I do find it somewhat amusing that this plethora of fascinating events on reproduction-related matters is taking place at the academic institution from which William Empson was dismissed for the possession of contraceptives in 1929.
Interdisciplinary Workshop on Reproduction 7
Friday, 18 November 201109:00 - 18:00
Location: CRASSH, 17 Mill Lane, Cambridge
| 9.00 -9.20 | Registration |
| 9.20 -9.30 | Welcome and Introductions |
| 9.30 - 10.00 | Session 1 Chair: Susan Golombok (CFR) Karin Ekholm (HPS) "Why we begin with the hen's egg": investigations of animal generation, 1600-1650 |
| 10.00 - 10.30 | Peter Jones (King's College) and Lea Olsan (University of Louisiana at Monroe) Charms and amulets for conception and childbirth |
| 10.30 - 11.00 | Sarah Jennings (CFR) Children's voices: the perspectives of children and young adults with lesbian and gay parents |
| 11.00 - 11.30 | Tea/Coffee Break |
| 11.30 - 12.00 | Session 2 Chair: Richard Smith (Geography) Romola Davenport (Geography) Reproduction in the city: the revolution in infant survival in eighteenth century London |
| 12.00 - 12.30 | Anne R Hanley (History) Venereal conundrums: medical and social knowledge of venereal disease in late-Victorian and Edwardian England |
| 12.30 - 13.00 | Salim Al-Gailani (HPS) Maternal nutrition and the medicalization of pregnancy in late twentieth-century Britain |
| 13.00 - 14.00 | Lunch Break |
| 14.00 - 14.30 | Session 3 Chair: John Forrester (HPS) Fran Bigman (English) The shattered mould: abortion and class in 1930s rhetoric and fiction |
| 14.30 - 15.00 | Jesse Olszynko-Gryn (HPS) Pregnancy test pills as camouflaged abortifacients in the 1960s |
| 15.00 - 15.30 | Tea/Coffee Break |
| 15.30 - 16.00 | Session 4 Chair: Nick Hopwood (HPS) Ramona Braun (HPS) Endoscopic alternatives for female fertilisation and sterilisation in the 1960s |
| 16.00 - 16.30 | Susan Imrie (CFR) An investigation into the impact of surrogacy on the children of surrogate mothers |
| 16.30 | Closing remarks |
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