Neuroscience History Affinity Group meeting -- Thursday, 1 February 2001
(If you are in the Los Angeles area and would like to join us for the
Affinity Group meeting--with ISHN member Kenneth Ogren--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 Thursday, 1 February
in the John D. French Conference Room, 73-365 CHS (Center for
Health Sciences):
When: Thursday, 1 February 2001
12:00 noon*
(sandwiches provided)
The Neuroscience History Archives' O'Malley Fund will provide
sandwiches for attendees (please bring your own beverage). To make
sure we order enough, you must let us know by 9 a.m. on Tuesday,
1/30, if you plan to attend and plan to partake of the lunch that
Thursday. This will also let us know if we need to move to a larger
room (if this is necessary, your RSVP and e-mail 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: Kenneth Ogren
Doctoral student, Department of Culture
and Media, University of Umea, Sweden
"The history of prefrontal lobotomy"
Kenneth Ogren will give a brief (20-30 minutes) summary of his research
on the consequences of the practice of prefrontal lobotomy in Sweden,
and his search for its practice in California. For the balance of the
meeting time, he invites discussion of this research-in-progress, some
of which he is conducting for his dissertation, "Lobotomy in Sweden
1944-1963: The practice and its representation in the media". For more
information on the project, see his website:
http://www.umu.se/kultmed/personal/ogren/kenneth.html .
(Ogren is hosted in Los Angeles by Joel Braslow, M.D., Ph.D.)
PLEASE CONTACT me by 9 a.m. on Tuesday, January 30, at:
phone: (310) 825-6940; ask for Russell Johnson (since we host
several events, be sure to note that you are RSVPing for the
Neuroscience History Affinity Group!)
or e-mail: rjohnson@library.ucla.edu
*We have the French Conference Room booked until 1:30, so attendees are
also welcome to hang around past 1:00 to talk with each other.
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 (310) 825-3191 or 206-2753
Neuroscience History Archives
Brain Research Institute, UCLA
Box 951761 Los Angeles CA 90095-1761
<http://www.NeuroscienceArchives.org>