Dear friends,

We are pleased to announce The New York Academy of Medicine’s 2015 season of programming in history and the humanities. We hope you'll join us at our exciting cultural programs throughout the year.

Please also consider becoming a Friend of the Rare Book Room, joining a group of committed and passionate supporters who enjoy exclusive benefits and insider access—all while providing fundamental support that helps us continue to advance our mission and make our collections accessible to the broadest possible audiences.

We look forward to welcoming you at our events.

Best wishes,

Lisa O'Sullivan, PhD
Director, Center for the History of Medicine and Public Health

2015 Programming in history and the Humanities

Eating through Time:
Food, Health, History

Our 2015 programming theme, developed with guest curator Evelyn Kim, offers historical perspectives on the intersections of food and medicine, culinary insights, health policy issues, and highlights from our extraordinary collection of 10,000 items relating to food and health. Please save the date for these upcoming highlights:

March 17
Steven Shapin, PhD, "Beef-Eaters: A Cultural History of Food and Identity” (The John K. Lattimer Lecture)
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April 10-12
Food Book Fair at the Wythe Hotel in Brooklyn
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April 28
Abena Dove Osseo-Asare, PhD, “From Plants to Pharmaceuticals: Take Bitter Roots for Malaria” (The Lilianna Sauter Lecture) 
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October 17
Save the date for “Eating Through Time,” our 3rd Annual Festival celebrating the intersections of the humanities and health. Join chefs including special guest Jacques Pépin, community activists, history buffs, and food enthusiasts in a daylong celebration of history, food, and health. Details and registration information TBA.

October 29
Frederick Douglass Opie, PhD, "Zora Neale Hurston's Work on Food-Based Prescriptions for Illnesses: A History”
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November 19
Paul Freedman, PhD, "Seasonal, Local Dining in Pre-Modern Europe”
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additional lectures in the

History of Medicine and Health

Throughout the year we host a compelling series of lectures on the history of medicine and health. In addition to the food history lectures listed above, our 2015 calendar also includes lectures on a range of other engaging historical topics:

February 23
David Casarett, MD, "Shocked: Adventures in Bringing Back the Recently Dead," presented in collaboration with Obscura Society NY
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March 11
The Academy Fellows Section on the History of Medicine and Public Health Presents the Fifth Annual History of Medicine Night: Insights from the Early Modern Period
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March 31
Vivian Nutton, PhD, “Vesalius Correcting Vesalius” (private reception for Malloch and Vesalius level Friends of the Rare Book Room follows lecture)
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April 14
Nick Wilding, PhD, Annual Friends of the Rare Book Room Lecture, “On the Circulation of the Book: The Early Reception of Harvey's De Motu Cordis” (private reception for Friends of the Rare Book Room follows lecture)
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May 4
Natasha McEnroe (Director, Florence Nightingale Museum), “`No bows, no curls, no jewellery and no hoop-skirts’: An American Nurse in Victorian London”
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October 8
B. Harun Küçük, PhD, "Hypochondria in Early Modern Istanbul” (The Iago Galdston Lecture)
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Atlas Obscura

We are also excited to announce a new five-part collaboration with the Brooklyn-based Atlas Obscura, the definitive guide to the world's wondrous and curious places. This collaboration will offer evenings dedicated to exploring unique aspects of our collections; details coming soon.

Friends of the Rare Book Room

For access to more programs and events, consider becoming a Friend of the Rare Book Room. This year, Friends will have the opportunity to socialize with special guests and speakers, explore the history of health in New York City, meet expert curators and scholars, and spend time with our specialist staff.

Our Rare Book Room is home to some of our rarest and most significant holdings, forming the heart of our collections. By becoming a Friend of the Rare Book Room you directly further our mission to preserve and promote the heritage of health and medicine. Friends support our public programs and outreach activities; the acquisition, conservation, and cataloging of remarkable historical materials; and digitization of our key treasures. Friends are invited to exclusive events, private tours, and meet-the-speaker opportunities, and now have the chance to own unique products featuring treasures from the collection. You can find out more and join online at www.nyam.org/frbr, or contact Arlene Shaner at [log in to unmask].

Join the Friends of the Rare Book Room

All of our Friends are invited to join us at a private reception after Dr. Wilding’s Annual Friends lecture on April 14. Members at our higher levels, named in honor of longtime Academy librarian Dr. Archibald Malloch, and the great anatomist and humanist Andreas Vesalius, are also offered unique opportunities throughout the year, including a special reception with Dr. Nutton on the occasion of his visit on March 31, sponsored by Drs. Bobbi and Barry Coller in honor of Dr. Eugene Flamm.

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