Events Programme 2025/26

Written By Oc London

2025

Thursday, 30th October 2025

“William Hogarth and James Parsons: Artistic Truth and Physiognomy”

Dr Allister Neher, McGill University, Montreal, Canada

Thursday 11th December 2025

“Disease and Medicine in the Crusades”

Professor Piers Mitchell, University of Cambridge

2026

Thursday 5th February 2026

“Being Ill: on Sickness, Care and Abandonment”

Professor Neil Vickers, King’s College London

Thursday 19th March 2026

“Samuel Purchas and the Anatomy of Virginia”

Dr Peter Mitchell, University of Wales

Thursday 23rd April 2026

Members’ Papers Evening

Thursday 28th May 2026

“Germs and Governance: the ‘rediscovery’ of hospital infection in Britain c. 1947-1970”

Professor Marguerite Dupree, University of Oxford

Thursday 25th June 2026

“Knowledge, Networks and Influence - Osler, the Great War and Cerebrospinal Fever”

Dr Edward Wawrzynczak, writer, lecturer and researcher

Thursday 16th July 2026

Oslerian Oration & Banquet: “Human doctors in a digital era” Black tie

Professor Sir Mark Walport, Foreign Secretary of the Royal Society

Venue

All lectures will be held at the Royal College of Physicians of London at 7.00pm, preceded by a drinks reception from 6.30pm. Dress is smart casual, with the exception of the Oslerian Oration and Banquet in July.

A buffet supper will take place at 8.00pm.

Oc London