Taft Lecture, History: Michael O'Malley

Taft Lecture, History: Michael O'Malley, George Mason University

Lecture: Compensated Emancipation: Why Does It Fail?

Date of the lecture: Tuesday, March 8, 2011

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Taft Lecture, Sociology: Dr. Mary Pattillo

Dr. Mary Pattillo, Harold Washington Professor of Sociology, and African American Studies at Northwestern University is the author of the books "Black Picket Fences: Privilege and Peril among the Black Middle Class" and "Black on the Block: The Politics of Race and Class in the City", both published by the University of Chicago Press.

Lecture: Race, Poverty, and the Rise of Choice Policies

Date of the Lecure: Friday, March 4, 2011

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Taft Lecture, History. Dr Matthew Gordon.

Dr. Matthew Gordon, Miami University
Gives the Talk: Singers and Soldiers: Slavery in Early Abbasid Society

Brief Abstract: Individuals of slave descent led significant households in Baghdad and Samarra, the capitals of the Abbasid caliphate, the second great empire of the Muslim world. Elite singers (qiyan), properly considered courtesans, and officers (quwwad), men of Turkish/Inner Asian descent serving as commanders of the Abbasid caliphate's slave military, played prominent roles in society and politics. Both groups achieved significant social mobility and the established extensive, independent households.

Date of the Talk: Feb 22, 2011

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Urban Humanities Series Lectures: Dr Stan Corkin

Urban Humanities Lecture Series
Stan Corkin, professor in the English and cpmparative literature department at the University of Cincinnati

Gives the Talk:

"Representing the Post-industrial: HBO's The wire and the Discrete Spaces of Baltimore"

Date of the lecture: December 2, 2010

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Urban Humanities Lecture: Dr Todd Herzog "Berlin on film"

Urban Humanities Lecture Series

Todd Herzog, professor of German Studies at the University of Cincinnati

Gives the Talk: "Berlin on Film"

Date of the lecture: Nov 18, 2010

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Medical Humanities Lecture: Dr. Cheli Reutter "The Medical Humanities and UC"

Medical Humanities Lecture


Dr. Cheli Reutter, University of Cincinnati

Gives the talk "Medical humanities at UC"

Date of the talk: November 17, 2010


ABSTRACT: In this talk I will briefly trace the history of the medical humanities (a relatively young but classically derived discipline) as context for the examination of various medical humanities-related endeavors in which UC faculty and students have participated in the last few years. I will also relate the visions of various members of the faculty for future medical humanities developments. I will illustrate with a few examples how literature and film can work for different constituencies seeking to benefit from a medical humanities perspective. Examples discussed in the talk will include Stephen Crane's The Monster, Audre Lorde's Cancer Journals and Jodi Picoult's My Sister's Keeper.

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Medical Humanities: Barbara N. Ramusack, University of Cincinnati "Medical Women and Maternal and Infant Health Programs in Colonial South India"

Medical Humanities Lecture

Dr. Barbara N. Ramusack, University of Cincinnati

Gives the talk: "Medical Women and Maternal and Infant Health Programs in Colonial South India"

In 1917 the Madras municipality in colonial south India, comprised mostly of Indian men, inaugurated maternal and child welfare centers to provide ante- and post-natal care in the poorest areas of the city. This lecture focuses on the Indian medical women who operated these centers and the challenges they faced, especially the expectations of the members of the Municipal Council of Madras. Improved maternal health and infant mortality rates were the stated goal, though gender biases and professional rivalries are shown to be as potent as racial biases in devaluing the performance of Indian medical women in the child welfare centers.


Date of lecture: Nov/9/10

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