Apr 23, 2019 Vesalius Revisited Highlights One U

In 2014, the J. Willard Marriott Library joined the world in celebration of the 500 year anniversary of the publication of Andreas Vesalius’ De Humani Corporis Fabrica.

On Wednesday, April 17, under the direction of Randy Silverman, head of the Preservation Department, the library hosted several scholars from across campus for a retrospective of the retrospective. We present the video of this recent event, produced by Angela Wilkins, Media Engineer.

Guest speakers included:
Michael Rudick, Professor Emeritus, Dept. of English
Ginger Smoak, Assistant Professor (Lecturer), Honors College
Nadja Durbach, Professor, Dept. of History
Gretchen Case, Chief, Program in Medical Ethics and Humanities, School of Medicine
David Morton, Professor (Lecturer), Dept. of Neurobiology and Anatomy
Mark Nielsen, Professor (Lecturer), School of Biological Sciences

Speakers from the library included
Todd Samuelson, Assistant Director of Special Collections
Luise Poulton, Managing Curator and Department Head, Rare Books