W.E.B. Du Bois and the Challenge to Scientific Racism
W.E.B. Du Bois Lecture - November 12, 2014 7:00pm
Location
University Center
Date & Time
November 12, 2014, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Description
W.E.B. Du Bois and the Challenge to Scientific Racism
Evelynn M. Hammonds, Director of the Program for the Study of Race & Gender in Science & Medicine at the Hutchins Center for African and African American Research, Harvard University
A renowned researcher and author on the history of disease, on the analysis of race, gender and science, and on African-American women and the epidemic of HIV/AIDS, Dr. Hammonds will discuss the ever evolving intersection of scientific, medical, anthropological, and socio-political concepts of race in the United States from the early nineteenth century to present day.