Access to the College Green area of campus will be restricted until further notice. Current students, faculty and staff with a valid Penn card may enter and exit Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center through the Rosengarten Undergraduate Study Center on the ground floor, and may enter and exit the Fisher Fine Arts Library through the 34th Street entrance to Meyerson Hall. 

During reading period, April 30 to May 14: Access to both Van Pelt and Fisher Fine Arts Library is limited. Find more information.

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Barbara Bates Center Seminar Series

Organized by the Barbara Bates Center for the History of Nursing in collaboration with the Penn Libraries, this series brings scholars to Penn’s campus for engaging talks on important topics in healthcare.

Black and white photograph of five nurses browsing books around a table in a library space

Seminars

Feb 28
Open to the Public

Critical Healthcare Humanities: Social Sciences and Humanities as Interventions in Healthcare Research, Training, and Practice

Now more than ever, we require skillful human-centric approaches to healthcare education, research, and practice. Join the Barbara Bates Center for the Study of the History of Nursing for a hybrid seminar on critical healthcare humanities with Britt Dahlberg, PhD.

  • February 28, 2024
  • 4:00pm - 5:30pm
  • Gershwind & Bennett Family Collaborative Classroom, Holman Biotech Commons (Main Level) and Online
Portrait photograph of Dr. Britt Dahlberg
Mar 13
Open to the Public

Hearing Happiness: Deafness Cures in American History

Join the Barbara Bates Center for the Study of the History of Nursing for a hybrid seminar on disability, Deafness, and medical technologies with Jaipreet Virdi, PhD.

  • March 13, 2024
  • 4:00pm - 5:30pm
  • Gershwind & Bennett Family Collaborative Classroom, Holman Biotech Commons, and online
Portrait of Jai Virdi
Apr 10
Open to the Public

Prescribing Reproductive Rights: Pills and the Politics of Family Planning, 1960 - 2024

Join the Barbara Bates Center for the Study of the History of Nursing for a seminar that explores the history of fertility control drugs relating to questions of side effects, prescription status, patient education, and access, with Kelly O’Donnell, PhD.  

  • April 10, 2024
  • 4:00pm - 5:30pm
  • Gershwind & Bennett Family Collaborative Classroom, Holman Biotech Commons (Main Level) and Online
Portrait of Kelly S. O’Donnell

Image Credit: Mercy Douglass Library, Class of 1959, Mercy-Douglas Hospital Collection, The Bates Center for the Study of the History of Nursing.