ISHP Publishes 2021 Annual Newsletter

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The International Society for the History of Pharmacy (ISHP) recently published the 2021 edition of its annual newsletter. AIHP members are encouraged to review the newsletter to learn of developments around the world in the fields of pharmacy and pharmaceutical history. 

ISHP, founded in 1926, is an international organization that promotes research, teaching, and publications in the field of pharmaceutical history. It is compromised of 29 national societies, including AIHP.

The newsletter includes reports from most of ISHP’s member societies that summarize their activities during 2020 and the significant pharmacy history developments in their respective countries. (AIHP’s annual report, prepared by Executive Director Dennis Birke, begins at page 73.)

The newsletter also includes a letter from ISHP President Axel Helmstädter that reviews major international developments during 2020. In connection with the COVID-19 pandemic, President Helmstädter noted “the responsibility to preserve materials, publications, communications as objects of study for our colleagues in the future.” Citing the AIHP COVID-19 Pandemic Pharmacy Historical Documentation Project, he observed that “our American colleagues have started a remarkable project to collect material documenting how the pandemic affected our lives, especially pharmacy and medicine.”

In his discussion of “very successful examples” of using online conferencing during the pandemic “to bring people with common interests together very easily” President Helmstädter cited “the Pharmaceutical History Festival organized by the American Society last fall, which turned out to be a tremendous success really fulfilling what the title had promised.”

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AIHP COVID-19 ProjectThe 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.


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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):


May 28-31, 2024: Kremers Seminar in the History of Pharmacy webinars.
June 27-30, 2024: ADHS Biennial Conference, Buffalo, NY.
July 7-11, 2024: International Social Pharmacy Workshop, Banff, Canada.
September 4-7, 2024: 46th International Congress for the History of Pharmacy, Belgrade Serbia.
January 3-6, 2025: Annual Meeting of the American Historical Association, New York City, NY.


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