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Thursday November 5 2009

The Young Man and Death, 1856-1865 Gustave Moreau, Harvard Art Museum/Fogg Museum. More.

6:15 pm - 7:30 pm

Symposia

Art Museums and Medical Education: Conversations across Disciplines
(2 day symposium)

M. Victor Leventritt Symposium

Tsai Auditorium, Center for Government and International Studies, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge

This gathering will explore recent trends in which art museums collaborate in training health-care professionals. Some of the programs support the development of observation and diagnostic skills, while others foster empathy, build community, or enhance cultural understanding.

Symposium poster

Public lectures:

Thursday, November 5, 2009; 6:15pm
Art Museums and Medical Education
Ellen Handler Spitz, University of Maryland, Baltimore County

Friday, November 6, 2009; 9:00am
The Social Work of the Museum
Lois Silverman, independent scholar

Friday, November 6, 2009; 1:30pm
What Are Old People For?
William Thomas, Founder of the Eden Alternative

This symposium is a collaborative program of Harvard Medical School and the Harvard Art Museum, with support from the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies.

Free admission.

For more information, please contact Susannah Hutchison at 617-496-8576 or susannah_hutchison@harvard.edu.

The M. Victor Leventritt Lecture Fund was established through the generosity of the wife, children, and friends of the late M. Victor Leventritt, Harvard Class of 1935. The purpose of the fund is to present outstanding scholars of the history and theory of art to the Harvard and Greater Boston communities.