Join experts from the School of History at the Thackray Museum of Medicine Insights Lecture Series

The School of History has a thriving specialism in the history of health and medicine. In spring 2024, join experts from our School in conversation at the Thackray Museum of Medicine.

On Saturday 13th January 2024, Professor Manuel Barcia Paz and Dr Alexia Moncrieff will present ‘A Shared Struggle: Experimentation, Knowledge and Empire’.

Soon afterwards, on Saturday 3rd February 2024, Professor Sanjoy Bhattacharya will present ‘The Politics of Pandemics’, together with Dr Hannah Elizabeth from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.

Then on Saturday 4th May 2024, Dr Iona McCleery will present ‘Feast and Famine’, together with Dr Jonny Geber from the University of Edinburgh.

How to attend

Booking is required for all the events. Tickets cost £10 (students are free). Find out about the other lectures in the series and book your ticket via the Thackray Museum’s website.

For more information about individual events, view their individual listings:

Find out more about our research

Find out more about the innovative research taking place on the history of health in the School of History on the webpages for our Health Histories research cluster and Centre for Global Health Histories research group.