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Dr. Sebastián Gil-Riano is an Associate Professor in the Department of History and Sociology of Science at the University of Pennsylvania. He is a historian of transnational science focusing on scientific conceptions of race, culture, and indigeneity in the twentieth century. His first book The Remnants of Race Science: UNESCO and Economic Development in the Global South (New York: Columbia University Press, 2023) demonstrates the influence of ideas from the Global South on UNESCO’s race campaign, illuminating its relationship to notions of modernization and economic development.

Registration is not required. Lunch will be served.