About
In this talk, art and architectural historian Ann-Marie
Akehurst will discuss the many homes of the Association of Anaesthetists since
their establishment in 1932.
Intertwined with
histories of the expansion of early modern London and the rise of the medical
professions, she will explore some of the decision making behind the choice of
location for the Association, from Lincoln’s Inn Fields to 21 Portland Place,
and set that within the context of why certain areas of London were considered
more desirable by medical institutions.
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the speaker
As a second career,
Ann-Marie Akehurst received her Ph.D. from the University of York where she
formerly taught Art and Architectural History. She is now an independent
researcher, affiliated to the Royal Institute of British Architects, a Fellow
of the Society of Antiquaries, and a Trustee of the Society of Architectural
Historians of Great Britain.
Between 2020-21, in
partnership with the Wellcome Collection, Ann-Marie convened a seminar series
on Spaces of Sickness and Wellbeing at the Institute of Historical
Research, University of London. She speaks internationally and has published on
sacred space, urban identity, and the architecture of health in early modern
Britain and Europe. She is presently under contract to Routledge to co-edit a
volume on the Art of Contagion from 1750 and is organising a Symposium
on Architecture and Health 1660-1830 to be held at Bart’s Hospital
on 3 November for the Georgian Group.