Séminaire de la Countway Library

2013 Colloquium on the History of Psychiatry and Medicine 

 The Colloquium on the History of Psychiatry and Medicine offers an opportunity to clinicians, researchers, and historians interested in a historical perspective on their fields to discuss informally historical studies in progress. 

 4:00 P.M.—5:30 P.M. Ballard Room, fifth floor, Countway Library of Medicine Harvard Medical Area 

October 24 The Crackers and the Trick Cyclists: Understanding Mental Disorders of British Flying Personnel—1914-1945 Lynsey Shaw, B.A. (Hons.), M.Sc.: D. Phil. Candidate in the History of Medicine, The Wellcome Unit for the History of Medicine, University of Oxford 

 November 14 From the Parachuting Psychologist to “Mental Health and Psychosocial Support”: Humanitarian Mental Health Interventions Since the 1980s Ilil Benjamin, M.A.: Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Science and Technologiy Studies, Cornell University 

 November 21 The Lamaze Method of Childbirth: An International Cold War History 1945-1980 Paula Michaels, Ph.D.: Lecturer in Modern History, Monash University (Melbourne, Australia) 

December 19 Good Spirits and Strong Bodies: Mental Health Treatment in Syria 1903-1961 Beverly Tsacoyianis: Assistant Professor of History, University of Memphis; Doctoral Candidate, Washington University in St. Louis 

For further information contact David G. Satin, M.D., Colloquium Director, phone/fax 617-332-0032, e-mail: david_satin@hms.harvard.edu