Seminar Series
Neuroscience in Historical and Social Context
Series convened by the Centre for the History of Medicine and the Department of Neuroscience, Pharmacology and Physiology, University College London
Meetings will be held on Tuesdays at 5pm in Medawar G01 Lankester Lecture Theatre
5 February: David Armstrong, Dept of Primary Care and Public Health Sciences, King’s College London: “Origins of behaviour”
12 February: Katja Guenther, History of Science Program, Princeton University: "Reflex and Interpretation. A Genealogy of Psychoanalysis and the Neuro Disciplines"
5 March: Jesse F. Ballenger, Science, Technology and Society Program, Penn State University: “To Conquer Confusion: The Struggle for a Coherent Framework for Dementia in Modern Medicine”
12 March: Cornelius Borck, Institut für Medizingeschichte und Wissenschaftsforschung, University of Lübeck: “Voodoo Correlations in Social Neuroscience: From Criticism to Epistemological Analysis of Scientific Practice”
All are welcome
Series funded by the Wellcome Trust
Series contact: Dr. Stephen Jacyna, UCL Centre for the History of Medicine, s.jacyna@ucl.ac.uk
