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“Yellow Peril” and Anti-Asian Prejudice in the Shadow of Coronavirus

Carroll Hall, Freedom Forum Carroll Hall, Chapel HIll, NC, United States

Since the COVID-19 (popularized as simply “coronavirus”) outbreak began spreading from Wuhan, China in December 2019, anti-Asian prejudice has become painfully visible in daily life, echoing the “Yellow Peril” rhetoric of the 19th century. News and social media are bursting … Read more

Cancelled: Health Humanities Consortium @ Vanderbilt

Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN, United States

2020 International Health Humanities Consortium Conference  Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN March 26-28, 2020 Call-for-papers now open! Please click here for more information.  The sixth annual Health Humanities Consortium (HHC) conference will explore the politics of health and healthcare in the context of … Read more

Postponed: Health Humanities Grand Rounds with Dr. Damon Tweedy

University Room, Hyde Hall

*EVENT POSTPONED We will try to reschedule Dr. Tweedy's talk in the fall. Dr. Damon Tweedy Reflections on Race and Medicine April 21 at 4:00pm IAH University Room Damon Tweedy, MD is an associate professor of psychiatry at Duke University School … Read more