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34. History of medicine: Harry Wu ("Game Changers" series)
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Harry Wu’s 吳易叡 is a historian of medicine. His book “Mad by the Millions: Mental Disorders and the Early Years of the World Health Organization” was published in 2021 by MIT Press.
“Scientific method is actually a cultural process. Studying science is actually studying a society.”
From 2013 to 2021 Wu led the humanities programs at the medical schools of the University of Hong Kong (HKU) and the Nanyang Technological University (NTU) in Singapore. He’s now Associate Professor at National Cheng Kung University (NCKU) in Tainan, Taiwan. His current research is on the transnational histories of mental health.
This is the podcast edition of Game Changers with Emily Y. Wu - where we speak with emerging leaders. These are the fresh faces of Taiwan you must get to know. Watch the video edit of this conversation on TaiwanPlus - https://gimpod.me/gamechangers-harry-wu-history
Get in touch with Ghost Island Media
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Produced by Ghost Island Media
Producer, Host - Emily Y. Wu
Associate Producer, Co-Writer - Ting Yeh
Researcher - Min Chao
Podcast Editor - Dino Lin
Production Assistance - Teresa Yen, Gerald Williams
Director for Video - Laticia Fan
Post-Production Supervisor - Kaley Emerson
Video Editor - Emma Chou, Vivi Wang
Copyright by, and First Broadcasted on TaiwanPlus
Executive Producer - Shirley Keng, Kelly Kuo
Supervisor - Eric Yang
Production Coordinator - Jenny Luo
Support the show: https://patreon.com/Taiwan
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
45 episodes
Manage episode 380233942 series 2891482
Harry Wu’s 吳易叡 is a historian of medicine. His book “Mad by the Millions: Mental Disorders and the Early Years of the World Health Organization” was published in 2021 by MIT Press.
“Scientific method is actually a cultural process. Studying science is actually studying a society.”
From 2013 to 2021 Wu led the humanities programs at the medical schools of the University of Hong Kong (HKU) and the Nanyang Technological University (NTU) in Singapore. He’s now Associate Professor at National Cheng Kung University (NCKU) in Tainan, Taiwan. His current research is on the transnational histories of mental health.
This is the podcast edition of Game Changers with Emily Y. Wu - where we speak with emerging leaders. These are the fresh faces of Taiwan you must get to know. Watch the video edit of this conversation on TaiwanPlus - https://gimpod.me/gamechangers-harry-wu-history
Get in touch with Ghost Island Media
Facebook - https://fb.com/ghostislandme
Instagram - @ghostislandme
Twitter - @ghostislandme
Produced by Ghost Island Media
Producer, Host - Emily Y. Wu
Associate Producer, Co-Writer - Ting Yeh
Researcher - Min Chao
Podcast Editor - Dino Lin
Production Assistance - Teresa Yen, Gerald Williams
Director for Video - Laticia Fan
Post-Production Supervisor - Kaley Emerson
Video Editor - Emma Chou, Vivi Wang
Copyright by, and First Broadcasted on TaiwanPlus
Executive Producer - Shirley Keng, Kelly Kuo
Supervisor - Eric Yang
Production Coordinator - Jenny Luo
Support the show: https://patreon.com/Taiwan
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
45 episodes
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