Quatercentenary of Thomas Willis’ birth
Prepared by Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, St John’s College and Oxford Neuroscience, Anatomical Society to celebrate the 400th anniversary of Thomas Willis’ birthday on the 27th January 2021:
Interviews:
[1] Erica Charters: A History of Medicine perspective on Willis – Monday 11 January 2021
[2] Alastair Buchan: Willis’ residence and base for scientific discoveries, Beam Hall – Monday 18 January 2021
[3] Alastair Compston: An insight into the writings of Willis – Monday 25 January (birthday on Wednesday 27th January)
[4] Chrystalina Antoniades: The Circle of Willis – Monday 1 February 2021
[5] Kevin Talbot: Exploring the medical cases of Thomas Willis – Monday 8 February 2021
[6] Milos Judas: What we learn from translating the works of Willis – Monday 8 February 2021
[7] Petra Hofmann: The Willis Legacy in St John’s College Library (plus insights from Trevor Hughes) – Monday 15 February 2021
[8] Iain Pears: insights into Willis era 17th century Oxford through writing “An Instance of the Fingerpost” – Monday 22 February 2021
Lectures and Videos:
[9] Prof Alastair Compston – “Dr Thomas Willis’s works: ‘the most learned Christopher Wren and the inward dens of the Brain” (16th June 2011)
[10] Stuart Panter Videos – Thomas Willis’ Works Rooms at Oxford.
[11] Zoltán Molnár – Opening of the European University for Brain and Technology – Neurotech EU, 16 Dec 2020:
[12] Zoltán Molnár – Thomas Willis (1621-1675) 400th Anniversary Lecture, Anatomical Society Winter Meeting, 8th January 2021
[13] Online exhibition at St John’s College: https://sway.office.com/sDxoxop8O0u4gRD3?ref=Link (opened on 12 January 2021).
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