History Center Events
Spring 2025
Joint Meeting of the Agnes Dillon Randolph International Nursing History & Southern Association for the History of Medicine and Science Conferences
March 14 -15, 2025 at the UVA School of Nursing
Registration for this two-day conference includes a light breakfast, lunch, and coffee break on Friday and Saturday, plus dinner on Friday. Register here on Eventbrite.
- General registration: $275; or $325 after Feb. 21.
- Independent scholars and retirees: $150; or $175 after Feb. 21.
- Students: $100; or $125 after Feb. 21.
We strongly encourage all presenters to be members of SAHMS. Membership fees help the organization support student travel grants, publish its journal, and offset conference costs. Join for the year here.
Hotel: A block of rooms at the special rate of $159/night has been reserved at Hampton Inn and Suites Charlottesville-At the University, 900 W. Main Street, Charlottesville, VA, for the nights of March 13, 14, and 15. This hotel is a 10-minute walk to the School of Nursing. Book early! The discounted rate expires Feb. 12. Call the hotel directly at 434.923.8600 or the central reservation line at 800.426.7866 and mention "UVA School of Nursing room block" (code 92B) to receive the discounted rate. You can also book online through this reservation link.
For a recording of any of these talks, please contact the Bjoring Center's program manager.
"The 'Brazilian Ladies of Toronto' and the Rockefeller Foundation in the 1940s: A Transnational History of Nursing" by Luciana Barizon Luchesi, PhD, RN (December 2024)
"Dynamics of Prejudice: Antiracist Nursing Education, 1968-1978" by Cory Ellen Gatrall, PhD, MFA, RN (October 2024)
"Bait, Switch, and Sue: Filipino Nurses’ Solidarity against Exploitative International Recruitment Practices, 2005-2009" by Andre A. Rosario, PhD, RN (September 2024)
"Unearthing Black Midwifery Stories in Virginia" by Linda Janet Holmes, recipient of the Bjoring Center's 2024 Agnes Dillon Randolph Award (April 2024)
"Neither the Colonizer Nor the Colonized: Thai Nursing Students in the Philippines and New England, 1920-1931" by Christine N. Peralta, PhD, recipient of the Bjoring Center's 30th Anniversary Research Fellowship (March 2024)
“Filling the Unforgiving Minute with Sixty Seconds’ Worth of Distance Run: Barbara Fassbinder, Nursing, and AIDS in the U.S., 1986-1991” by Karissa Haugeberg, PhD (February 2024)
"Narrating a Life of Care: Hindsight and Challenges of Interpretation in the Study of Religion and Health" by Angela Xia, PhD candidate in religious studies, recipient of the Bjoring Center's 30th Anniversary Research Fellowship (November 2023)
"Gay Nurses/Straight Health Care: Toward a Queer History of Nursing" by Jess Dillard-Wright, PhD, MA, RN, CNM, recipient of the Barbara Brodie Nursing History Fellowship (November 2023)
"Hospital City, Health Care Nation: Race, Capital, and the Costs of American Health Care" by Guian McKee, PhD (September 2023)
"History and Memory of Filipino Nurses in U.S. Health-Care Delivery" by Catherine Ceniza Choy, PhD, recipient of the 2023 Agnes Dillon Randolph Award (April 2023)
"Medicine of Care: Oral History of Nurse Practitioners in New York State" by Morag Martin, PhD (March 2023)
"Black Nurses’ Silent Struggle to Integrate Hospital Nursing in the North, 1950-1970" by Hafeeza Anchrum, PhD, RN (Nov. 2022)
"Understanding the Experiences of Male Nurse Practitioners, 1980 to Present" by Marcus D. Henderson, MSN, RN (Oct. 2022)
"A Virtual Roundtable on the History of Black Midwives" with Wangui Muigai, PhD; Michelle Drew, DNP, MPH, CNM, FNP-C, C-EFM; and Gertrude Fraser, PhD (Feb. 2022). Download the History of Black Midwives Roundtable transcript.
Program: "Ancient Wisdom, Resistance and Reclamation: The Historical Contributions of African and African American Midwives 1619 to the Present" - by Michelle Drew, DNP, MPH, CNM, FNP-C, C-EFM
"Trust, Training, and Tradition: Black Midwifery in the Early 20th Century" - by Wangui Muigai, PhD
"African American Doulas: Carrying on the Tradition, Navigating Spaces of Care and Exploitation" - by Gertrude J. Fraser, PhD
Black Midwives: A History Forum
