STUDIO FIRMANO

The Studio Firmano for the History of Medicine and Science is a private scientific research institute, officially recognized as legal entity by the Italian Ministry for Research, University and Education, that aims at promoting the study of the history of medicine and science in the widest international context.

At that end, the Studio Firmano collaborates with a wide range of Italian and foreign Universities, Institutes, and Research Centres by sponsoring as well as organising seminars, workshops, conferences, and congress scientific publications. Among its facilities the Studio counts a library specialized in medical history with a recently re-ordered archive and library – whose catalogues are available here – and a museum with a small but important medical collection.

LAST NEWS

Conference “Stories of Medics and Medicine”

In ricordo del prof. Giuseppe Ongaro (1936-2023) Conference “Stories of Medics and Medicine” Padova, 27 settembre 2023 This conference honours the medical historian Giuseppe Ongaro (1936-2023), one of the most important Italian medical historians of the 19th century. Scholars from across Europe will gather to explore Ongaro’s multifaceted legacy by discussing various aspects of medical…

Rheumatology and Medical Humanities

RHEUMATOLOGY AND MEDICAL HUMANITIES WEBINAR ONLINE – Active online registrationCourse Director: Dr. Pietro Scendoni Webinar Conference  organized by I.N.R.CA – the National Research Institute for elderly people with the Studio Firmano  about the topic “Osteoporosis a pediatric disease that lets out in elderly age”. The contribution of the Studio Firmano focuses on the role played…

Covid 19 Warning: the Studio Firmano Library

The Studio Firmano Library is closed to the public access under the government order (D.P.C.M. 4 November 2020)…

VIVHAMENTE International Conference – Pisa

International Conference organized by the CSMBR (Centre for the Study of Medicine and the Body in the Renaissance)  in collaboration with other network partners as the University of Exeter, the University of Padua and the Studio Firmano for the history of medicine and science. Organizers: Fabio Zampieri (University of Padua) and Fabrizio Baldassarri (University of Bucharest)…