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Kavita Sivaramakrishnan – In the Waiting Room of History: Science, Cancer, and Aging in India and South Africa (1940s-50s)

January 27, 2017
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM
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New York Academy of Medicine, 1216 Fifth Ave., New York, NY

Speaker: Kavita Sivaramakrishnan, Assistant Professor – Sociomedical Sciences, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University

The next meeting of the Medicine and Health Working Group of the Consortium for the History of Science, Technology, and Medicine is on Friday, January 27, at 3.30 ET.

Kavita Sivaramakrishnan, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, will present a paper: In the Waiting Room of History: Science, Cancer, and Aging in India and South Africa (1940s-50s).

The discussion text is now up on the Medicine and Health working group site. Please join us for what promises to be a great discussion! The History of Medicine and Health Working Group of the Consortium for the History of Science, Technology, and Medicine meets monthly to discuss a colleague’s work in progress or to discuss readings that are of particular interest to participants.

Scholars anywhere can participate online. There are two opportunities to participate face-to-face.  At the Consortium offices in Philadelphia, 431 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19106, and at The New York Academy of Medicine, 1216 Fifth Avenue (@ 103rd Street), New York, NY 10029. The Philadelphia and New York meetings are patched in by teleconference, as are singleton scholars. Meetings are usually held on the third Friday of the month, from 3:30 to 5:00.

To participate online, you will need formally to join this working group. To do so, please sign up at the Working Group site, or contact the Consortium at [email protected].