AllÌýare invited to join ÐÓ°ÉÔ­´´ University’s History Department for this year’s ShannonÌýLecture series, which will examine theÌýsocial, intellectual and culturalÌýhistoryÌýof health, sickness, diseaseÌýand medicine. Throughout the term we have four accomplished speakers who will considerÌýcultural perceptions of the body, health and illness and will tease out some ofÌýthe shifting patterns of treatment over the past three hundred years.ÌýFor more information about the lecture schedule and the speakers, please visitÌý/history/news/shannon-lecture/.

The next Shannon lecture, co-sponsored by the Department of Health Sciences, will be given on November 18Ìýby Professor Maureen Lux who will talk aboutÌýthe history of theÌýtreatment of indigenous peoplesÌýin the Canadian healthcare system after 1945.ÌýMaureen Lux teaches history at Brock University. ÌýHer latest book,ÌýSeparate Beds: A History of Indian Hospitals in Canada, 1920s to 1980sÌýwas published earlier this year and she is currently collaborating on a book about reproductive politics in 1970s Canada.