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Canceled: "Anatomy Education, Penn Medicine, and the Creation of a National Racial Science Pedagogy before the Civil War," Christopher Willoughby (Penn State University)

Apr 17, 2020 at - |

Abstract:

In this presentation, I explore how racial discussion evolved in Penn's anatomy curriculum through an analysis of textbooks by three Penn anatomy professors: Caspar Wistar (published in 1811…



Canceled: Penn Medicine and the Afterlives of Slavery Fellows' Mini-Symposium

Apr 16, 2020 at - |



Cancelled: "Misogynoir in Mining and Medicine," Moya Bailey (Northeastern University)

Apr 2, 2020 at - |

Abstract:

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…



Cancelled: Ezelle Sanford III, "Segregated Medicine: The Story of Homer G. Phillips Hospital," History & Sociology of Science Workshop

Mar 23, 2020 at | Claudia Cohen Hall, Room 337

Ezelle Sanford III will present his research to the Penn History and Sociology of Science Workshop. For more information, see https://hss.…



CANCELLED: "Race and the Science of Remembering: Collecting, Preservation, and History in US Museums," Samuel Redman (University of Massachusetts Amherst)

Mar 19, 2020 at - |

 

Abstract:

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…



Owen J. Roberts Lecture, "Abolition Constitutionalism," Dorothy Roberts

Mar 3, 2020 at | Fitts Auditorium, Penn Law School

Dorothy Roberts will deliver the 2020 Owen J. Roberts Lecture at Penn Law School. Her subject will be "Abolition Constitutionalism."  

You can find more information and register…



"Christianity, Race, and the Haunting of Biomedical Science," Terence Keel (UCLA)

Feb 19, 2020 at - | Claire Fagin Hall, Room  118    
418 Curie Boulevard
Philadelphia PA, 19104

Abstract:

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…



"Race, Homosexuality, and Military Justice" - Natalie Shibley

Jan 28, 2020 at - | 3401 Walnut Street, Room 329A

PRSS Postdoctoral Fellow Natalie Shibley will discuss her research on the history of homosexuality investigations in the U.S. military.



Ruha Benjamin (Princeton University)

Dec 9, 2019 at - | Annenberg School for Communication, Room 500

This event is a collaboration between PRSS, the Department of History and Sociology of Science Colloquium, and the Control Societies Speaker Series. 



Segregating Health Care: Establishing St. Louis’s Homer G. Phillips Hospital

Oct 16, 2019 at - | 418 Curie Boulevard, Floor 4, Room 435

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…