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Sunday, September 22, 2024 at 4pm (Eastern) George H. Rawls, MD Memorial Lecture on the History of Minorities and Medicine "An Exploration of Gendered and Racialized Experiences at Central State Hospital, 1877-1910" presented by Caitlin Downey Caitlin Downey will be joining us to present a summary of her Masters thesis “Gendered and Racialized Experiences at Central State Hospital, 1877-1910,” in which she analyzes the treatment of African American patients at the former Central State Hospital during that time period. It examines the impact of scientific racism and institutionalized sexism on female African American patients’ diagnoses, medical treatment, and outcomes and analyzes the intersection of race and gender through the study of one African American woman who was a patient at the hospital from the 1890s until her death in 1909. Wednesday, October 16, 2024 at 5:30pm Fall 2024 Installment of the Forensic Science Lecture Series "An Introduction to Forensic Investigative Genetic Genealogy" presented by Bradley Marchant, genetic genealogist with the Indiana State Police In this lecture, Mr. Marchant will discuss the evolution of genealogy from a past time to the powerful tool it is today in law enforcement.. He will outline the early history of genetic genealogy and some of the earliest cases and will share an example of a case in Indiana in which forensic genetic genealogy led to a conviction. Mr. Marchant will also discuss the methodology and future of this scientific advancement. ABOUT THE SPEAKER |
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| 1st and 3rd Saturdays, June-September FREE Guided Tour of the Indiana Medical History Museum Medicinal Plant Garden Wednesday, June 5, 2024 at 6pm (Eastern) 2024 Lande Family Lecture “Waging War from the Medical Tent: Surgeon George C. Harlan and the Practice of 19th-Century Racial Discourse” presented by Jane E. Schultz, PhD Wednesday, April 10th at 5:30pm (Eastern)Spring Installment of the Forensic Science Lecture Series"Is This Going on My Permanent Record? How Stress Impacts the Human Skeleton"presented by Dr. Amandine Eriksen Sunday, December 3, 2023 at 2pm, (Eastern)2023 Glenn B. Mather, MD Memorial Lecture and Annual Members Meeting “Lessons from the Holocaust from a 2G: Personal, Professional, and Historical Reflections” presented by Dr. Alex Kor Wednesday, October 25, 2023 at 6pm (Eastern)COVID-19 and Albert Camus's 1947 Novel The Plague, a panel discussion Moderator: Peg Brand Weiser, Discussants: Jane Schultz and Margaret E. GrayWednesday, September 20, 2023 at 6pm 2023 George H. Rawls, MD Memorial Lecture on the History of Minorities & Medicine “Medical Care in Indianapolis During the Age of Jim Crow” presented by Leon E. Bates Sunday, August 13, 2023 at 2pm (Eastern) The White Plague in Central Indiana, a continuing story presented jointly by the Indiana Medical History Museum and the Marion County Historical Society
1st and 3rd Saturdays June through September at 11am FREE Guided Tours of the IMHM Medicinal Plant Garden
Monday, July 10, 2023 at 6pm (Eastern) Das Narrenhaus and the Faces of Mental Illness presented by Russell Reed, MD
Sunday, June 25, 2023 at 2pm (Eastern) 2023 Annual Lande Family Lecture The Doctor’s Dilemma, author talk with Daly Walker, MD Thursday, May 25, 2023 at 6pmForensic Dentistry, an Overview Spring Installment of the Forensic Science Lecture Series presented by Clay Stuckey, DDS Due to the sensitive nature of some of the images used, this event was not livestreamed or recorded. Monday, May 8, 2023 at 6pm (Eastern) "Exploring Hidden Hazards in Historic Houses & Collections" presented jointly by Indiana Medical History Museum, IUPUI Museum Studies Program, and IUPUI Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research Sunday, April 2, 2023 at 2pm (Eastern) 2023 John E. Pless, MD Memorial Central State Circle Lecture “Hoosier Contributions to the United States Public Health Service” presented by Demetrius Cianci-Chapman, MPH, MSN, RN
Sunday, December 4, 2022 at 2pm (Eastern) 2022 Glenn B. Mather, MD Memorial Lecture & Annual Members Meeting Uncovering the Silenced Stories of Institutional Life: Suffering and Death at Indiana's Central State Hospital presented by Jeremy Wilson, PhD Wednesday, October 26, 2022 at 5:30pm (Eastern) Fall 2022 Installment of the Forensic Science Lecture Series Historical and Modern Anatomical Donation Practices No recording available.
Thursday, September 29, 2022 at 6:30pm (Eastern) 2022 George H. Rawls, MD Memorial Lecture on the History of Minorities and Medicine A Mecca of Minds: St. Louis's Homer G. Phillips Hospital, Racial Segregation, and the Training of Black Medical Specialties presented by Ezelle Sanford III, PhD, Assistant Professor of History at Carnegie Mellon University with panel including IMHM's Norma Erickson, Dr. Earle U. Robinson, Jr., and Rebecca Robinson 1st and 3rd Saturdays at 11am from June through September FREE Guided Tours of the IMHM Medicinal Plant Garden Wednesday, May 18, 2022 6pm (Eastern) 2022 Annual Lande Family Lecture Author Talk with Eric A. Yancy, MD, about his new book Cottonmouth (2021) Thursday, April 21, 2022 at 5:30pmThe Spring Installment of the Forensic Science Lecture SeriesCitius, Altius, Fortius, Volens: The Doping Control Laboratory of the Tenth Pan American Games, Indianapolis, Indiana, 1987Sunday, March 27, 2022 at 2pm First Ladies of Psychiatry in Indiana presented by Angela Bowen Potter Sunday, February 20, 2022 at 2pm (EST) The 2022 John E. Pless, MD Memorial Central State Circle Lecture The Emotional Health of Abraham Lincoln presented by Richard Gunderman, MD, PhD Tuesday, January 11, 2022 at 6pm Changing Direction: Adopting Trauma-informed Care in Indiana's State Hospitals a Spirit & Place Festival event featuring Katrina Norris, executive director Indiana State Psychiatric Hospital Network (ISPHN); Norma Erickson and Sarah Halter of the Indiana Medical History Museum Sunday, December 5, 2021 at 2pm Glenn B. Mather, MD Memorial Lecture & Annual Members Meeting “Prozac-opolis: Locating Serotonin Research in Indianapolis, 1945-1975” presented by Angela Bowen Potter, PhD candidate, Department of History, Purdue University Sunday, November 21, 2021 at 2pm Polio in Indianapolis, a timeline presented jointly by the Indiana Medical History Museum and the Marion County Historical Society Friday, November 12, 2021 at 6pm Changing Human Nature: Eugenics in Indiana a Spirit & Place Festival event Fall Installment of the Forensic Science Lecture Series Skeletal Pathology Across the Life Course in Historic Philadelphia presented by Jared S. Beatrice, PhD Thursday, September 23, 2021 at 7pm A PROFILE IN COURAGE, Dr. Rebecca Lee Crumpler: The 1st Black female physician in the US (1864) Inaugural George H. Rawls, MD Memorial Lecture on the History of Minorities and Medicine presented by Melody T. McCloud, MD with opening remarks by former U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams, MD This recording is temporarily unavailable. Sunday, August 8, 2021 at 2pm Racing & Medicine Part III presented by Norma Erickson Join us for Part III of the Medicine & Racing Series presented by Norma Erickson. The recording for this program is unavailable. Saturday, August 7, 2021 at 5pm Bookmark Indy Launch Event at the Indiana Medical History Museum
Sunday, July 27, 2021 at 5:30pm
Gadgets & Gizmos VI presented by Norma Erickson and Sarah Halter Here's your chance to see historic medical artifacts that are usually hidden behind the scenes in storage. Learn the history of some of our staff members’ favorite Gadgets & Gizmos. Saturday, June 19, 2021 at 1:30pm Voices from the Past: Storyteller Series at the Johnson County Museum of History The Spanish Flu Pandemic in Indiana presented by Sarah Halter at the Johnson County Museum of History. Listen to part of Sarah's June 8th interview with Chris Wooldridge of KORN Country 100.3 in Franklin, Indiana. Click here. Sunday, May 23, 2021 at 2pmAnnual Lande Family Lecture Medical Education and Body Snatching in Indiana presented by Sarah Halter View the recording here. Wednesday, April 14, 2021 at 5pm Spring Installment of the Forensic Science Lecture Series Old Drug, New Issues - Cannabis and OWI in the Recreational Age presented by Michelle Glinn, PhD F-ABFT View the recording here.Sunday, March 21, 2021 at 2pm Early Woman Physicians at Central State Hospital presented by Sarah Halter View the recording here. Sunday, February 28, 2021 at 2pm Annual John E. Pless, MD Memorial Central State Circle Lecture Presidential Disabilities and Indiana's Role in the Crafting the 25th Amendment presented by historian and IMHM Education Manager, Norma Erickson, MA and retired Indianapolis attorney Gary Shaw, JD View the recording here. Wednesday, February 10, 2021 7pm Getting to the Heart of It View the recording here. Gadgets & Gizmos V View the recording here. Sunday, December 6, 2020 at 2pm 19th Century Spiritualism and Medicine Glenn B. Mather, MD Memorial Lecture and Annual Meeting of the Membership (virtual) presented by R. Gregory Lande, DO View the recording here. Saturday, November 14,2020 at 12:30pm Moral Treatment and the Indiana Hospital for the Insane presented by Sarah M. Halter part of the Spirit & Place Festival event "Get A Grip: Get Connected to Resources, Information, and Professional Mental Health Care" Monday, October 26, 2020 at 6pm Virtual Book Event with Author and Librarian Megan Rosenbloom View the recording here. Wednesday, October 14, 2020 at 5pmIn Service to Our Military: Identification of Missing Service Members from Past Conflicts IMHM Fall Forensics Lecture presented by the Indiana Medical History Museum in partnership with the University of Indianapolis Human Identification Center (formerly U of I Archaeology & Forensics Laboratory) THIS EVENT WAS NOT RECORDED. Sunday, August 9, 2020 at 2pm "When Fate Overtakes a Race Driver": E. Rogers Smith, MD, the Indianapolis Motor Speedway's 2nd Medical Officer presented by Norma Erickson View the recording here. Monday, July 27, 2020 at 5:30pm Gadgets & Gizmos IV presented by Norma Erickson and Sarah Halter "The Evolution of the Medical Instrument Trade" View the recording here. "Betwixt Myth and Modernity: Aesclepius and his daughters meet scientific medicine" View the recording here. Sunday, July 12, 2020 at 2pm The 1918 Pandemic: Indianapolis Confronts the 1918 Spanish Influenza presented by William McNiece, MD and Bill Beck both from the Marion County Historical Society Watch the recording here. Friday, June 12, 2020 Emerging Viruses and Pandemics: Lessons from HIV/AIDS presented by William H. Schneider, Phd Watch the recording here. Sunday, May 10, 2020 The Annual Lande Family Lecture Picturing Nightingale: How Visual Culture Assisted the Rise of Nursing Professionals presented by Jane E. Schultz, PhD Watch the recording here. |
To see a list of other past events, click here. |