Tuesday 31 March, 18:30

Anatomy of anatomy

Radu Suciu, research associate at the Interfaculty Center for Bioethics and Humanities in Medicine and the Faculty of Arts at the University of Geneva, researches medical history and bioethics.

He examines surprising episodes in the history of anatomy from Aristotle to ChatGPT, interrogating practices like dissections, anatomy theatres and pedagogical rituals. The lecture explores social actors—barber‑surgeons, physicians, students, craftsmen, charlatans—and material culture that shaped anatomical knowledge and its ethical dimensions.

In French.

Rue de Lausanne 128,
1202 Genève
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