Adventures in Anatomy - Upcoming Digital Events

Portrait in Wax: The Anatomical Models of Anna Morandi Manzolini – Cat Irving
Digital Event - Zoom Lecture
This talk will look at Anna Morandi Manzolini’s life and career, and her patronage by a Pope who promoted scientific investigation and the education of woman.
Jun 25th 2024

Bad Humored: humoral theory and its influence on medicine – Cat Irving
Digital Event - Zoom Lecture
This talk will look at what humoral theory was, what it told us about the body, and the way it influenced medical thinking
Jul 30th 2024

Knives Out! A history of human dissection – Cat Irving
Digital Event - Zoom Lecture
This talk will look at the history of dissection, and the role it has played in shaping the medical world
Aug 27th 2024

Adventures in Anatomy - Past Digital Events

Labour of Love: the Heart – Cat Irving
Digital Event - Zoom Lecture
Our heart occupies a central role in the way we think about feelings and emotions.
Nov 20th 2023

Skeletons in the Closet: Bones – Cat Irving
Digital Event - Zoom Lecture
Bones are the framework of the body, the thing that keeps us upright.
Oct 19th 2023

Vision Thing: the Eyes – Cat Irving
Digital Event - Zoom Lecture
The eye is considered the window into the soul, and vision has often been considered a primary sense.
Sep 26th 2023

Bare flesh: the Skin – Cat Irving
Digital Event - Zoom Lecture
Learn more about anthropodermic bibliopegy, how we make permanent marks on our skin
Aug 24th 2023

Lifting the fig leaf: Reproductive Organs – Cat Irving
Digital Event - Zoom Lecture
Our genitals are usually hidden away, and words describing them are often considered the most offensive in our culture.
Jul 20th 2023