Barbara Bates Center Seminar Series

Organized by the Barbara Bates Center for the History of Nursing in collaboration with the Penn Libraries, this series brings scholars to Penn’s campus for engaging talks on important topics in healthcare.

Seminars

Feb 28

Open to the Public

Critical Healthcare Humanities: Social Sciences and Humanities as Interventions in Healthcare Research, Training, and Practice

Now more than ever, we require skillful human-centric approaches to healthcare education, research, and practice. Join the Barbara Bates Center for the Study of the History of Nursing for a hybrid seminar on critical healthcare humanities with Britt Dahlberg, PhD.

February 28, 2024
4:00pm - 5:30pm
Gershwind & Bennett Family Collaborative Classroom, Holman Biotech Commons (Main Level) and Online

Portrait photograph of Dr. Britt Dahlberg

Mar 13

Open to the Public

Hearing Happiness: Deafness Cures in American History

Join the Barbara Bates Center for the Study of the History of Nursing for a hybrid seminar on disability, Deafness, and medical technologies with Jaipreet Virdi, PhD.

March 13, 2024
4:00pm - 5:30pm
Gershwind & Bennett Family Collaborative Classroom, Holman Biotech Commons, and online

Apr 10

Open to the Public

Prescribing Reproductive Rights: Pills and the Politics of Family Planning, 1960 - 2024

Join the Barbara Bates Center for the Study of the History of Nursing for a seminar that explores the history of fertility control drugs relating to questions of side effects, prescription status, patient education, and access, with Kelly O’Donnell, PhD.

April 10, 2024
4:00pm - 5:30pm
Gershwind & Bennett Family Collaborative Classroom, Holman Biotech Commons (Main Level) and Online

Image Credit: Mercy Douglass Library, Class of 1959, Mercy-Douglas Hospital Collection, The Bates Center for the Study of the History of Nursing.