A new seminar series is starting at Oxford on science, medicine and culture in the nineteenth century. Here is the programme for this term.
Wednesday 22nd October 2014
David Trotter, King Edward VII Professor of English Literature, University of Cambridge
Signalling Madly: Telegraphy and Obsessive Behaviour in Late-Nineteenth Century Fiction
5.30 – 7.00, Seminar Room 3, St Anne’s College
Wednesday 12th November 2014
Pietro Corsi, Professor of History of Science, University of Oxford
Across Boundaries: The Business of Scientific Periodicals in Early Nineteenth Century Europe
5.30 – 7.00, Seminar Room 5, St Anne’s College
Wednesday 3rd December 2014
Dr Susannah Wilson, Department of French Studies, University of Warwick
Decadents, Innocents and Medical Men: Morphine Addiction in Fin-de-Siècle France
5.30 – 7.00, Seminar Room 3, St Anne’s College
For more detailed, visit the Diseases of Modern Life website.
