September
25,
2020
A New Social History of Pharmacy & Pharmaceuticals Festival
Day 2: Panel 4—Pain, Treatments, and Chinese Drugs
Panel Chair: Lucas Richert, University of Wisconsin–Madison and American Institute of the History of Pharmacy
Presenters:
- Jim Mills, University of Strathclyde: “The Asian Cocaine Crisis: Capitalism and Colonialism in Conflict, c. 1900–c. 1916”
- Rafaela Zorzanelli, State University of Rio de Janeiro/Brazi & Utrecht University (Visiting Scholar): “‘My Benzo is like my Grandmother’s Chamomile Tea’ – Approaching Chronic Use of Tranquilizers in Rio de Janeiro/Brazil”
- Shu Wan, University of Iowa: “Chinese Physicians’ Discovery and (Un)reception of Ephedrine between the 1920s and 1930s”
The American Institute of the History of Pharmacy and the University of Wisconsin–Madison School of Pharmacy are pleased to host the virtual festival, A New Social History of Pharmacy & Pharmaceuticals. This five-day interdisciplinary Festival aims to generate a discussion related to the under-explored social history of pharmacy and pharmaceuticals.
The Festival will be a free online streaming event running from Thursday, September 24 through Tuesday, September 29, 2020.