2021-2022 marked the first time in the history of the Society of Apothecaries that three women are holding Leadership roles. Marking International Women’s Day, Maria Ferran, Faculty Manager of The History & Philosophy of Medicine & Pharmacy and Karen Okemiri, Faculty Manager, Conflict & Catastrophe Medicine are sitting down with three of the Society’s prominent women, Professor […]

Maria Ferran, Faculty Manager & Webmaster interviews Briony Hudson for International Women’s Day 2023  Briony Hudson being awarded her Honorary Fellowship to the Faculty by Andrew Papanikitas, President   MF: What did it feel like to be the second female President of the Faculty? BH: It was a real honour and privilege to have been the […]

Karen Okemiri, Faculty Manager interviews Dr Christina Dale for International Women’s Day 2023  KO: What does it feel like to be the first female President of the Faculty? CD: I am also the first civilian to take on this role. Most of the time I feel a bit of an imposter! I was very keen to […]

Maria Ferran, Faculty Manager & Webmaster interviews Professor Jane Anderson for International Women’s Day 2023 MF: What did it feel like to be the second female Master of the Society? JA: First and foremost it was an enormous honour to be elected as the 412th Master of the Society in its 404-year history. That there has only […]

Left-right Tim & Maria Ferran, Faculty Manager & Webmaster Tim Richman Gadoffre joined the Society in December 2022, as Communications & Engagement Officer. He brings over 30 years of brand building & marketing communications experience, as well as his interest in history, the applied arts from 1870-1918 and antiques. Having graduated in 1991 in Modern […]

On Thursday, 10 November Samer Nashef gave his talk, ‘The Naked Surgeon’. The talk was held online and is available to view on our Youtube Channel – click here  

On Tuesday, 11 October 2022, the Faculty of the History of Philosophy and Medicine held the Sydney Selwyn Lectures. The Faculty is grateful to the Sydney Selwyn family for their ongoing support and sponsorship of the lecture in memory of our past President, Sydney Selwyn. Left-right – Bryan Saunders, Beadle, Dr Andrew Papanikitas (President), Dr […]

The Faculty of the History and Philosophy of Medicine and Pharmacy held the Gideon de Laune lecture on 21 June 2022. Speaker: Dr Timothy Chesters Title: Learned Medicine and Alchemical Mysteries in the Library of Clare College, Cambridge (c.1570-1620) Dr Chambers gave his talk online due to the national train strikes, this recording is available […]

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  The Society are delighted to announce that we have a new member of the Academic Team who has joined us as Faculty CC Manager, Karen Okemiri. Karen, has a background working for Education systems management and Non-governmental organisations and has qualifications in Project Management ,  International Relations and International Development,  with a pathway in […]