AIHP Multimedia - American Institute of the History of Pharmacy

This page contains links to multimedia (videos, audio, podcasts, etc.) about the history of pharmacy and pharmaceuticals. The links below include AIHP-produced events and multimedia participated in by AIHP-affiliated speakers.

Ed Foote, George Downs, and Megan Undeberg give the presentation, “Strike up the Band: 200 Years of Pharmacy Education,” at the 2021 AACP meeting. Watch below!

AIHP Fischelis Scholar Greg Higby discusses “500 Days that Shaped the Future of the History of Pharmacy in the US,” at the 2020 AACP meeting. Watch below!

AIHP Historical Director Lucas Richert discusses important topics in the history of pharmacy and talks about resources/collections for the history of pharmacy at AIHP and the UW–Madison School of Pharmacy (March 2021). Watch below!

2020 AIHP Annual Business Meeting Full Video (Nov. 5, 2020)
- Video of John Grabenstein Historical Lecture: Applying History’s Lessons to Contemporary COVID-19 Vaccination
New Social History of Pharmacy and Pharmaceuticals Festival (September 24–September 29 2020)
- Videos of all 21 Festival events including invited Festival talks, Book Talks, Roundtables, and Panel presentations.
2020 Summer AIHP Edward Kremers Seminar in the History of Pharmacy & Drugs—Cannabis:
- Dr. Lina Britto, “Marijuana Boom: The Rise & Fall of Colombia’s First Drug Paradise.”
- Dr. Chris Duvall, “The African Roots of Marijuana.”
- Dr. Emily Dufton, “Grassroots: A History of Marijuana’s Ups and Downs in America.”
- Dr. Adam Rathge, “Cannabis Cures: Medical Jurisprudence and the Origins of the War on Drugs.”
- Dr. David Guba, “Taming Cannabis: Drugs and Empire in Nineteenth-Century France.”
AIHP Assistant Director Greg Bond Interviews AIHP Member John Clark about the Role of Historically Black Pharmacy Schools for ASHP podcast series (February 2020).
AIHP Historical Director Lucas Richert interviews History of Pharmacy and Pharmaceuticals Editorial Board member David Courtwright about his new book The Age of Addiction for the New Books Network podcast (May 10, 2019).
AIHP Board Member David Herzberg lectures about the historical roots of the opioid crisis (November 2018).
AIHP President William Zellmer interviews Retiring AIHP Executive Director Greg Higby (November 2018).
AIHP Historical Director Lucas Richert discusses psychiatry, intoxicants and radicalism on the “Radical Americas” podcast (January 11, 2018).
AIHP Historical Director Lucas Richert talks about the relationship between yoga, psychedelics, and South Asian and Eastern religions on the Radical Therapist podcast (April 15, 2018).

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AIHP Thanks National Association Sponsors

American Society of Health-System Pharmacists, Patron ($10,000)
Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy, Donor ($5,000)
American College of Clinical Pharmacy, Donor ($5,000)
American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy, Contributor ($2,500)
American Pharmacists Association, Contributor ($2,500)
Board of Pharmacy Specialties, Contributor ($2,500)
National Association of Boards of Pharmacy, Contributor ($2,500)

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AIHP Wants to Document Your COVID-19 Stories and Experiences

AIHP COVID-19 Project The American Institute of the History of Pharmacy is documenting and preserving pharmacy stories and experiences during the COVID-19 global pandemic for the benefit of future historians and scholars. We seek to record the effects of this public health emergency on all types of pharmacy experiences. We invite you to share your pharmacy stories, photos, videos, artifacts, and other documentation of the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic.

You can participate in the AIHP COVID-19 Pandemic Pharmacy Historical Documentation Project either (1) by immediately sharing your thoughts/experiences and/or submitting digital materials or (2) by signifying your to intention to submit materials in the future. Please comply with all applicable local or state stay-at-home orders while self-documenting.

Please click the link below to learn more about participating in the AIHP COVID-19 Pandemic Pharmacy Historical Documentation Project.

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Calendar of Events

Upcoming events of interest to historians of pharmacy, pharmaceuticals, medicines, science, and related fields. (Event information current when posted. In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, please double-check the status of all events):

13-16 May 2021: Annual Meeting of the American Association for the History of Medicine, Madison, WI, USA. Online

19-22 July, 2021: American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy, Virtual Pharmacy Education, 2021. Online

25-31 July 2021: 26th International Congress of the History of Science and Technology, Prague, Czech Republic. Online

23-27 August 2021: 47th Congress of the International Society for the History of Medicine, Riga, Latvia. Online

13-17 September 2021: American College of Clinical Pharmacy Annual Meeting. Online.

18-21 October 2021: Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy Nexus 2021, Denver, Colorado.

4-7 November 2021: American Society of Pharmacy Law Developments in Pharmacy Law Seminar XXXII. Las Vegas, Nevada.

18 November 2021: Annual Business Meeting of the American Institute of the History of Pharmacy. Online