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Fall 2008
September 23, 2008	Susanne Klausen, Ph.D. Associate Professor of History, Carleton University in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Co-sponsored by the African Studies and African-American and African Diaspora Studies Committee Location: 425 University Boulevard, Cavanaugh Hall (Room TBD, please contact us for details) Time: 12:00 Noon	The Birth Control Movement in Interwar South Africa
October 2, 2008	Jutta Schickore, Ph.D. Department of History & Philosophy of Science, IU Bloomington Location: HITS Building, IU Center for Bioethics (Exact room TBD, please contact us for details) Time: 12:00 Noon	The Vagaries of Biomedical Experiments: From Snake Bites to NIH Data Sharing
November 3, 2008	Robert (Bob) S. Scott, M.D. Trustee Chair, the Rotary Foundation Location: University Library Lilly Auditorium, IUPUI Campus, Indianapolis, IN 46202 Time: 3:30 PM About Dr. Scott: Bob Scott was born and raised in Edinburgh, Scotland. He graduated in medicine from Edinburgh University in 1957 with distinction in dermatology and chest diseases. Bob emigrated to Cobourg, Ontario, Canada in 1966, where he continued in general practice. He was a Coroner for the Province of Ontario until retiring in May 2000 after investigating more than 1200 cases. Bob has taken part in many National Immunization Days in India, Pakistan, Nigeria and Egypt. In 2002-03 he was the Director of the Polio Eradication Fundraising Campaign.	4th Annual Baker-Ort Lecture in International Healthcare Philanthropy: "Rotary International and the Eradication of Polio"
Related Events
September 10, 2008	R.J. Metz, M.D. R.J. Metz, a resident in Orthopedics and graduate of the IU School of Medicine, will present a paper at the Indiana Medical History Museum. It describes the revolutionary work of Dutch surgeon Cornelis Pieter van Nes, who developed an operation to aid children with congenitally shortened femurs. It was a dramatically different alternative to amputation and remained in use until the end of the 20th century. Co-sponsored by the John Shaw Billings History of Medicine Society Location: Medical History Museum, 3045 Vermont Street, Indianapolis, IN 46222 Time: 4:00 PM	*Cornelis Pieter van Nes (1897-1972) and the Rotationplasty*
September 23, 2008	Susanne Klausen, Ph.D. Associate Professor of History, Carleton University in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Co-sponsored by the Women's Studies Program Location: 425 University Boulevard, Cavanaugh Hall (Room TBD, please contact us for details) Time: 4:00 PM	*Post-WWII Abortion Law in South Africa*
November 6-8, 2008	Cancer Stories: The Impact of Narrative on a Modern Malady A Medical Humanities Symposium "Cancer Stories" is a three-day symposium organized around the premise that narratives about cancer have influenced the ways in which cancer is experienced. Leading scholars in illness narrative, physicians, nurses, patients, artists and advocates will explore how the making and dissemination of narrative--including prose, poetry, performance and the visual arts--have changed collective knowledge about the disease. "Cancer Stories," a free, public symposium, will take place November 6-8 in Indianapolis, Indiana. This symposium is part of a series of events in celebration of the opening of the Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Cancer Center (IUSCC) on the campus of the Indiana University School of Medicine (IUSM) and Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI). "Cancer Stories" is made possible by an Indiana University New Frontiers in the Arts and Humanities grant and the generous support of the Complete Life Program of the IUSCC. See for details: http://medhumanities.iupui.edu/symposium_2008.htm
All seminars open to the public, but space is limited. Please call (317) 278-1669 or email a message to vdamico@iupui.edu to reserve a spot.

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Medical Humanities - Health Studies Program
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Indianapolis, IN 46202-5140
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