Jan. 2022 Meeting: Carter’s The Heart of Whiteness
Our January 2022 meeting (and our first meeting of the spring 2022 semester) for LMCC took place on Wed. Jan. 26 at 5:30pm est via Zoom. We discussed Julian B. Carter’s 2007 monograph from Duke University Press, The Heart of … Read more
Jan. 2022 Meeting Announcement
The January 2022 LMCC meeting will take place on Wednesday, January 26 at 5:30pm est and will be virtual! We’ll be using the same Zoom link from the past few semesters: https://unc.zoom.us/j/99228197675. If you have trouble with the Zoom link, … Read more
Nov. 2021 Meeting: Re-Presenting Disability, edited by Sandell, Dodd, and Garland-Thomson
Our November 2021 meeting of LMCC took place on Wed. Nov. 17 at 5:30pm est via Zoom. We discussed Re-Presenting Disability: Activism and Agency in the Museum, edited by Richard Sandell, Jocelyn Dodd, and Rosemarie Garland-Thomson (2010). Specifically, we’d discussed: … Read more
Nov. 2021 Meeting Announcement
The November LMCC meeting will take place on Wednesday, November 17 at 5:30pm est and will be virtual! We’ll be using the same Zoom link from the past few semesters: https://unc.zoom.us/j/99228197675. If you have trouble with the Zoom link, please … Read more
Oct. 2021 Meeting: Washington’s Medical Apartheid
Our October, 2021 meeting of LMCC took place on Wed. Oct. 27 at 5:30pm est via Zoom. We focused on Harriet A. Washington’s 2006 monograph Medical Apartheid: The Dark History of Medical Experimentation on Black Americans from Colonial Times to … Read more
Oct. 2021 Meeting Announcement
The October LMCC meeting will take place on Wednesday, October 27 at 5:30pm est and will be virtual! (FYI, our November meeting will also be virtual and will take place on Wed. Nov. 17 at 5:30pm est.) For both meetings, we’ll … Read more
Sept. 2021 Meeting: Ordover’s American Eugenics
Our September, 2021 meeting of LMCC took place on Wed. Sept. 29 at 5:30pm est via Zoom. We focused on Nancy Ordover‘s 2003 monograph American Eugenics: Race, Queer Anatomy, and the Science of Nationalism, especially the introduction and an additional … Read more
LMCC Co-Directors to Lead an MLA Panel
LMCC Co-Directors Rachel Warner and Paul Blom have co-organized and will be leading a panel for the 2022 annual MLA Convention! Inspired by their joint interest in the health humanities and in their combined work with the LMCC, Rachel and … Read more
Sept. 2021 Meeting Announcement
Due to a combination of technical issues and unexpectedly large crowds in the pavilion on Polk Place, we ended up cancelling our August meeting for LMCC. However, we now have plans for our upcoming September meeting! Our September meeting will … Read more
Aug. 2021 Meeting Announcement
LMCC is back for the 2021-2022 academic year! Our first meeting will take place Wednesday, August 25 at 5:30pm est! We will meet in the large white tent/pavilion in Polk Place, in front of Wilson Library. This outdoor venue should … Read more