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…
PRSS Director Dorothy Roberts will give a keynote lecture for Penn Medicine's Health Equity Week. Her speech will be titled, "Mistreating Health Inequities in the Genomic Age."
Apr 3, 2019 - Apr 4, 2019
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| Class of 1978 Orrery Pavilion, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Van Pelt-Dietrich Library, 6th floor, 3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA
This symposium, co-hosted by the Penn & Slavery Project and the Program on Race, Science & Society, with support from the Office of the Provost, the Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and…
Jan 23, 2019
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| Arthur H. Rubenstein Auditorium,
Smilow Center for Translational Research,
3400 Civic Center Blvd.
PRSS is co-sponsoring this event, hosted by the Penn Medicine Office of Inclusion and Diversity. The symposium will feature a keynote address from Dr. Jonathan Woodson, former Assistant Secretary of Health Affairs…
Jan 23, 2019
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| Medical Alumni Auditorium, 1 Maloney Building,
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Dorothy Roberts will deliver the keynote address, "Race, Medicine, and Justice," for the Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration for the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania.
Abstract: Since the advent in the mid-2000s of genetic ancestry tests (GATs) available directly to consumers, researchers have considered what their effects would be on individuals’ conceptions of their own…
