The public is invited to the Society for the History of Medicine and Health Professions’ annual dinner and lecture from 6-9 p.m. on April 5 at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS).
The meeting will be held in the UAMS Medical Center Lobby Gallery. Parking is available in the Parking 1 deck.
Laura Smith, a history instructor at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville, will present the lecture, “A Tale of Two Communities: The Business of the Medical School and Physician Respect in the Nineteenth-Century South.”
Cost for the event is $25, which includes a reception at 6 p.m., with dinner and a business meeting following at 6:30 p.m. Smith’s lecture begins at 7:15 p.m.
Reservations are required and must be made by March 27 by sending a check to the Historical Research Center, UAMS Library, 4301 W. Markham St., Slot 586, Little Rock, AR 72205-7199.
Student tickets cost $15. For more information, contact Timothy G. Nutt, director of the Historical Research Center, at (501) 686-6735 or tgnutt@uams.edu.
Society members, campus supporters, and community guests are welcome. Dress is business casual.
The annual dinner and lecture is co-sponsored by the UAMS Library’s Historical Research Center.