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.

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 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).

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AIHP Thanks Members of the National Pharmacy Association Sponsorship program

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)

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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):

24-29 September 2020: New Social History of Pharmacy & Pharmaceuticals, hosted by AIHP, Online

8-11 October 2020: Annual Meeting of the History of Science Society, Online

24-27 October 2020: Annual Meeting of the American College of Clinical Pharmacy, Online

5 November 2020: AIHP Annual Business Meeting, Online

5-8 November 2020: American Society for Pharmacy Law 2020 Fall Meeting, Online

6-10 December 2020: Midyear Clinical Meeting of the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists, New Orleans, LA, USA.