Frankenstein: Penetrating the Secrets of Nature
This Exhibit will be on display in the George T. Harrell Health Sciences Library from September 6 - October 3, 2011
The Penn State Hershey George T. Harrell Health Sciences Library hosts this National Library of Medicine exhibit in partnership with the Doctors Kienle Center for Humanistic Medicine and the Department of Humanities. This exhibition has been made possible by major grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the National Library of Medicine.
September 9, 2011 - 12:00 noon
Department of Humanities First Friday Lecture: "Following Frankenstein: Medicine, Science and Mary Shelley's Monster"
Speaker: Susan Lederer, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin
September 15-17 Alumni Weekend – Alumni visitors are welcome to the exhibit!
September 23, 2011 Frankenstein
6:00 PM: Pre-Movie Talk: "Creative Anatomy: Frankenstein in the Movies"
Speaker: Philip K. Wilson, Ph.D., Dept. of Humanities, Penn State Hershey College of Medicine
6:30 PM: Frankenstein Movie Night:
View the original Boris Karloff version of "Frankenstein"
Q&A following the movie
*Viewing limited to Penn State Hershey faculty, staff & students.
September 28, 2011 - 12:00 noon
" 'My Rest Eternal Ceases': Body Snatching in 18th & 19th Century Medical Education."
Speaker: Sue Shultz, M.A., York Hospital
Q&A following the lecture
All events will be held in The Ted Junker Auditorium
For more information, please call: (717) 531-8634