News9 September 2024|NewsPublication: ‘A Child of Misfortune’: Eugenics and Children Reception Centres in Post-War BritainPhoto: Wellcome Collection/SA/EUG/D.51By David Peace This article explores the enduring influence of eugenic ideas on British psychiatry and social policy in the aftermath of the Second...14 March 2024|NewsGDR Goes "Glocal" : Culture, Cooperation, and ConflictPhoto: UHH/FarleyNo single country symbolised the physical and ideological post-war division of Europe as vividly as the German Democratic Republic (GDR). And yet...17 January 2024|NewsGrounding the history of modern warfare: An extended book review of Peter Thompson's The Gas Mask in Interwar GermanyPhoto: UHH/SchmidtBy Ulf Schmidt Ever since Germany's use of chlorine gas on the battlefields of Flanders during the First World War, modern warfare has become...20 November 2023|NewsPublication: From Nuremberg to Helsinki: Historicizing the Codification of Post-War Research EthicsPhoto: UHH/SchmidtBy Ulf Schmidt In 1947, the Nuremberg Doctors’ trial promulgated the ten-point set of principles for the conduct of human experiments known as the...26 October 2023|NewsBody and Mind EntanglementsPhoto: HFBKWritten by Kate Docking and David Peace Introduction The first Imagining Health exhibition in 2022 showcased interpretations of how post-war medical...2 October 2023|NewsGDR goes "Glocal"Photo: UHH/FarleyA workshop organised by the Centre for the Study of Health, Ethics, and Society, University of Hamburg Thursday 13th – Friday 14th June 2024...7 September 2023|News30 Years of Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) ConferencePhoto: UHH/SchmidtThe conference "30 Years of Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC): Histories, Achievements, Challenges" will take place on the 5th and 6th of October 2023...28 August 2023|NewsJob Offer as Project Assistant ERC Synergy Grant "Taming the European Leviathan"Photo: UHH/FarleyOur Team is looking for a new project and administrative assistant working part-time. Application deadline 17.09.2023. You will support the Modern...4 July 2023|NewsBeyond Binaries: Gender, Sexuality, and Medicine in Postwar EuropePhoto: UHH/DockingA Taming the European Leviathan Conference Held at the Warburg Haus on the 9th – 10th June, and organised by Dr Kate Docking and Dr David Peace...30 May 2023|NewsNew UHH Centre for the Study of Health, Ethics, and SocietyPhoto: UHH/HauboldNucleus Professor of Modern History, Ulf Schmidt, Faculty of Humanities, establishes new Centre to foster transdisciplinary collaboration on the...25 May 2023|NewsImagining Health 2Photo: HFBK Opening: Wednesday, May 31, 2023, 6 p.m. Duration: June 1 to 18, 2023, daily 2 p.m. - 6 p.m. except Mondays. Location: ICAT at HFBK, Lerchenfeld 2A...14 March 2023|NewsOn the Trail of the GDRPhoto: Plattenbauten at the former Stasi headquarters, Image credit: Kate Docking.By Lucy Steenbock and Alexandra Tornow, students at the University of Hamburg, translated by Dr Kate Docking. Many people associate the GDR with high...13 December 2022|NewsCall for Paper: Beyond BinariesPhoto: UHH/PeaceA workshop organised by the Centre for the Study of Health, Ethics and Society, University of Hamburg Friday 9 June and Saturday 10 June 2023...8 December 2022|NewsMistechko – An Artistic Little VillagePhoto: Olya Lyubchenko Image Credit: Olya Lyubchenko Visit the Mistechko website. Interview with Olya Lyubchenko by Katja Schmidt–Mai In March 2022, UNICEF reported that...8 December 2022|NewsArtistic Utopias: “Imagining Health”Photo: Tom Nestler Image Credit: Tom Nestler Rarely has our society contemplated the aims of medicine and health so intensively as in the last two years during the...3 November 2022|NewsPhD Studentship AvailablePhoto: UHH/FarleyBeyond the Clinic: Medical Ideas and Practices in Post-War Central and Eastern Europe Lead Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Ulf Schmidt The doctoral student will...15 September 2022|NewsPublication: Autonomy and Social Responsibility: The Post-Pandemic ChallengePhoto: UHH/SchmidtBy Jonathan D. Moreno, Judit Sándor, Ulf Schmidt. Over the last 80 years, a series of critical events has led to reconsideration of the basic premises...18 August 2022|NewsMedical Utopias in Art: Imagining Health Exhibition at HFBKPhoto: UHH/PeaceMedical Utopias in Art: Imagining Health Exhibition at HFBK How might medicine be artistically imagined? The COVID-19 pandemic has brought health to...27 June 2022|Meet the TeamMeet the Team: Lilly PetersPhoto: UHH/Haubold Moin, my name is Lilly! Just like most of the team, I’m quite new to Hamburg. I only moved here after my A levels last year; I studied biology...2 May 2022|Meet the TeamMeet the Team: Peter BanksPhoto: UHH/Haubold Hi, my name is Peter, and I’m a new PhD student at the University of Hamburg, as part of the ITN’s “Knowing Vaccines” Project. Originally coming from...Show all news
