Archives Events and Exhibits

In-person

• Maternal Health and Images of the Body in Japanese Ukiyo-e
  Available for viewing on the third floor of the UCSF Kalmanovitz Library at Parnassus Heights from November 2023 through December 2024. This exhibition explores the historical perspectives surrounding the human body and maternal health in Japan through the lens of ukiyo-e woodblock prints. The central question framing the selection of the exhibited images, most provided by the UCSF Japanese Woodblock Print Collection and the International Research Center for Japanese Studies (Nichibunken) collection, is how was the human body represented in mid-19th century Japan? Ukiyo-e refers to a genre of hand-drawn paintings and woodblock prints from the Edo period (1603–1868) to the 20th century. By drawing on various visual arts and medical media, this exhibit examines pregnancy and childbirth in early modern Japan and how birth control methods such as abortion and mabiki (infanticide or “thinning out”) were viewed at the time. UCSF ID required to enter or contact Archives and Special Collections to schedule a viewing.

Online

• Maternal Health and Images of the Body in Japanese Ukiyo-e
  This online exhibit has been generated based on the in-person exhibit held at the UCSF Kalmanovitz Library.
• Bernard Zakheim Murals at UCSF
  A digital experience for viewing the New Deal-era murals, titled “The History of Medicine in California” and “Ancient and Modern Medicine.”
• They Were Really Us: The UCSF Community’s Early Response to AIDS
  The exhibit highlights ways individual professionals affiliated with UCSF acted to address HIV/AIDS following its outbreak in the 1980s.