ISHN Monthly Zoom Meeting
In December 16th, 2020 we started a monthly Zoom meeting with one presentation, followed by Q & A.
ISHN-members will receive invitations via the ISHN listserv. Guests are welcome with an introduction of an ISHN member (and sending a message to pkoehlerATneurohistory.nl)
Persons who missed the presentation and would like to see it may send an email to pkoehlerATneurohistory.nl to receive the recording.
Information on past seminars can be found here ISHN
Recent seminars:
September 18th 2024: Andrew Larner: The trial of David Ferrier, November 1881: Context, proceedings, and aftermath
October 16th 2024: Lydia van der Sman: Suppression of epileptic seizures through/by sensory stimulation: a historical overview and assessment
November 20th: Cornelius Borck: The reception of the EEG; on the occasion the 100th anniversary of its discovery by Hans Berger
December 18th: Natasha Ruiz-Gomez: Pathology and Visual Culture. The Scientific Artworks of Dr. Jean-Martin Charcot and the Salpêtrière School
January 15th 2025: Nadeem Toodayan “A divine right to photograph”: Edward Graeme Robertson’s (1903-1975) historical cinematography
February 19th 2025: Jess Keiser on his book: Nervous Fictions
March 19th 2025: Doreen Huppert: “Historical Talk – Senses, vertigo, and nystagmus in antiquity”
April 9th 2025: Diane Friedman: The Invisible Story of the Near Demise of the New York Neurological Institute in 1947
Future seminars:
May 21st 2025: Francesca Brittan The Neural Orchestra: Cognitive Instrumentalities
Sept 17th 2025: Andrew Larner/Michael Swash: Hughlings Jackson’s Second Thoughts on Mental States in Epilepsy
Oct 22nd 2025: Richard Lecblanc: Against vivisection: Charcot and Pitres’ discovery of the human motor cortex and the birth of modern neurosurgery
Nov 19th 2025: Spencer Weig: The coming-of-age of neurology in 19th-century America, as viewed through the lens of one family
Dec 17th 2025: Larry Zeidman: Robert Wartenberg and the Hallervorden Affair
2026
January 21st: Elias G. Karroum: Restless legs conceptualization from Willis to Ekbom
February 18th: Jess Keiser: His book: Nervous Fictions
March 18th: Burkhard Kasper: Emil Bratz & Otto Hebold: the first study and illustration of Ammon’s horn sclerosis in Epilepsy