Friday Sep 29, 2023
What happens when pregnancy, miscarriage, contraception, and abortion are treated as crimes?
This moderated virtual panel brings together scholars in the fields of medicine, law, and women's and gender studies to discuss the criminalization of pregnancy and reproduction. Our panel of academic experts will discuss new and historical patterns of punishing people for their reproduction. This discussion contextualizes the ways that racism, sexism, and ableism have shaped reproductive policing over time and examines the new threats ahead now that abortion access has been banned in several states.…
Monday Oct 2, 2023
Pyar Seth is a doctoral candidate at Johns Hopkins University pursuing a dual degree in Anthropology and Political Science. He is also a Visiting Research Scholar at King's College London. Broadly, he studies Black cultural thought, policing and medicalization, and the epistemic organization of health, disease, and risk.
Monday Oct 2, 2023
The University of Notre Dame Washington Program offers students the ability to study off-campus, becoming immersed in the political and cultural life of Washington DC. Students can participate in fall, spring or summer. Regardless of when students go, they experience big city living and culture and have a unique opportunity to gain work experience and engage in career discernment. Returning students rave about the Washington Program being one of Notre Dame's best kept secrets!…
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