VULNERABLE: COMPASSION AND NURSING CARE IN THE HISTORY OF HUMANITARIANISM

from 08/03/2018 until 22/03/2018

By distancing itself from the stereotypes that have marked the traditional historiography of nursing in the past, the aim of this short season is to combine, by means of three case studies, the history of compassion with the role played by women in humanitarian missions, both in situations of war and natural disasters. Beyond the academic qualifications and the professional careers of the three main characters in the case studies, the speakers will be focusing on the women’s attitudes and perceptions, as well as the knowledge they accumulated and shared as a consequence of compassionate practice, and specifically nursing care.

Program
8^th March
Save the Children and the question of compassion for 'enemy' children
Rebecca Gill: University of Huddersfield (Huddersfield, UK)

15^th March
“I have done my own duty": Florence Nightingale and compassion fatigue
Dolores Martín Moruno: Université de Genève (Geneva)

22^nd March
Fernanda Jacobsen and the Scottish Ambulance Unit in the Spanish Civil War
Linda Palfreeman: CEU-Cardenal Herrera University (Elche)

Societat Catalana d'Història de la Ciència i de la Tècnica (SCHCT)

Institució Milà i Fontanals - CSIC

Residència d'Investigadors