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2016.04.07
Announcement of the International Hansen's Disease Policy Symposium
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1st International Hansen's Disease Policy Symposium
"Medical policy on leprosy and Archives - Japan and Norway"
The city of Bergen in Norway is the birthplace of Dr. Armauer Hansen, who discovered Mycobacterium leprae in the late 19th century. Norway based its research on epidemiology on the basis of Medical science of leprosy in the first half of the 20th century.
This symposium will invite three researchers from a research institute in Bergen who are conducting historical research on Medical policy on leprosy to give special lectures on the value of Hansen's Disease historical materials collected and preserved locally and what we should learn from them. In addition, in the panel discussion, a Norwegian researcher and a former patient (currently a member of the museum's steering committee) who was involved in the establishment and operation of Prince Takamatsu Memorial Hansen's Disease Museum (currently The National Hansen's Disease Museum), a pioneering institution in Japan for the preservation of historical materials on Hansen's Disease, will discuss why historical materials Hansen's Disease must be preserved. We hope to make this a symposium that will learn from Norway, a pioneer in the collection and preservation of historical materials Hansen's Disease, and clarify the significance of the existence of The National Hansen's Disease Museum and the challenges it faces in the future. Consecutive interpretation will be used for both the special lectures and the panel discussions to ensure smooth communication between participants.
Outline of the event
[Date and Time]
January 21, 2010 (Thursday) 13:00 to 16:30 *Free admission
【venue】
The National Hansen's Disease Museum Video Hall
[Organizer]
The National Hansen's Disease Museum, Kanazawa University
【participant】
Approximately 150 people (citizens, researchers, students, etc.)
【interpretation】
Japanese translation available
* The second symposium was held at Kanazawa University.
schedule
● 13:00
Opening remarks: Minoru Narita (Director The National Hansen's Disease Museum)
● 13:10
Part 1: Special lecture from Norway (with consecutive interpretation)
Sigurd Sadmo (Curator, Hansen's Disease Museum)
"International Trends in Hansen's Disease Research and the Value of Documents on the History of Hansen's Disease in Norway"
Arne Skivenes (Director of the Bergen City Archives)
"What we can learn from medical journals: Preservation of historical materials Hansen's Disease in the Bergen City Archives"
Yngve Nedrebo (Director of the National Archives of Bergen)
"What we can learn from historical records of Hansen's Disease: Preservation of historical materials Hansen's Disease in the Norwegian National Archives"
● 3:10 p.m.
(break)
3:20 p.m.
Part II: Panel Discussion (Consecutive interpretation will be provided)
Theme "Why the Historical Records of Hansen's Disease Must Be Preserved?"
Sirurd Sadmo, curator of the Hansen's Disease museum
Arne Skivenes, Director of the Bergen Municipal Archives
Yngve Nedrebo (Director, Bergen National Archives)
Yasuharu Hirasawa (Hansen's Disease former patient, The National Hansen's Disease Museum steering committee member)
Osamu Sagawa (Hansen's Disease former patient, The National Hansen's Disease Museum steering committee member)
Moderator: Kazuhisa Kuroo (The National Hansen's Disease Museum Curatorial Section Chief)
● 16:25
Closing remarks: Hideo Inoue (Professor, Kanazawa University)
[Special Lecture and Introduction of Norwegian Panelists]
The Norwegian researchers invited in this symposium are members of The Leprosy Archives of Bergen. The city of Bergen Hansen's Disease policy material and is listed in the UNESCO Memory of the World Program (2001). "The Leprosy Archives of Bergen" is the one that centrally manages this abundant material and continues policy research from an epidemiological point of view, and some of the research results are "Lepra". "(Selja Forlag, 2006). This time, we will invite these three core members.
Sigurd Sandmo (Hansen's Disease Museum)
Born in 1971, he is a curator at the Hansen's Disease Museum in Bergen and director of IDEA Norway.I am currently researching the characteristics of Norway's Hansen's Disease policy from a historical perspective.
Arne Skivens (Bergen Municipal Archives)
Born in 1947, Director of the Bergen Municipal Archives.As a document preservation specialist, I am researching the historical evolution of medicine and medical documents.
Yngve Nedrebo (National Archives in Bergen)
Born in 1954, he is director of the National Archives Bergen branch.I am researching the human rights of patients in Hansen's Disease policy from an epidemiological perspective.