In an October 2018 article in The Guardian, Harvard lecturer Siddharth Kara describes the back-breaking work of searching for cobalt by 15-year-old Elodie, who is exposed to toxic dust in the…
In 1897, the U.S. Army Medical Museum transferred 3,761 sets of human remains to the Smithsonian Institution. The vast majority of the skeletons were those of…
Feb 19, 2020
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Philadelphia PA, 19104
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The idea that so-called races reflect inherent biological differences between social groups has been a prominent aspect of Western thought since at least the Enlightenment. While there have…
Oct 16, 2019
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PRSS Postdoctoral Fellow Ezelle Sanford recounts the social, political, economic, and professional alignments which made segregated health care and medical training possible in St. Louis, MO-based upon his…
This panel discussion is an outgrowth of a graduate level course in Africana Studies on the relationship between fascism and racism. With xenophobic fascistic and white supremacist movements increasing in strength…
Jonathan Metzl, Dorothy Roberts, and Anthea Butler will discuss Metzl's new book, Dying of Whiteness, and the politics of racial resentment. The conversation will be followed by a reception and book signing…
