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The Heart, Health and Culture: An Exploration in Medicine and the Humanities (Symposium, London, 29 June 2017)

posted on January 29, 2025

Event Summary: The Geoffrey Flavell Symposium

Event Type: Academic Symposium on Medicine and Humanities
Date & Time: Thursday, 29 June 2017, 9:00 AM–4:30 PM
Location: Apothecaries' Hall, Black Friars Lane, London EC4V 6EJ
Primary Topic: The Heart, Health and Culture—interdisciplinary exploration bridging medicine and humanistic inquiry
Confirmed Speakers: Prof. Joshua Hordern (Oxford), Prof. Fay Bound-Alberti (Queen Mary University London), Prof. David KC Cooper (University of Alabama), Dr Andrew Papanikitas (Oxford), Dr Therese Feiler (Oxford)
Registration: Limited fully-funded places available; contact Dr Therese Feiler for inquiries
Organizing Bodies: The Worshipful Society of Apothecaries of London, Faculty of the History and Philosophy of Medicine and Pharmacy, Healthcare Values Partnership (University of Oxford)

The Geoffrey Flavell Symposium on The Heart, Health and Culture: An Exploration in Medicine and the Humanities will take place from 9-4.30 pm on Thursday 29 June at Apothecaries’ Hall, Black Friars Lane, London EC4V 6EJ.

Confirmed speakers are: Professor Joshua Hordern, University of Oxford, Professor Fay Bound-Alberti, Queen Mary University of London, Professor David KC Cooper, University of Alabama at Birmingham, US, Dr Andrew Papanikitas, University of Oxford and Dr Therese Feiler, University of Oxford.

A limited number of fully-funded places are available. Please email Therese Feiler if you are interested in one of them.

For more information and registration, please click here.

The event is presented by The Worshipful Society of Apothecaries of London and the Faculty of the History and Philosophy of Medicine and Pharmacy in association with the Healthcare Values Partnership, University of Oxford.

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