Lectures and Events
The events below include our weekly Montgomery Lectures, other events we host, and relevant events hosted by other groups at Northwestern University and its affiliated clinical partners.
The Montgomery Lectures Series is presented weekly on Thursdays from noon to 12:45pm, and is open to all. Presenters are faculty in the Master of Arts in Medical Humanities & Bioethics program, CBMH members, and special guests. This series was named in 2013 for Emeritus Professor Kathryn Montgomery.
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Jan
21
Pain Studies: A Reading & Conversation - Lisa Olstein
Online - 12:00 PM - 12:45 PM
The Master of Arts in Medical Humanities & Bioethics
Presents
A Montgomery Lecture
With
Lisa Olstein, MFA
Professor
University of Texas at Austin
Pain Studies: A Reading & Conversation
Author Lisa Olstein, discusses her recent book, an extended lyric essay exploring the intersection of pain, perception and language through the prism of her lifelong experience with migraine to deliver a marvelously idiosyncratic cultural history of pain—how we experience, express, treat, and mistreat it.
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Jan
26
NMH Ethics presents Virtual Schwartz Rounds - TBA
Online - 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Northwestern Memorial Hospital
Presents
VIRTUAL SCHWARTZ ROUNDS
Speaker/topic to be announced
Schwartz Center Rounds is a multidisciplinary forum where caregivers discuss difficult emotional and social issues that arise in caring for patients.
Learning Objectives for This Program:
1. Examine social and emotional aspects of patient care delivery.
2. Discuss the impact of interdisciplinary collaboration on patient care delivery.
This event is not presented by the Center for Bioethics and Medical Humanities. We are sharing it here with permission.
Jan
28
Annalese Duprey - The Romance of Silence: A Medieval Perspective on Gender and Suffering in Medicine
Online - 12:00 PM - 12:45 PM
The Master of Arts in Medical Humanities & Bioethics
Presents
A Montgomery Lecture
With
Annalese Duprey, PhD (English, Northwestern University)
Former Feinberg School of Medicine Medical Humanities and Bioethics Affiliate
The Romance of Silence:
A Medieval Perspective on Gender and Suffering in Medicine
Recent accounts of the seriousness with which womens' experience of pain is taken in the medical community give us pause to consider the connection between the mental and the physical aspects of health and illness. This talk will explore the thirteenth-century verse Roman de Silence---the story of a girl raised as a boy---for its questions about gendered bodily experience and suffering.
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Jan
28
Patient Safety Grand Rounds - TBA
Online - 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
VIRTUAL Patient Safety Grand Rounds
presented by
NMH Quality Patient Safety
Speaker/topic to be announced
Learning Objectives:
Discuss a current issue related to patient safety, and propose strategies to improve patient safety.
This event is not presented by the Center for Bioethics and Medical Humanities. We are sharing it here with permission.
Feb
04
Nora Jones - Montgomery Lecture Series
Online - 12:00 PM - 12:45 PM
The Master of Arts in Medical Humanities & Bioethics
Presents
A Montgomery Lecture
With
Nora Jones
Topic to be announced
The Montgomery Lectures series addresses diverse topics within bioethics and the medical humanities. Presenters are faculty, affiliates, and alumni of the Medical Humanities & Bioethics Graduate Program--along with a few special guests. The lectures run every Thursday from noon to 12:45pm during The Graduate School's fall, winter, and spring quarters. They are open to students, faculty, and the general public. Formerly called "Special Topics in MH&B", this series was renamed in 2013 for Emeritus Professor Kathryn Montgomery.
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LINK WILL BE POSTED
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Feb
11
Jordan Brown - Montgomery Lecture Series
Online - 12:00 PM - 12:45 PM
The Master of Arts in Medical Humanities & Bioethics
Presents
A Montgomery Lecture
With
Jordan Brown
Topic to be announced
The Montgomery Lectures series addresses diverse topics within bioethics and the medical humanities. Presenters are faculty, affiliates, and alumni of the Medical Humanities & Bioethics Graduate Program--along with a few special guests. The lectures run every Thursday from noon to 12:45pm during The Graduate School's fall, winter, and spring quarters. They are open to students, faculty, and the general public. Formerly called "Special Topics in MH&B", this series was renamed in 2013 for Emeritus Professor Kathryn Montgomery.
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LINK WILL BE POSTED
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Feb
18
Larry Churchill - Montgomery Lecture Series
Online - 12:00 PM - 12:45 PM
The Master of Arts in Medical Humanities & Bioethics
Presents
A Montgomery Lecture
With
Larry Churchill
Topic to be announced
The Montgomery Lectures series addresses diverse topics within bioethics and the medical humanities. Presenters are faculty, affiliates, and alumni of the Medical Humanities & Bioethics Graduate Program--along with a few special guests. The lectures run every Thursday from noon to 12:45pm during The Graduate School's fall, winter, and spring quarters. They are open to students, faculty, and the general public. Formerly called "Special Topics in MH&B", this series was renamed in 2013 for Emeritus Professor Kathryn Montgomery.
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LINK WILL BE POSTED
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Feb
25
MH&B Alum Flash(y) - Montgomery Lecture Series
Online - 12:00 PM - 12:45 PM
The Master of Arts in Medical Humanities & Bioethics
Presents
A Montgomery Lecture
With
MH&B Alum Flash(y)
Topic to be announced
The Montgomery Lectures series addresses diverse topics within bioethics and the medical humanities. Presenters are faculty, affiliates, and alumni of the Medical Humanities & Bioethics Graduate Program--along with a few special guests. The lectures run every Thursday from noon to 12:45pm during The Graduate School's fall, winter, and spring quarters. They are open to students, faculty, and the general public. Formerly called "Special Topics in MH&B", this series was renamed in 2013 for Emeritus Professor Kathryn Montgomery.
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LINK WILL BE POSTED
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Mar
04
Montgomery Lecture Series
Online - 12:00 PM - 12:45 PM
The Master of Arts in Medical Humanities & Bioethics
Presents
A Montgomery Lecture
With
Speaker/Topic to be announced
The Montgomery Lectures series addresses diverse topics within bioethics and the medical humanities. Presenters are faculty, affiliates, and alumni of the Medical Humanities & Bioethics Graduate Program--along with a few special guests. The lectures run every Thursday from noon to 12:45pm during The Graduate School's fall, winter, and spring quarters. They are open to students, faculty, and the general public. Formerly called "Special Topics in MH&B", this series was renamed in 2013 for Emeritus Professor Kathryn Montgomery.
Mar
11
Montgomery Lecture Series
Online - 12:00 PM - 12:45 PM
The Master of Arts in Medical Humanities & Bioethics
Presents
A Montgomery Lecture
With
Speaker/Topic to be announced
The Montgomery Lectures series addresses diverse topics within bioethics and the medical humanities. Presenters are faculty, affiliates, and alumni of the Medical Humanities & Bioethics Graduate Program--along with a few special guests. The lectures run every Thursday from noon to 12:45pm during The Graduate School's fall, winter, and spring quarters. They are open to students, faculty, and the general public. Formerly called "Special Topics in MH&B", this series was renamed in 2013 for Emeritus Professor Kathryn Montgomery.