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Celebrating 20 Years of Harry Potter, Part 2

Thursday, June 29, 2017, 2:00:00 PM, 1 hour.

Description: Monsters in the Stacks: How Harry Potter Came to NLM

Stephen Greenberg, PhD, Head, Rare Books & Early Manuscripts, NLM History of Medicine Division

Join us to learn how staff at the National Library of Medicine became inspired to undertake an exhibition about Harry Potter, drawing on collections of the Library, including works by real historical figures such as the alchemist Nicholas Flamel, who is a key figure in the first Harry Potter novel; the naturalist Conrad Gesner, who wrote about dragons and unicorns; and the mystic and toxicologist Paracelsus, whose potions and prophecies would have made him an excellent addition to the Hogwarts faculty. As part of a week-long celebration of the 20th anniversary of the publication of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, the National Library of Medicine presents two special lectures. The celebration will also include a special display of the 15th, 16th, and 17th century books that influenced the Harry Potter series along with the six-banner traveling exhibition, Harry Potter’s World: Renaissance Science, Magic, and Medicine. Visit this special exhibition in the History of Medicine Reading Room, June 26 – 30, 2017.

For more information go to https://www.nlm.nih.gov/hmd/happening/lectures/lectures_2017.html
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Author: Stephen Greenberg, PhD, Head, Rare Books & Early Manuscripts, History of Medicine Division, NLM, NIH
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