Barbara Duden: "Visualizing the Unborn in the Gaze of the Scientist"
- Date: 15 May 2019, 18:15–20:00
- Location: Humanities Theatre
- Type: Lecture
- Organiser: Department of History of Science and Ideas and the programme "Medicine at the Borders of Life"
- Contact person: Elisabet Björklund, Helena Franzén
Open Lectures and Film Screening
18.15–19.15 Professor Emeritus Barbara Duden, Leibniz University Hannover: “Visualizing the Unborn in the Gaze of the Scientist. Perspectives from a Body Historian”
followed by
19.15–19.30 Karen Hearn, University College London: “Portraying Pregnancy: Curating a Historical Exhibition of the Pregnant Female Body”
19.30–20.00 Isa Dussauge, Uppsala University & Don’t Stop the Motion: Presentation and screening of the film The Icon: A Visual History of the Unborn
The event is part of the international workshop The Coming of Age of the Public Fetus: Exploring Pregnant and Fetal Bodies in Visual Culture