“Discovered Pasts: Revisiting the Canton Asylum for Insane Indians, 1902-1934”
February 6, 2014, 4:15-6:15 p.m., 209 Lathrop Hall
Professor Susan Burch’s talk explores the expansive meanings and implications of western biomedical diagnoses through the lived histories of people incarcerated at South Dakota’s Canton Asylum, the only federal psychiatric hospital for American Indians. Her talk explores contested cultural understandings of institutionalization, community, communication, madness, gender, race, and power. — Campus calendar
“Three Perspectives on Psychological Trauma”
February 20, 2014, 4:15 – 6:15 p.m., 105 Lawrence Hall
A panel of three Colgate University professors — Catherine Bagwell, Professor of Psychology; Alan Cooper, Associate Professor of History; and Max Rayneard, Visiting Assistant Professor in English and Africana and Latin American Studies — will discuss different perspectives on psychological trauma. — Campus calendar
“Genomics and Personalized Medicine”
March 5, 2014, 4:15 – 6:15 p.m., Perrson Auditorium
Dr. Michael Snyder, Professor of Genetics at Stanford University, will discuss genomics and personalized medicine — Campus calendar
“A Time to Die, Religion, Bioethics, and the Assisted Suicide Movement”
April 3, 2014, 4:15 – 6:00 p.m., 105 Lawrence Hall
A lecture by Ann Neumann, a visiting scholar at the Center for Religion and Media at New York University, and contributing editor for “The Revealer” where she writes the column “The Patient Body.” — Campus calendar
“Religious Freedoms and the Obama Health Care Plan”
April 9, 2014, 4:15 – 6:15 p.m., 105 Lawrence Hall
Kent Greenawalt, University Professor at Columbia Law, whose primary interests involve constitutional law, especially First Amendment jurisprudence, and legal philosophy, will speak about religious and legal issues in health and health care. More information will follow.
“Polio Eradication in Nigeria: Saving a Million Lives”
April 17, 2014, 4:15 – 6:15 p.m., Perrson Auditorium
Muhammad Ali Pate is the former Minister of State for Health in Nigeria. His appointment follows his success as the Executive Director of the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), in Abuja, Nigeria. He resigned as Nigeria’s Minister of State for Health effective 24th July, 2013 to take up the position of Professor in Duke University’s Global Health Institute, USA. He also serves on the agenda committee of the World Economic Forum. Dr Pate is an American Board-Certified MD in both Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases, with an MBA (Health Sector Concentration) from Duke University. He also has a Masters in Health System Management from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, UK. He is currently an Adjunct Professor of Global Health of the Duke University Global Health Institute. He is also a member of the Strategic Advisory Group of Experts (SAGE) on Vaccination and Humanitarian Emergencies at the World Health Organisation (WHO) in Geneva. — Campus calendar
