Program for Humanities in Medicine

THE PROGRAM FOR HUMANITIES IN MEDICINE
2008 - 2009
HOWARD SPIRO LECTURE SERIES

 

Lectures are at 5 PM on Thursdays, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven.

The lectures are free and open to the public.

Lectures are located at:
Anlyan Auditorium - 300 Cedar Street
Beaumont Room - 333 Cedar Street
Historical Library - 333 Cedar Street
Whitney Humanities Center - 53 Wall Street


For more information, contact The Humanities Program at 203-785-6102 or by e-mail Deborah Finger

 
  September October November December
January February March April May


 

September 18 - Beaumont Room
AKHENATEN, THE ANDROGYNOUS PHARAOH
Irwin Braverman, M.D.
Professor of Dermatology
Yale University

 


October 2 - Beaumont Room
STRANGE CONCEPTS AND THE STORIES THEY MAKE POSSIBLE:
COGNITION, CULTURE, AND NARRATIVE
Lisa Zunshine, PhD.
Psychology
Yale University

 

October 23 - Beaumont Room
THE LIFE OF SCHOLARS, ACADEMICIANS AND DOCTORS
DURING REIGN OF ADI AMIN
Professor Salim Simba
Makere University, Uganda






November 6 - Beaumont Room
THE FINGER, A HAND BOOK.
AN EXPLORATION IN ART AND CULTURE
The Arnold Baskin Lecture
Angus Trumble
Curator of Paintings and Sculpture
British Arts Center

 

November 20 - Anlyan Auditorium
MAKING MARTINIS FOR MY FATHER: CARE, CHANGE, AND
THE DURATION OF MEDICINES
 Mark Saltzman, M.D.
Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Yale University School of Medicine






December 4 - Beaumont Room
PROUST WAS A NEUROSCIENTIST
The Richard Selzer Lecture
Jonah Lehrer
Author and Neuroscientist



December 18 - Beaumont Room
HOSPITAL: MAN, WOMAN, BIRTH, DEATH, INFINITY, PLUS RED TAPE,
BAD BEHAVIOR, MONEY, GOD AND DIVERSITY ON STEROIDS
Julie Salomon
Author



January 15- Beaumont Room
ABU GHRAIB - LESSONS FOR AMERICAN MEDICAL SCHOOLS
The Thomas Duffy Lecture
Barbara Burtness, M.D.
Chief, Head and Neck Medical Oncology
Fox Chase Center, Philadelphia



January 22 - Beaumont Room
UNDERSTANDING BIOETHICS AND THE LAW: THE PROMISES AND
PERILS OF THE BRAVE NEW WORLD OF BIOTECHNOLOGY
Barry Schaller, JD
Connecticut Supreme Court Judge
Professor, Yale Law School



 

February 5 - Beaumont Room
THING WITH NO NAME
Sara Fredland
Film Maker




February 26 - Beaumont Room
THE OBAMA EFFECT AND BLACK PHSYCIANS
The Multicultural Lecture
 Ezra Griffith, MD
Deputy Chair for Clinical Affairs
Yale School of Medicine
Professor of Psychiatry & African American Studies





March 5 - Whitney Humanities Center
RE-ENTERING THE THRESHOLD OF OUR BEING; SIX STEPS TO CONTEMPLATIVE BEHOLDING
The Barwick Lecture
Joel Upton, PhD
Professor of Art and History of Art
Amherst College




March 12 - Beaumont Room
THE NARRATIVE OF MEDICINE
The McGovern Lecture
Roy Carlson, M.D.
New Jersey



 

March 26 - Anlyan Auditorium
PROBING THE SECRETS OF THE MIND WITH FUNCTIONAL BRAIN IMAGING?
Marvin Chun, PhD
 Professor of Psychology
Yale University





April 2 - Beaumont Room
A TALE OF TWO CITIES, BILOXI AND NEW HAVEN
The James D. Kenney Lecture
Suzanne Lagarde, M.D.
Yale University

 

 

April 23 - Beaumont Room
PRESCRIPTION FOR HEALTH CARE IMPROVEMENT
The Morris Dillard Lecture
Donald Berwick, MD President-CEO,
Institute for Health Care
Boston, Massachusetts


 

April 30 - Anlyan Auditorium
LIVING PATIENTS
The Dobihal Lecture
W. Scott Long, M.D.
Hospice, Connecticut






May 7 - Beaumont Room
WRITERS' WORKSHOP PRESENTATION

Richard Selzer, M.D. & Lorence Gutterman, M.D.
Author
Author
 

 

 

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