Archive: Fall 2020
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Everybody Hates Me: Let’s Talk About Stigma Podcast: Dr. Emily Mendenhall, Stigma, Syndemics and Diabetes
Emily Mendenhall discusses with host Dr. Carmen Logie the concept of syndemic, based on her global research on diabetes, HIV, violence, depression and trauma.
Categories: Media, Past events
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AHR Interview: Monica H. Green in Conversation with John McNeill on The Four Black Deaths
In this episode John McNeill speaks with Monica H. Green, a historian of medicine and global health, about her article, “The Four Black Deaths,” which appeared in the AHR. In it, Green suggests both a broader and more nuanced understanding of how plague spread in the late medieval world.
Categories: Media, Past events
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Georgetown Now: A Conversation with Georgetown President John J. DeGioia featuring Dr. Lakshmi Krishnan
Conversation between Georgetown President John J. DeGioia and Dr. Lakshmi Krishnan.
Category: Past events
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Take the Lead Podcast: “Brain Science: Accessing The Brain And Its Functions Ethically”, Dr. James Giordano in Conversation with Dr. Diane Hamilton
Dr. James Giordano talks with Dr. Diane Hamilton about the neuroethical aspect of brain science, digging deep into the brain science of morality and ethics and the ethical, legal, and social issues that arise in and from neuroscience and its varied applications in biomedicine, public life, and daily occupational pursuits.
Categories: Media, Past events
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Infectious Historians Podcast, Episode #39: Environmental History: Past, Present, and Future with John McNeill
John McNeill speaks with Merle Eisenberg and Lee Mordechai about the changes to environmental and disease history over the last half century.
Categories: Media, Past events
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Bearing Witness: The Legacy of Jan Karski Today
On December 3, 2020, The Lab hosted this special event honoring the legacy of Jan Karski and its relevance to the current moment.
Category: Past events
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Nicoletta Pireddu Spoke at the “Humanities Centers as Sites of Dissent” Virtual Panel
On December 2, 2020, Nicoletta Pireddu was invited to speak the “Humanities Centers as Sites of Dissent” virtual panel, hosted by the Center for Humanities Research of George Mason University.
Category: Past events
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Maggie Little Chaired Discussion on the Ethics of Research During Pregnancy
Maggie Little chaired the Ethics of Research During Pregnancy discussion, that was part of the PHEPREN and Global Forum on Bioethics in Research (GFBR) seminar, which took place on November 30, 2020.
Category: Past events
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John McNeill Was a Guest Speaker at MIT’s “Plants and Plagues” Session
John McNeill was a guest speaker at the MIT’s “Plants and Plagues” session, which was part of the History of Now: Plagues and Pandemic free webinar course. This course focused on the history of infectious disease, looking transnationally and across disciplines at how plagues and pandemics have made an impact on human and non-human history.
Category: Past events
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The Great Work Begins: Revisiting Angels in America During a Pandemic
This special program of performance and discussion combined scenes performed by leading professional actors from Tony Kushner’s Pulitzer Prize-winning two-part epic play Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes with insights from experts from the medical, political, and artistic communities on the legacy and continued resonance of the play’s portrayal of the AIDS Epidemic in the context of the current moment.
Category: Past events