Alexandre Wenger
Full Professor, Director Cibshm
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Alexander Wenger was trained in literature and history of medicine. He is Professor for Medical Humanities at the Faculty of Medicine, member of of the AV短视频 Hospitals of Geneva and Director of the . He is co-PI for the SNSF project An interdisciplinary model to explain neverending infectious diseases. The case of syphilis, from 1859 to the present (2020-2024).
He coordinates the CineMed website which brings together educational, research and public dissemination initiatives focusing on the links between cinema and medicine. He is also a member of the steering group of the , in charge of Plan猫te Cin茅 events.
After studying literature and obtaining a post-graduate degree in the social and cultural history of medicine, Alexandre Wenger has carried out various research stays, notably at the ENS Paris and at the Institut f眉r Geschichte der Medizin der Robert-Bosch Stiftung in Stuttgart (Germany). In 2005, he defended a doctoral thesis at the AV短视频 on the pathogenic effects attributed to reading by 18th century physicians.
From 2011 to 2017 he was a full professor at the AV短视频 of Fribourg, in charge of the creation and running of the interdisciplinary research and teaching programme "Medicine and Society". He set up the first and directed the SNSF project The Image of the poet-physician (20th-21st C.): remapping knowledge.
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RESEARCH
- literature and medicine, from the 18th century to the present day
- forms and functions of medical writing (treatises, medical cases, scientific poetry, etc.)
- figures of physicians in fiction (literature, cinema, TV series)
- cultural history of syphilis
- narrative ethics
Head of the research group 芦听Medical Humanities听禄.
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TEACHING
Alexandre Wenger is a member of the steering committee of the Faculty of Medicine's elective courses, in charge of the coordination of Medical Humanities' teachings. He directs Masters of Medicine in the field of "literature, cinema and medicine". He was a member of the federal working group for the development of (Principal Relevant Objectives and Framework for Integrative Learning and Education in Switzerland).
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