Courses/Workshops
Institute of Continuing Education: Undergraduate Virtual Open Day
Looking to pursue your love of learning, take the next step in your career or take your first steps along a new career path? Join us for our upcoming Undergraduate Virtual Open Day on 21st May, where we’ll delve into the world of undergraduate study at the Institute of Continuing Education
Poverty, disease and medicine
Wed 30 April 2014 - Wed 28 May 2014
Institute of Continuing Education
This weekly course at Madingley Hall will explore the three interrelated themes of poverty, disease and medicine over a long chronology.
The first two sessions will focus upon these issues in antiquity. We will then move to early modern England to examine the specific diseases of bubonic plague, smallpox and syphilis (the ‘French pox’). The fourth class concentrates upon the ‘professionalisation’ of medicine in 19th-century Britain. The final session provides an overview of poverty and welfare in England under the old and new poor laws.
30 April: Experiencing sickness and seeking healing in the ancient world (Dr Justin Meggitt)
7 May: Poverty and disease in antiquity (Dr Justin Meggitt)
14 May: Plague and pox (Dr Samantha Williams)
21 May: The professionalisation of medicine (Dr Samantha Williams)
28 May: Poverty and welfare, 1601–1914 (Dr Samantha Williams)
This course will be supported by our virtual learning environment (VLE). You will be able to download course material, contact your tutor and talk to fellow students via the web at a time and place that’s convenient to you.
Cost: £150
Enquiries and booking
Please note that booking is required for this event.
Enquiries: Registration Team Website Email: registration@ice.cam.ac.uk Telephone: 01223 746262
Timing
10:05am-12:05pm Wednesday every week , for 5 sessions starting Wednesday 30 April 2014
All times
| Wed 30 April 2014 | 10:05AM - 12:05PM |
| Wed 7 May 2014 | 10:05AM - 12:05PM |
| Wed 14 May 2014 | 10:05AM - 12:05PM |
| Wed 21 May 2014 | 10:05AM - 12:05PM |
| Wed 28 May 2014 | 10:05AM - 12:05PM |