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Masters of Health: Racial Science and Slavery in U.S. Medical Schools

Masters of Health: Racial Science and Slavery in U.S. Medical Schools


 

DIALOGUE
Masters of Health: Racial Science and Slavery in U.S. Medical Schools

Christopher Willoughby, PhD
Visiting Assistant Professor in the History of Medicine
Pitzer College

 

Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2022
Noon - 1:30 p.m. (EST)
Registration is required. Click
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Christopher D. E. Willoughby is a Visiting Assistant Professor in the History of Medicine at Pitzer College in Claremont,
California. In 2016, he completed his PhD in history at Tulane University. He is the author of Masters of Health: Racial
Science and Slavery in U.S.Medical Schools
(University of North Carolina Press, 2022), and with Sean Morey Smith,
he edited the book Medicine and Healing in the Age of Slavery (Louisiana State University Press, 2021). He has published
widely in popular and academic publications including The Washington Post and The Journal of the History of Medicine
and Allied Sciences
. Previously, he has held long-term fellowships at the Huntington Library, Harvard's Charles Warren
Center for Studies in American History, The Pennsylvania State University, the Schomburg Center for Research in Black
Culture, and Emory University.

Scott Podolsky, Director of the Center for the History of Medicine and Professor of Global Health and Social Medicine,
Harvard Medical School, will moderate the event.  


This Better Together Dialogue is sponsored by the Office for Diversity Inclusion & Community Partnership, the
Center for the History of Medicine, Countway Library, and the Department of Global Health & Social Medicine.

 

Live closed captioning will be available.

Harvard University welcomes individuals with disabilities to participate in its programs and activities. If you would like
to request further accommodations or have questions about this event, please contact Susan Legere at
susan_legere@hms.harvard.edu in advance of your participation. Please note that the University will make every effort
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Date:
Wednesday, November 9, 2022
Time:
12:00pm - 1:30pm
Time Zone:
Eastern Time - US & Canada (change)
Categories:
  History of Medicine  

Event Organizer

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Emily Gustainis

Deputy Director
Center for the History of Medicine
Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine

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