Myles Jackson of Princeton IAS will present, "Broadcasting Fidelity: German Radio and the Rise of Early Electronic Music".
Clare Griffin will present, "The Soldier’s Body Keeps the Score: Medical Aftermaths of Early Modern Battles"
Alison McManus of JHU will present, "Compounds of Considerable Interest: The Allied Search for Nerve Agents in World War II". There will be a pre-circulated paper.
A co-sponsored event with History of Art. Claire Wintle, University of Brighton, Centre for Design History will speak on “Anxiety, Control, and Performative Change in Postwar Museum Storage.”
A book launch and discussion of "Pushback: The 2,500-Year Fight to Thwart Women by Restricting Abortion" with author Mary Fissell of Johns Hopkins University.
Kathleen Crowther will present, "The Fragile Fetus: Pregnancy Loss and Infertility in Early Modern Europe".
Gabrielle Robbins of JHU will present, "A Factory of Dreams: Conversions."
Special Event - Hideyo Noguchi Lecture. Alisha Rankin of Tufts University will present, "The Skillful Surgeon: Surgical Expertise and Contested Authority in Early Modern Europe".
Sofia Grant, 2nd year JHU, will present, "Blocked Impulses: Myasthenia Gravis, the Prostigmin Test, and the Making of a Clinical Diagnosis". There will be a pre-circulated paper.
Melody Xu, 2nd year JHU, will present, "Attention is in the Eye of the Beholder: Norman Mackworth and the Development of Eye Tracking Technology in the 20th Century." There will […]
A book launch and discussion of "Body Maps: Improvising Meridians and Nerves in Global Chinese Medicine" with author Lan Li of Johns Hopkins University.
Yemok Jeon, 2nd year JHU, will present, "Insects on Ice: Disease Uncertainty and Local Knowledge in Germ Warfare Narratives of the Korean War (1950-1953)". There will be a pre-circulated paper.