Medical Humanities and Medicine – Jefferson Lecture with Dr. Rita Charon Presented by the National Empowerment for the Humanities

See Dr. Rita Charon deliver the 2018 Jefferson Lecture in the Humanities in D.C., on October 15.

Reserve your tickets for the NEH Jefferson Lecture online now.

Dr. Rita Charon, founder of the field of narrative medicine, will deliver the lecture on Monday, October 15 at the Warner Theatre at 7:30 p.m. Doors open at 7:00 p.m. The lecture, “To See the Suffering: The Humanities Have What Medicine Needs,” is a free public event and will also stream live online.

AMWA’s work in the medical humanities

AMWA has launched a large scale initiative in the medical humanities starting with Studio AMWA (art), Literary AMWA (writing), Music and Medicine, Media AMWA (film), History and Medicine, and Digital AMWA (photojournalism).  Visit our current on-line initiatives and help us launch our new initiatives.

• Studio AMWA (art)
• Literary AMWA
• Music and Medicine (coming soon)
• Media AMWA (film, coming soon)
• Women Physicians in WWI
• These Are the First (coming soon)
• Digital AMWA (photojournalism, coming soon)