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Vesalius, VI, 2, 157-159, 200028 September -1 October 200184th Annual Meeting of the German Societyfor the History of Medicine, Science andTechnologyHamburgThe German Society for the History of Medicine,Science and Technology (DGGMNT) will celebrateits 100th birthday at its 84th Annual Meeting inHamburg. The theme of the meeting is :Trends and Perspectives in the History of Medicine,Science and TechnologyThe meeting is concerned with the history, presentand future of the historiography of medicine, scienceand technology in Germany and world-wide. It willfocus on the intellectual development of the disciplineas well as on its institutional situation. Theobjective of the meeting is a critical assessment ofthe historical development of the profession and itspresent situation, a reflection of own choices ofaction and the development of future perspectives.Information :Peter Barker Department of the History of ScienceUniversity of OklahomaNorman OK 73019 USAFax : (US) 405-325-2363http://www.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/dggmnt/tagungen/hamburg2001 .html4-6 October 2001«Le 19e siecle «renaissant» / Renaissance inthe 19th Century»University of TorontoAn international and interdisciplinary conferencejointly organized by The Centre for Reformation andRenaissance Studies (U. of T.) The Joseph SableCentre for 19th Century French Studies (U. of T.)The conference seeks to examine the renewedinterest in the Renaissance evident in the works ofscholars, artists, writers, and thinkers of the 19thCentury all over Western Europe (in France, Britain,Italy, Spain, Germany...). We welcome in particularproposals that examine 19th Century scholarshipon the Renaissance, the imitation and emulation ofRenaissance works or styles, the renewed interestin humanism, neoplatonism, or in major figures of15th and 16th Century Europe.Proposals for presentations on all aspects of thetopic are welcome: - decorative arts - literature(s)and history of the language(s) - history/historiography- art/art history - architecture - medicine/historyof medicine - music/opera - book history/bookcollectors - philosophy - Shakespeare in the 19thCentury -19th Century reception of the Reformation.Information :Prof. Yannick PorteboisCentre for 19th Century French Studiesin the John M. Kelly LibraryU.S.M.C. / Univ. of Toronto113 St. Joseph StreetToronto, Ontario, Canada M5S 1J4by e-mail: yannick.portebois@utoronto.ca2001International Medieval Studies CongressKalamazooAVISTA, Association Villard de Honnecourt for theInterdisciplinary Study of Science, Technology,and Art. web site : www.avista.orgThe Medieval Hospital and Medical Practice:Bridging the evidence, interdisciplinary approachesto the medieval hospital and medical practice.Seeking proposals for 20-25 minute presentationstouching on all aspects of research concerning themedieval hospital and medical practice.Presentations by scholars of research involvingpractical experiments with medieval medicaltreatment, herbs, remedies, botanicals, alchemy,and/or presentations of parallel cases in modernmedical use of leeches, phlebotomy, or othertreatments with medieval origins serving to informhistorical research.Information :Barbara S. Bowers,The Ohio State University,Jones Twr. 455, 101 Curl Dr.,Columbus Ohio, 43210.Email: bbowers@osu.edu.159