Devon Golaszewski of University of Alabama will present "'Traditional Birth Attendants' and the Meaning of the Medicalization in Post-Colonial Mali".
Claire Edington of University of California (San Diego) will present "Drug Users, Psychiatric Patients, and the Braided Meanings of Recovery in 20th Century Vietnam".
Kate Epstein, from Rutgers University, will present, “Superpower Secrets: Computers, Intellectual Property, and Anglo-American Technology Theft."
Alexandre White of JHU presents “Expertise in enslavement: medical knowledge, necrofinance and the insurance of Atlantic slavery in Britain from 1750-1807" (pre-circulated paper) Joint event with East Baltimore Campus
Olivia Weisser of University of Massachusetts, Boston will present "Shopping for Pox Cures in Early Modern London". Public lecture at Levering Great Hall (Homewood Campus). Reception to follow
Christine Luk of Tsinghua University will present “Arthur de Carle Sowerby’s Popularization of Evolution in Republican-Era Shanghai, 1922-1941” (pre-circulated paper)
Leib Celnik, second year JHU, will present "The Smithsonian Institution and the Rise of the American Conservation Laboratory After World War II". Pre-circulated paper.
Frank Mondelli of University of Delaware will present "'Gotta Read 'Em All': Decoding Braile in the Pokémon Series".
Elliot Mertz, second year JHU, will present "Georg Stahl's Metaphysics of Matter and Motion: Natural Minima, N-Body Interaction, and Experimental Application from 1684-1720". Pre-circulated paper
Find the Midwife Project Launch 12pm event in Clipper Room (2nd floor) of Shriver Hall. Followed by 3pm event in School of Nursing, East Baltimore Campus, Room 431. Reception to follow.
Carter Barnett, second year JHU, will present "Hospitable Medicine: Charity, Ottoman Modernity and the Mission Hospital of Gaza". Pre-circulated paper.
Richard Adjei, second year of JHU, will present "Beyond Medicine and Healing: Cultural Revival, Politics, and Development of the Psychic and Traditional Healing Association in Northern Ghana". Pre-circulated paper.