Bates Center Symposia

The Bates Center has hosted several symposiums featuring leading scholars and thinkers who examined the history of nursing and healthcare, from the perspectives of the history of medicine and public health, women’s studies, ethics, and race. The Bates Center  has also partnered with The Program in Public Health Ethics & History at Drexel University’s Dornsife School of Public Health to co-sponsor a series of interdisciplinary symposiums.

Bates Center Seminar Series

During the academic year, the Bates Center hosts prominent scholars from around the globe to present new historical scholarship in its seminar series. Seminars are held on Wednesdays at 4:00pm. The Fall 2021 seminar series schedule can be found below:

October 19, 2022, 4:00pm - 5:30pm ET	Adam Biggs, PhD, Johns Hopkins University
November 16, 2022, 4:00pm - 5:30pm ET	Rana Hogarth, PhD, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign