L'histoire de la médecine et son public

Medical History and the Public

Annual Meeting of the Swiss Society for the History of Medicine and Sciences

University of Bern, 11 November 2022
Unitobler, Lerchenweg 36, F 021

10:00 –10:30 Welcome (for workshop participants / für Workshop-Teilnehmer:innen)

10:30 –12:00 Workshop (in room F 112)
Communication strategies for historians of science and medicine Kommunika-
tionsstrategien für Medizin- und Wissenschaftshistoriker:innen
With/mit Flurin Condrau (Zürich)

12:00 –12:45 General Assembly / Generalversammlung / Assemblée Générale

12:45 –13:30 Lunch / Mittagessen

13:30 –13:45 Introduction / Einführung

13:45 –14:00 Awarding of Sigerist prize / Vergabe des Sigerist-Preises

14:00 –14:30 Urs Hafner (Bern)
From information to mission: how science communication invented relevance /
Von der Information zur Mission. Wie die Wissenschaftskommunikation Relevanz
gefunden hat

14:30 –15:00 Philipp Osten (Hamburg)
Looking back to the present? / Rückblicke in die Gegenwart?

15:00 –15:30 Coffee break / Kaffeepause

15:30 –16:45 Panel Discussion / Podiumsdiskussion
Medical history and the public / Medizingeschichte und Oeffentlichkeit
With / mit Urs Hafner (Bern), Philipp Osten (Hamburg), Suzanne Suggs (Lugano),
Jakob Tanner (Zürich)
Moderation: Pascal Germann (Bern), Magaly Tornay (Bern)

16:45 –17:00 Coffee break / Kaffeepause

17:00 –18:00 Guggenheim-Schnurr Lecture
Dora Vargha (Berlin)
Uses of the Pandemic Past: Histories of Covid-19

18:30 Dinner / Nachtessen

Lunch / Mittagessen
 All members of SSHMS, participants of workshop and meeting are invited. / Alle Mitglieder der
SGGMN, Teilnehmer am Workshop und Besucher der Tagung sind herzlich eingeladen.

If you would like to join for Dinner, please contact the secretary of the society, Felix Rietmann
(felix.rietmann@unifr.ch). / Wenn sie am Nachtessen teilnehmen möchten, kontaktieren sie bitte
den Sekretär der Gesellschaft, Felix Rietmann (felix.rietmann@unifr.ch)

The workshop
This workshop focuses on communication as a central skill in everyday academic life. With the help
of the participants, we will interactively discuss different forms of communication. The focus is not
so much on the thematic content, but on the way we can bring our scientific topics closer to diffe-
rent target groups. This includes working with the media (e.g. in the form of an interview), but also
deals with presentations as well as the so-called „Elevator Pitch“ (short presentation of one‘s own
research). The workshop is primarily aimed at young academics at doctoral or postdoc level. As the
number of places is limited, please send us a short application stating the topic you will present
briefly (maximum 5 minutes) at the workshop.
Please send applications by e-mail to the society’s secretary, Felix Rietmann (felix.rietmann@unifr.ch)