Dr. Harry Yi-Jui WUTaiwan
National Cheng Kung University
Current Position
2021 to present Associate Professor, Department of Medical Humanities & Social Medicine, NCKU
2021 to present Associate Professor, Cross College Elite Program, NCKU
2021 to present Co-Editor, Social History of Medicine
Academic Experiences
2015 - 2021Director, Medical Ethics and Humanities Unit, The University of Hong Kong
2013 - 2012Assistant Professor, LKC School of Medicine, Nanyang Technological University
Professional Experiences
2005 - 2006Resident Doctor, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
Specialty & Expertise
History of Medicine, Medical Humanities, STS
About Me
Harry Yi-Jui Wu is a historian of medicine. He was trained in medicine in Taiwan before obtaining DPhil in modern history at the University of Oxford in 2012. His first book, Mad by the Millions: Mental Disorders and the Early Years of the World Health Organization, was published by MIT Press in 2021. Before becoming an Associate Professor at National Cheng Kung University as a Yushan Young Scholar, he taught at Nanyang Technological University and the University of Hong Kong between 2013 and 2021. Harry is currently Co-Editor of the Social History of Medicine. In addition, he is also on the board of East Asian Science, Technology and Society: An International Journal, and Taiwanese Journal for Studies of Science, Technology and Medicine.
Presentation Information
Introduction to the History of Taiwan, with a Medical Focus
1107 18:00-18:20
Special Lecture/305