“Health in the Time of Marcel Proust” will showcase literature, medical equipment, archival materials and more that chronicle the dramatic changes happening in the health sciences during the Belle Époque, France’s golden age — including technological advances, an increasing emphasis on scientific inquiry and the standardization of medical education, among others. Connecting us to the past, the exhibit presents highlights of developments in health and social upheavals across Europe and the United States — and even right here in Alabama.

Kasia Gonnerman, dean of UAB Libraries, and Bill Carter, Ph.D., Distinguished Professor Emeritus of French in the Department of World Languages and Literatures, will provide remarks beginning at 4:30 p.m., and light refreshments will be served. Parking will be available at no cost in the 9th Avenue Parking Deck.