Program for Humanities in Medicine

THE PROGRAM FOR HUMANITIES IN MEDICINE
2007 - 2008 LECTURES

 

Lectures are at 5 PM on Thursdays, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven.

The lectures are free and open to the public.

Lectures are located at:
Anlyan Center - 300 Cedar Street
Beaumont Room - 333 Cedar Street
Historical Library - 333 Cedar Street
Hope Building - 315 Cedar Street


For more information, contact The Humanities Program at 203-785-6102 or by e-mail Deborah Finger

 
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September 20 - Historical Library
BODY OF WORK: MEDITATIONS ON MORTALITY FROM THE ANATOMY LAB
Christine Montross, M.D.
Author/Physician
Brown University



October 4 - Beaumont Room
FROM THE PULPIT TO THE BEDSIDE_
STORIES OF DOUBT, ANGST, ILLNESS AND HOPE FROM A PHYSICIAN-MINISTER
The Dobihal Lecture
Benjamin Doolittle, M.Div., M.D..
Assistant Professor Internal Medicine & Pediatrics
Yale University

 

October 18 - Beaumont Room
THE EARTH KNOWS MY NAME:
FOOD, CULTURE, AND SUSTAINABILITY IN THE GARDENS OF ETHNIC AMERICANS
Patricia Klindienst
Author and Gardener
Guilford, CT

 

November 1 - Hope 103 Amphitheater
NOT GOD, a play in verse
Marc Strauss, M.D.
Author and Playwright
New York

 

November 15 - Hope 216 Auditorium
DOUBLE LIVES: WHEN PHYSICIANS BECOME PATIENTS
The Howard Spiro Lecture
Robert Klitzman, M.D.
Director of Ethics, Policy and Human Rights - HIV Center
Columbia University, New York



November 29 - Anlyan Auditorium
THE DAMING MARK OF DISEASE
The Arnold Baskin Lecture
Jasmin Cowin
Musician and Music Historian
Hunter College, New York



December 13 - Beaumont Room
ART, THE HUMANITIES, AND MEDICINE: A PERSONAL PERSPECTIVE
The McGovern Lecture

Susan Finkelstein Fredric Finkelstein, MD
Clin. Prof. Psychiatry/Social Work Clinical Professor
Yale University Yale University





January 10 - Beaumont Room
HOW PEOPLE CHANGE: THE SHORT STORY AS CASE HISTORY
The Richard Selzer Lecture
William Tucker, M.D.
Clinical Professor of Psychiatry
Columbia University

 

January 24 - Beaumont Room
SCREENING AND COMMENTARY UPON BILL T. JONES' DANCE MASTERPIECE "STILL/HERE"

Emily Coates Joseph Roach, PhD
Lecturer Theater Studies Charles C & Dorathea S Dilly Prof of Theater
Yale School of Drama & World Performance Project

 

February 7 - Beaumont Room
TBA
The Multicultural Lecture

 

February 21 - Beaumont Room
WHEN ALTRUISM ISN'T ENOUGH: THE CASE FOR COMPENSATING LIVING KIDNEY DONORS
Sally Satel, M.D.
Lecturer Psychiatry
Washington, DC

 


March 6 - Beaumont Room
PORTRAITS OF AN ILLNESS
Thomas P. Duffy, M.D.
Professor of Medicine - Hematology
Director, Program for Humanities in Medicine



March 27 - Beaumont Room
Film: A WINDOW INTO OUR PATIENTS' LIVES. DOES IT MATTER?
The Barwick Lecture
Gretchen Berland, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Yale University

 

April 3 - Beaumont Room
TBA
The Morris Dillard Lecture
Steven Sheinman, M.D.
Dean, College of Medicine
Syracuse University

 

April 17 - Beaumont Room
WILLIAM OSLER, SHERLOCK HOLMES AND THE ART OF OBSERVATION IN MEDICINE
The James D. Kenney Lecture
Lisa Sanders, M.D.
Physician Author
Yale University

 

May 1 - Beaumont Room
THE WRITERS' WORKSHOP PRESENTATION
Richard Selzer, M.D.
Author
New Haven, CT

 

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