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Lithograph of Papagosa women harvesting cactus flowers. From "Report on the United States and Mexican Boundary Survey" (1857-59). |
Conference to Address Historical Approaches to Race, Medicine and Health
Date: November 13 - 15
Location: Thompson Conference Center
The Department of History will host the conference "Making Race, Making Health: Historical Approaches to Race, Medicine and Public Health" Nov. 13-15, 2008 at The University of Texas at Austin. Additional supporters include the Center for Mexican American Studies, Center for Women's and Gender Studies, Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies and the Warfield Center for African and African American Studies.
The conference will bring together scholars in ethnic studies, African American and Latino history and the social history of medicine to discuss how historical constructions of race have influenced medical practices and the ways people grapple with health concerns across the Americas. David Oshinsky, the Jack S. Blanton Chair in History and 2006 Pulitzer Prize winner for his book "Polio: An American Story," will be the keynote speaker.
Conference presentations will address six thematic areas, including:
• Panel 1: Criminalizing Illness in Cuba and the United States
• Panel 2: Race, Reproduction and the Colonial Household
• Panel 3: Popular Healing and Professional Medicine in the Spanish and American Empires
• Panel 4: Black Health and Healing in Slavery and Freedom
• Panel 5: Race and the Production of Medical Knowledge: Transnational and Comparative Approaches
• Panel 6: On the Margins: Public Health Campaigns as State Projects
The university's strength in Latin American studies makes it a natural choice to host the gathering of scholars, said conference organizer John McKiernan-Gonzalez. U.S. News & World Report named the university's Latin American History program as the nation's best in its 2009 rankings of America's Best Graduate Schools.
To learn more about the conference and presenters, visit https://webspace.utexas.edu/jm3832/mrmhut/Welcome.
Contact:
John McKiernan-Gonzalez
Assistant Professor, Department of History
512-475-7260
tulua@mail.utexas.edu
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