Neuroscience History Affinity Group meeting (UCLA: Los Angeles, CA, 21 January 2000)
* * * NOTE CHANGE IN TIME FOR THIS DATE ONLY! * * *
(If you are in the Los Angeles area and would like to join us for the
Affinity Group meeting, please also consider taking some additional
time to visit the Neuroscience History Archives and the Biomedical
Library.)
NEUROSCIENCE HISTORY AFFINITY GROUP
UCLA Brain Research Institute
The next gathering of local neuroscientists and historians interested
in the history of the discipline will take place Friday, January 21, in
the John D. French Conference Room, 73-365 CHS (Center for
Health Sciences):
When: Friday, 21 January 2000
1:30 p.m.
(sandwiches, sodas, and cookies provided)
The Neuroscience History Archives' O'Malley Fund will provide
sandwiches, soft drinks, and cookies for attendees. To make sure we
order enough, you must let us know by noon on Tuesday 1/18 if you plan
to attend and plan to partake of the late lunch that Friday. This will
also let us know if we need to move to a larger room (if this is
necessary, your RSVP and contact information will allow us to notify
you ahead of time about the change).
Where: John D. French Conference Room
73-365 CHS, UCLA
Who/What: Joel T. Braslow, PhD
"History of Biological Therapies"
Dr. Joel Braslow, Assistant Professor in Residence in Psychiatry &
Biobehavioral Sciences, will present an overview of his research--where
it has been and where it is going--as well as the grant
application he submitted to fund his research. He hopes
this will be a lively discussion, so come with questions and opinions!
Joel's publications include: "Insights: where biopsychiatry came from: a
short history of somatic therapies from 1900 to the 1950s" (Harvard
Mental Health Letter, 1999 Aug, 16(2):5-7); "Therapeutic effectiveness
and social context: the case of lobotomy in a California state hospital,
1947-1954 (Western Journal of Medicine, 1999 May, 170(5):293-6); "The
influence of a biological therapy on physicians' narratives and
interrogations: the case of general paralysis of the insane and malaria
fever therapy, 1910-1950" (Bulletin of the History of Medicine, 1996
Winter, 70(4):577-608); and _Mental ills and bodily cures :
psychiatric treatment in the first half of the twentieth century_
(Berkeley: University of California Press, 1997).
PLEASE CONTACT US by noon on Tuesday, 18 January, at:
voice-mail: (310) 825-3191
or e-mail: rjohnson@library.ucla.edu or LMarshall@mednet.ucla.edu
ABOUT THE UCLA Brain Research Institute Affinity Groups: "A series of
interdisciplinary affinity groups, developed to provide scientific
exchange of specific research topics, continue to meet at regular
intervals. A number of these groups have resulted in the development
of program project grant proposals. These groups represent one of the
greatest strengths of the Institute, that is, the scientific depth and
diversity of its membership."
<http://www.medsch.ucla.edu/som/bri/Affingrp.htm>
Please forward this message to interested colleagues and friends!
___________________________________________________
Russell A. Johnson rjohnson@library.ucla.edu
Archivist and Cataloger (310) 825-6940
History & Special Collections Division
Louise M. Darling Biomedical Library, UCLA
Box 951798 Los Angeles CA 90095-1798
<http://www.library.ucla.edu/libraries/biomed/his/hisdiv.htm>
Archivist (310) 825-3191 or 206-2753
Neuroscience History Archives
Brain Research Institute, UCLA
Box 951761 Los Angeles CA 90095-1761
<http://www.medsch.ucla.edu/som/bri/archives/nhahome.htm>