center for Ethics and Policy
Writing and Finding Meaning in the End of Life
September 16, 2019 - 5:00pm to 6:30pm
Location: 601 Cathedral of Learning
Haider Warrich, MD
Associate Director of Heart Failure at the Boston VA,
Associate Physician at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and Instructor at Harvard Medical School
Co-sponsored by the Humanities Center and Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology
Medical Humanities Conference 2019
September 19, 2019 (All day) to September 20, 2019 (All day)
Location: Western Michigan University Kalamazoo, MI
Ninth Annual Western Michigan University Medical Humanities Conference
Transforming Women's Health
September 24, 2019 - 8:00am to 6:00pm
Location: Omni William Penn Hotel 530 William Penn Place Pittsburgh,
PA Adagio Health Second Annual Symposium
Poena par sapientia: Tommy John Surgery and Modern Sports Medicine
September 24, 2019 - 6:00pm to 7:00pm
Location: 4th Floor Scaife Hall
Walton Schalick, III, MD, PhD
Medical Director and Physician Supervisor
Department of Orthopedics & Rehabilitation
University of Wisconsin
C.F. Reynolds Medical History Society Lecture Series
How to Wait: Temporal Narratives of Medicalized Gender Transition
September 26, 2019 - 5:00pm to 6:30pm
Location: Venue TBD
Victoria Pitts-Taylor, PhD
Professor and Chair of Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Wesleyan University
Co-sponsored by the Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies Program and the Humanities Center
Building Trauma-Informed and Resilient Communities: Continuing the Conversation
October 4, 2019 - 9:00am to 1:30pm
Location: University of Pittsburgh Homewood Community Engagement Center 622 North Homewood Avenue
Taunya Marie Tinsley, DMin, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Education & Counseling
Villanova University
Co-sponsored by Pittsburgh Theological Seminary, Pittsburgh Pastoral Institute, and University of Pittsburgh School of Social Work
Neither Seen nor Heard: The Culture and Consequence of Clinical Dismissal
October 10, 2019 - 5:15pm to 6:45pm
Location: A115 Public Health
Sarah Manguso, MFA
Author of The Two Kinds of Decay and Ongoingness: The End of a Diary, and five other books
Co-sponsored by the Department of English, Schools of Dental Medicine, Pharmacy, and Public Health
Remembrance and Resilience: How Bioethics and Humanities Can Move Us Forward
October 24, 2019 (All day) to October 27, 2019 (All day)
Location: David L. Lawrence Convention Center Pittsburgh, PA
American Society for Bioethics and Humanities
21st Annual Conference
Museums and Medicine: Divining Warhol, Drawing and Developing Clinical Skills
October 24, 2019 - 9:00am to 12:00pm
Location: The Andy Warhol Museum 117 Sandusky St, Pittsburgh, PA
Pre-conference Workshop of the American Society for Bioethics and Humanities, co-sponsored by the Center for Bioethics & Health Law
Medical Education in 19th Century America: Jefferson and Flexner Revisited
November 5, 2019 - 6:00pm to 7:00pm
Location: 4th Floor Scaife Hall
Robert Gibson, MD
Lockhart B. McGuire Professor of Medicine, retired
University of Virginia
C.F. Reynolds Medical History Society Lecture Series
The Role of Non-Kin in Providing Elder Care: A Forgotten History in Ghana
November 16, 2019 - 3:00pm to 5:00pm
Location: 3106 Posvar Hall
Cati Coe, PhD
Professor of Anthropology
Rutgers University
Anatomy of Antisemitism: Jews, Cadavers, and the Politics of Medical Discourse in East Central Europe
September 13, 2019 - 12:00pm to 2:00pm
Location: 602 Cathedral of Learning
Natalia Aleksiun, PhD
Professor of Modern Jewish History
Graduate School of Jewish Studies
Touro College
Co-sponsored by the Humanities Center and Jewish Studies Program.
Global Health Governance (specific title to be announced)
September 13, 2019 - 3:30pm to 4:45pm
Location: Baker Hall A53 Steinberg Auditorium Carnegie Mellon University
Jennifer Prah Ruger, PhD
Amartya Sen Professor of Health Equity, Economics, and Policy
Faculty Chair at the Center for High Impact Philanthropy
University of Pennsylvania
Sponsored by the CMU Center for Ethics and Policy
Writing and Finding Meaning in the End of Life
September 16, 2019 - 5:00pm to 6:30pm
Location: 601 Cathedral of Learning
Haider Warrich, MD
Associate Director of Heart Failure at the Boston VA,
Associate Physician at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and Instructor at Harvard Medical School
Co-sponsored by the Humanities Center and Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology
Medical Humanities Conference 2019
September 19, 2019 (All day) to September 20, 2019 (All day)
Location: Western Michigan University Kalamazoo, MI
Ninth Annual Western Michigan University Medical Humanities Conference
Transforming Women's Health
September 24, 2019 - 8:00am to 6:00pm
Location: Omni William Penn Hotel 530 William Penn Place Pittsburgh,
PA Adagio Health Second Annual Symposium
Poena par sapientia: Tommy John Surgery and Modern Sports Medicine
September 24, 2019 - 6:00pm to 7:00pm
Location: 4th Floor Scaife Hall
Walton Schalick, III, MD, PhD
Medical Director and Physician Supervisor
Department of Orthopedics & Rehabilitation
University of Wisconsin
C.F. Reynolds Medical History Society Lecture Series
How to Wait: Temporal Narratives of Medicalized Gender Transition
September 26, 2019 - 5:00pm to 6:30pm
Location: Venue TBD
Victoria Pitts-Taylor, PhD
Professor and Chair of Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Wesleyan University
Co-sponsored by the Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies Program and the Humanities Center
Building Trauma-Informed and Resilient Communities: Continuing the Conversation
October 4, 2019 - 9:00am to 1:30pm
Location: University of Pittsburgh Homewood Community Engagement Center 622 North Homewood Avenue
Taunya Marie Tinsley, DMin, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Education & Counseling
Villanova University
Co-sponsored by Pittsburgh Theological Seminary, Pittsburgh Pastoral Institute, and University of Pittsburgh School of Social Work
Neither Seen nor Heard: The Culture and Consequence of Clinical Dismissal
October 10, 2019 - 5:15pm to 6:45pm
Location: A115 Public Health
Sarah Manguso, MFA
Author of The Two Kinds of Decay and Ongoingness: The End of a Diary, and five other books
Co-sponsored by the Department of English, Schools of Dental Medicine, Pharmacy, and Public Health
Remembrance and Resilience: How Bioethics and Humanities Can Move Us Forward
October 24, 2019 (All day) to October 27, 2019 (All day)
Location: David L. Lawrence Convention Center Pittsburgh, PA
American Society for Bioethics and Humanities
21st Annual Conference
Museums and Medicine: Divining Warhol, Drawing and Developing Clinical Skills
October 24, 2019 - 9:00am to 12:00pm
Location: The Andy Warhol Museum 117 Sandusky St, Pittsburgh, PA
Pre-conference Workshop of the American Society for Bioethics and Humanities, co-sponsored by the Center for Bioethics & Health Law
Medical Education in 19th Century America: Jefferson and Flexner Revisited
November 5, 2019 - 6:00pm to 7:00pm
Location: 4th Floor Scaife Hall
Robert Gibson, MD
Lockhart B. McGuire Professor of Medicine, retired
University of Virginia
C.F. Reynolds Medical History Society Lecture Series
The Role of Non-Kin in Providing Elder Care: A Forgotten History in Ghana
November 16, 2019 - 3:00pm to 5:00pm
Location: 3106 Posvar Hall
Cati Coe, PhD
Professor of Anthropology
Rutgers University