Past History of Neuroscience Seminars

2019

Naples: two meetings are organised for the “Darwin Week” scheduled for the 12th February 2019 by Università degli Studi Federico II, Stazione Zoologica di Napoli and ArciMovie on the the relationship between cinema and science:The scientific cinematography: origins, development at the Academy Astra cinema and The use of cinematography in science at the Stazione Zoologica di Napoli.
Milan: A Seminar was held on 25 July at the Biblioteca Scientifica of the Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico C. Besta. Prof. Richard E. Brown, member of the FENS History Committee, gave a lecture on “Why Study neuroscience history?”.
Paris: A seminar titled Augusta Dejerine Klumpke (1859-1927). Commémoration du 160e anniversaire de sa naissance was held on Tuesday, October 15th, 2019 at the Institut du Cerveau et de la Moelle Épinière – Hôpital Pitié Salpêtrière in Paris. This event represents a further step in the project WiNEu – European Women in Neuroscience, awarded by the History Committee in 2016 and published in 2017. Further details about the event can be found here.
Paris: The Institut du Cerveau et de la Moelle Épinière – Hôpital Pitié Salpêtrière in Paris organised a seminar titled Histoire des neurosciences au féminin, focusing on the history of women in neuroscience.

2015

Naples: on 18 March 2015, involving three secondary schools’ students respectively coming from the “Liceo Statale Scientifico ‘Giuseppe Mercalli'”, the “Istituto Paritario Bianchi dei Padri Barnabiti” and the “Liceo Classico ‘Umberto I'”; and organised by Dr Gioacchino Tedeschi (the University of Naples and Italian Society of Neurology- SIN) and Dr Lorenzo Lorusso (Neurology Dept., Chiari and Chair of the FENS History Committee). Another session took place on 11 April 2015.
Oxford: on 19 March 2015, the seminar “Neuroscience in Oxford: Four Centuries of Discovery“
Milan: on 17 April 2015, on “Carlo Besta and the Italian Neurosciences Development“, organised by the Fondazione I.R.C.C.S. Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta.
Oxford: on 12 May 2015, on “History of understanding of the cerebral cortex”, at St John’s College. Watch this seminar on FENS Youtube Channel
Thessaloniki (Greece): on 9th October 2015, on “A History of Neuroscience Symposium – Understanding the origins and the development of Neuroscience from the Ancient Greek era till today”, at the FRM 2015.
Venice: on 7 November 2015, on “The Contribution of Neuroscience in Veneto. Cultural and Medical-Scientific roots: actuality and perspectives” at the Sala San Domenico of the Ospedale Civile Ss. Giovanni e Paolo.
Paris: on 3-4 December 2015, on “De l’Histoire des Neurosciences à la Neuropsychiatrie Moderne” at the ICM Auditorium in the Hôpital Pitié Salpêtrière, in collaboration with the Institut du Cerveau et de la moelle épinière (ICM).
London: on 14 December 2015, on “Neuroscience – Past, Present and Future” at the Kings College London, for the 50th anniversary of the British Neuroscience Association (BNA)

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