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Institute of the History of Medicine at JHU @histmedjhu.bsky.social · 14h

RSVP now for this hybrid event on 10/8 at 4pm EST: Dr. Mary Fissell presenting the The Fabric of Healing: Towards a History of Bandaging for the 31st Hideyo Noguchi Lecture in the History of Medicine. hopkinshistoryofmedicine.org/pec-events/3...

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Institute of the History of Medicine at JHU @histmedjhu.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

A hearty welcome to Kristin Hunt, Administrative Manager for History of Medicine, Art as Applied to Medicine, and Functional Anatomy & Evolution. Kristin is pictured here having lunch with the Directors from each program: Jeremy Greene (HOM), Lydia Gregg (AAM), and Gabriel Bever (FAE).

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Institute of the History of Medicine at JHU @histmedjhu.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

New Q2 Online Course (registration deadline 10/13): Experimental Bodies: Making Medical Subjects in History - Whose bodies produce medical knowledge? This course will focus on medicine’s human and non-human experimental subjects throughout history. hopkinshistoryofmedicine.org/admissions-o...

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Institute of the History of Medicine at JHU @histmedjhu.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Join us today at 3pm for the Class of 1973 Nursing Lecture Series - Prescribed Silence: Understanding the Long-Term Impact of Harassment and Retaliation in Nursing with Dr. Karissa Haugeberg. hopkinshistoryofmedicine.org/pec-events/c...

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Colloquia Special Event – Karissa Haugeberg – Department of the History of Medicine

September 30, 2026

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Institute of the History of Medicine at JHU @histmedjhu.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

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Institute of the History of Medicine at JHU @histmedjhu.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

We are excited to be hosting the 18th annual JAS-Med conference on 9/25-9/26! With the mission of fostering a collegial intellectual community amongst graduate students and providing an engaging forum for their research, JAS-Med is proudly student-led and organized. jashistofmed.wordpress.com

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Institute of the History of Medicine at JHU @histmedjhu.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Join Online Program Co-Director Graham Mooney today at 10:30am for a virtual open house for folks who have taken courses with us or are interested in our Certificate or MA application for next year! hopkinshistoryofmedicine.org/pec-events/o...

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OPHOM Open House for Current Students – Department of the History of Medicine

September 15, 2026

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Institute of the History of Medicine at JHU @histmedjhu.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

New blog post from the Historical Collection at JHU: Medical Philately – A New Collection hopkinshistoryofmedicine.org/2026/08/10/m...

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Institute of the History of Medicine at JHU @histmedjhu.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

We are hiring for an Associate or Full Professor (Tenure-Track) in History of Medicine: Pre-Modern! Please circulate widely - apply.interfolio.com/182469

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Institute of the History of Medicine at JHU @histmedjhu.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Congrats to Andrew Kishuni, Julia Cummiskey, Alexandra Phelan, and Yulia Frumer for a winning a NEXUS convening grant for "The Past, Present, and Future of U.S. Humanitarian Assistance,” about the living history of USAID to reimaging the future after the ruptures and contractions of the recent past.

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Institute of the History of Medicine at JHU @histmedjhu.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Congratulations to Sofia Grant, History of Medicine PhD student, for receiving a 2026 Michael E. DeBakey fellowship from the National Library of Medicine! www.nlm.nih.gov/hmd/get-invo...

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Institute of the History of Medicine at JHU @histmedjhu.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

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Institute of the History of Medicine at JHU @histmedjhu.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

A hearty congratulations to Carter Barnett for winning the 2026 Shyrock Medal from the American Association for the History of Medicine for his essay entitled "Constructing the Mission Hospital of Late Ottoman Gaza"!

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Institute of the History of Medicine at JHU @histmedjhu.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

Join our wonderful Curator of Rare Books Michael Seminara for a virtual Q&A about the Jacobs Room & Collection this Friday, April 24th. For more details and to register, visit events.jhu.edu/form/hah-26-...

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Institute of the History of Medicine at JHU @histmedjhu.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

Join us tomorrow 4/2 at 4pm EDT for the 2026 Aliapoulios Lecture in Hellenic Medicine featuring Dr. Jennifer Stager presenting "How to Mend a Body in Ancient Greece." This is a hybrid event - hopkinshistoryofmedicine.org/2026-aliapou...

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Institute of the History of Medicine at JHU @histmedjhu.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

Join our wonderful Curator of Rare Books Michael Seminara for a virtual Q&A about the Jacobs Room & Collection on Friday, April 24th. For more details and to register, visit events.jhu.edu/form/hah-26-...

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Institute of the History of Medicine at JHU @histmedjhu.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

Congrats to Alumnus Alex Parry and former postdocs Christy Slobogin and Iro Filippaki on publishing their research agenda on injury studies open-access with the Journal of Medical Humanities! link.springer.com/article/10.1...

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Institute of the History of Medicine at JHU @histmedjhu.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

TOMORROW: Have questions about the Online Program in the History of Medicine MA, Post-Baccalaureate Certificate, or taking courses in the non-degree track? Join us for a virtual open house on 3/27 at 12pm EDT for a chance to ask the program director!

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Online Program Virtual Open House – Department of the History of Medicine

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Institute of the History of Medicine at JHU @histmedjhu.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

RSVP now for the 2026 Aliapoulios Lecture in Hellenic Medicine featuring Dr. Jennifer Stager presenting "How to Mend a Body in Ancient Greece" on Thursday, April 2nd. hopkinshistoryofmedicine.org/2026-aliapou...

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Institute of the History of Medicine at JHU @histmedjhu.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

Dr. Richard Del Rio will present “The Drug Business in Late Nineteenth Century America,” as part of our Spring 2026 Colloquium presented by the Program in the History of Science, Medicine, & Technology on 3/12 at 3pm. hopkinshistoryofmedicine.org/pec-events/c...

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Colloquium Speaker: Richard Del Rio – Department of the History of Medicine

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Institute of the History of Medicine at JHU @histmedjhu.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

Join this hybrid lecture happening NOW: David S. Jones of Harvard University presents the 30th Hideyo Noguchi Lecture. To join, visit hopkinshistoryofmedicine.org/pec-events/3...

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Institute of the History of Medicine at JHU @histmedjhu.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

On March 5th at 4pm, David Jones of Harvard University will present the 30th Hideyo Noguchi Lecture. For more information about in person or virtual attendance and to RSVP, visit hopkinshistoryofmedicine.org/pec-events/3...

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Institute of the History of Medicine at JHU @histmedjhu.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

Julia Cummiskey will be presenting at the Brown Dept of History Workshop "Medical Technology: Science, Medicine, Healing and Global Health in African History" on 2/27-28. For more information, visit events.brown.edu/history/even...

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Institute of the History of Medicine at JHU @histmedjhu.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

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Institute of the History of Medicine at JHU @histmedjhu.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

Dr. Nathaniel Comfort of JHU will present “Not Boring People: James Watson Finds the Limits of His Own Reputation,” as part of our Spring 2026 Colloquium presented by the Program in the History of Science, Medicine, & Technology on 2/5 at 3pm. hopkinshistoryofmedicine.org/pec-events/c...

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Colloquium Speaker: Nathaniel Comfort – Department of the History of Medicine

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Institute of the History of Medicine at JHU @histmedjhu.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

Join us for our ongoing speaker series by the Program in the History of Science, Medicine, and Technology!

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Institute of the History of Medicine at JHU @histmedjhu.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

A hearty congratulations to Julie Lemmon, our newest graduate of the Online Program in the History of Medicine MA! Her thesis is entitled "Dual Missions: The Army Medical Museum as Maker of Medical Knowledge and Site of Memory."

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Institute of the History of Medicine at JHU @histmedjhu.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

Graduate students in Dr. Mary Fissell's course on Material Histories of Science, Medicine, and Technology practice bandaging on each other, using examples from classical antiquity and a 19th century textbook.

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Institute of the History of Medicine at JHU @histmedjhu.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

The image shows the London Board of Health search the city for cholera in 1832... by smell!! Over 8 weeks, "Introduction to History of Medicine" will explore some of the early modes of data collection used for public health surveillance and interventions. tinyurl.org/jhophom

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Institute of the History of Medicine at JHU @histmedjhu.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

Register now for Term 3 courses (1/20-3/16) in the JHU Online Program in the History of Medicine - Deadline: January 7th! For frequently asked questions, visit hopkinshistoryofmedicine.org/wp-content/u... For more information, visit tinyurl.com/jhophom

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Institute of the History of Medicine at JHU @histmedjhu.bsky.social · 25/12/2025

The Institute of the History of Medicine is closed for the holiday season and will reopen on January 5th. Happy Holidays!

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Institute of the History of Medicine at JHU @histmedjhu.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

The remains of a temple dedicated to Asclepius on the Greek island Kos — the birthplace of Hippocrates, the father of Western rational medicine. Learn forms of healing like these in our Term 3 course on the history of medicine from classical antiquity to the early middle ages. tinyurl.com/jhophom

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Institute of the History of Medicine at JHU @histmedjhu.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

What is a day in the life of an ABD graduate student? If you are Leigh Alon, pursuing her MD/PhD in History of Medicine, then you bump into your department director in Harvard's Countway Library Archives in late November. Photo by Jeremy Greene.

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Institute of the History of Medicine at JHU @histmedjhu.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

TOMORROW: Have questions about the Online Program in the History of Medicine MA or Post-Baccalaureate Certificate applications due 12/15? Join us for a virtual open house on 12/9 at 2pm EST for a chance to ask the program director! hopkinshistoryofmedicine.org/pec-events/o...

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OPHOM Open House – MA/Certificate Application – Department of the History of Medicine

December 2, 2025

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Institute of the History of Medicine at JHU @histmedjhu.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

Have questions about the Online Program in the History of Medicine MA or Post-Baccalaureate Certificate applications due 12/15? Join us for a virtual open house on 12/9 at 2pm EST for a chance to ask the program director! hopkinshistoryofmedicine.org/pec-events/o...

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OPHOM Open House – MA/Certificate Application – Department of the History of Medicine

December 2, 2025

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Institute of the History of Medicine at JHU @histmedjhu.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

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OPHOM Open House – MA/Certificate Application – Department of the History of Medicine

December 2, 2025

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Institute of the History of Medicine at JHU @histmedjhu.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

Dr. Genie Yoo of the University at Buffalo will present “Translating for this Life and the Next: Vernacularization, Aphrodisiacs, and Regimes of Value in Early Modern Ambon,” as part of our Fall 2025 HSMT Colloquium on 12/4 at 3pm. hopkinshistoryofmedicine.org/pec-events/c...

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Colloquium Speaker: Genie Yoo – Department of the History of Medicine

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Institute of the History of Medicine at JHU @histmedjhu.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

Mary Fissell visited the University of Rochester to give Health Humanities & Bioethics Grand Rounds and a George Washington Corner lecture (co-sponsored by Rochester Institute of Technology) and caught up with History of Medicine alum Alex Parry and former CMHSM & OPHOM postdoc Christy Slobogin!

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Institute of the History of Medicine at JHU @histmedjhu.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

Visiting Scholar Dr. Kudus Adebayo will present “When the Caregiver is the Sick Person: Hospital-Based Informal Caregiving and Health Systems in Nigeria" on Nov. 17th at 6pm in Gilman 50 and via zoom webinar. For more info and to register, visit hopkinshistoryofmedicine.org/dr-kudus-ade...

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Institute of the History of Medicine at JHU @histmedjhu.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

Register for special event - Power, Privilege, and Public Health in the United States book talk on 11/18 at 6pm: hopkinshistoryofmedicine.org/pec-events/b... The first 30 JHU students to register will receive a free copy of the edited volume including a chapter from our own Graham Mooney!

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Institute of the History of Medicine at JHU @histmedjhu.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

A hearty HUZZAH to History of Medicine Online Program alumni Paul Child on his new book based on his MA thesis - The Dean Disordered: Jonathan Swift and Humoral Medicine published by University of Virginia Press! www.upress.virginia.edu/title/10133/

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Institute of the History of Medicine at JHU @histmedjhu.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

In the Work of Healing this week, we’re talking about medical instruments, including the spirometer, shown here in an 1846 image. For more information on our online program, visit tinyurl.com/jhophom

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Institute of the History of Medicine at JHU @histmedjhu.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

Inoculation to prevent smallpox was widely known in Africa and Asia; Lady Mary Wortley Montagu brought the practice to England. We’ll be talking about this precursor to vaccination in The Work of Healing this week. For more information on our online program, visit tinyurl.com/jhophom

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