IIHM has joined as one of the lead planners for Harvey 2028.
From William Harvey 2028: a celebration | Royal College of Physicians Museum:
2028 marks the 400th anniversary of the publication of William Harvey’s Exercitatio anatomica de motu cordis et sanguinis in animalibus (Anatomical exercises about the motion of the heart and blood in animals), published by William Fitzer in Frankfurt-am-Main in 1628.
Conference 1: 'Harvey today', winter/spring 2028, London
A two-day conference presenting cutting-edge research in cardiology and aligned fields. A history strand will consider Harvey's position in and contribution to the Royal College of Physicians, drawing on its rich historical collections, with livestreamed keynotes from the University of Padua and the Berlin Medizinhistorisches Museum der Charité . Bursaries will support the attendance of early-career physicians, and the Warburg Institute will be the venue for a masterclass bringing together specialists across bibliographical, historical and medical fields.
Conference 2: 'Celebrating the quadricentennial of De motu cordis', 20-21 October 2028, Los Angeles
This conference will feature invited speakers as well as the inclusion of a Master Class and a viewing of the 2028 Harveian Oration delivered remotely from the Royal College of Physicians. The themes of Conference Two will be primarily historical, with historians discussing the intellectual, institutional, political, artistic, and cultural contexts of Harvey’s De motu cordis and its long reception.
Exhibitions
Museums and libraries around the globe will be holding exhibitions and displays devoted to Harvey's life, work, precursors, and legacy. Details of these will be publicised here as they become available.