# Past Events & Conferences **2015** [Talk: Embracing the Senses - Elizabeth Gaufberg, MD & Amy Ship, MD](/event/talk-embracing-senses "Talk, "Embracing the Senses"") **2015** [Talk: Health Writing for Mainstream Media - James Hamblin, MD](/node/460466)[](/event/talk-health-writing-mainstream-media-james-hamblin-md "Talk: Health Writing for Mainstream Media - James Hamblin, MD") **2014** [Public Forum on Ebola with Paul Farmer and Evelynn Hammonds ](/event/forum-public-forum-ebola-paul-farmer-and-evelynn-hammonds "Forum: Public Forum on Ebola with Paul Farmer and Evelynn Hammonds") [Workshops: Give yourself a break! An evening of medical humanities workshops ](/event/workshops-give-yourself-break "Workshops: Give Yourself A Break!") [Lecture and Exhibition: Anatomy and Ethical Transgressions in National Socialism ](/event/lecture-and-exhibition-anatomy-and-ethical-transgressions-national-socialism "Lecture and Exhibition: Anatomy and Ethical Transgressions in National Socialism") Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments Special Exhibition: [Body of Knowledge, A History of Anatomy {in 3 Parts}](https://chsi.harvard.edu/exhibitions/body-of-knowledge) [Dinner Talk: Zombies, Neuroscience, & Psychology ](/event/medical-humanities-halloween-dinner-talk-steven-c-schlozman-md-zombies "Medical Humanities Halloween Dinner Talk by Steven C. Schlozman, M.D., "Zombies, Neuroscience, & Psychology" - Registration Required") [Lecture: 500 Years of Human Dissection ](/event/lecture-500-years-human-dissection "Lecture: 500 Years of Human Dissection") [HMS Welcome for the TMEC Atrium Piano ](/event/hms-welcome-tmec-atrium-piano "HMS Welcome for TMEC Atrium Piano") [Broken Hearts: A Tangled History of Cardiac Care ](/event/broken-hearts-tangled-history-cardiac-care-registration-required "Talk: Broken Hearts: The Tangled History of Cardiac Care - Registration Required") [Lecture: The Efficacy of Placebos: A Historian's Perspective ](/event/efficacy-placebos-historians-perspective "Lecture: The Efficacy of Placebos: A Historian's Perspective") [Panel Discussion: Parkinson's Disease and Dance ](/event/dance-parkinsons "Panel Discussion: Parkinson's Disease and Dance - Registration Required") [Poetry Reading: Poetry Within Illness by Rafael Campo, Martha Collins, Steven Cramer ](/event/poetry-within-illness-reading-rafael-campo-martha-collins-steven-cramer-rsvp "Poetry Within Illness: Reading by Rafael Campo, Martha Collins, Steven Cramer - RSVP Required") [Festival: HMS at the Harvard Arts First Festival ](/event/harvard-arts-first-festival "HMS at the Harvard Arts First Performance Fair") [Symposium: Beyond the Concert Hall ](/event/symposium-beyond-concert-hall "Symposium: Beyond the Concert Hall") [Concert: Boundless Realms of Joy ](/event/concert-%E2%80%9Cboundless-realms-joy%E2%80%9D "Concert: “Boundless Realms of Joy”") [Workshop: BALL & Other Funny Stories about Cancer ](/event/workshop-ball-other-funny-stories-about-cancer-brian-lobel "Workshop: BALL & Other Funny Stories about Cancer by Brian Lobel") [Cambridge Forum: Why Doctors Write](/node/190096)[](/event/cambridge-forum-why-doctors-write "Cambridge Forum, "Why Doctors Write"") [Gold Foundation Event: Days of Discontent: Mending the Broken Bond Between Patient and Practitioner ](/event/gold-foundation-event-days-discontent-mending-broken-bond-between-patient-and "Gold Foundation event, "Days of Discontent: Mending the Broken Bond between Patient and Practitioner" - RSVP Required") [January Term Course at the Museum of Fine Arts ](/event/january-term-course-mfa-registration-required "January Term Course at the MFA, Registration Required") **2013** [Lecture: Medical Needs and Social Priorities - Amartya Sen ](/event/medical-needs-and-social-priorities-lecture-amartya-sen ""Medical Needs and Social Priorities," a lecture by Amartya Sen") [Write, Cure, Play: Bringing Literature and Musical to a Medical Career ](/event/kirkland-house-event "Write, Cure, Play: Bringing Literature and Music to a Medical Career - RSVP Required") [Dramatic Reading: W;t - performed by HMS & ART students ](/event/wt-dramatic-reading-performed-hms-art-students "W;t, a dramatic reading performed by HMS & ART students") [Music and Medicine: Beethoven with Richard Kogan, MD ](/event/music-and-medicine-beethoven-richard-kogan-md-registration-required "Music and Medicine: Beethoven with Richard Kogan, MD - Registration Required") [**Ackerman Symposium on Medicine and Culture**](/node/192316)[ - Cultivating Humanism: A Symposium on Medicine and the Arts ](/event/cultivating-humanism-symposium-medicine-and-arts-registration-required "Ackerman Symposium on Medicine and Culture - Cultivating Humanism: A Symposium on Medicine and the Arts - Registration Required") **2012** [Celebration in Honor of Charles Rosenberg ](/event/celebration-honor-charles-rosenberg "Celebration in Honor of Charles Rosenberg") Imagining Illness, An Evening of Art, Literature, and Music [**Ackerman Symposium on Medicine and Culture**](/node/192321)[ - Who is Responsible for the Culture of Medicine? ](/event/2012-ackerman-program-conference-who-responsible-culture-medicine "Ackerman Symposium on Medicine and Culture - Who is Responsible for the Culture of Medicine?") **2011** [**Ackerman Symposium on Medicine and Culture**](/node/86416)[ - Genetic Determinism Then and Now: Confronting the Legacy of Eugenics ](/2011-genetic-determinism-then-and-now-confronting-legacy-eugenics "2011 - Genetic Determinism Then and Now: Confronting the Legacy of Eugenics. ") **2010** [**Ackerman Symposium on Medicine and Culture**](/node/86411)[ - The Flexner Centennial: 100 Years of Medical Education Reform ](/2010-flexner-centennial-100-years-medical-education-reform "2010 - The Flexner Centennial: 100 Years of Medical Education Reform") **2009** [**Ackerman Symposium on Medicine and Culture**](/node/86406)[ - Medical Industry, Medical Health ](/2009-medical-industry-medical-health "2009 - Medical Industry, Medical Health") **2008** **Ackerman Symposium on Medicine and Culture** - Self & Non-Self: A Transplant Surgeon and the Medical Humanities **2007** **Ackerman Symposium on Medicine and Culture** - Beating it into them? Beating it out of them? Moral Values in Medical Education Today **2006** **Ackerman Symposium on Medicine and Culture** - Saving Lives? Three cases of performance improvement versus discovery **2005** **Ackerman Symposium on Medicine and Culture** - Educating for Professionalism: from Principals to Practice **2004** **Ackerman Symposium on Medicine and Culture** - Professional Values in the Age of Consumer Medicine