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May
12
2022

Sandy Sufian - Familial Fitness: A Conversation About the History of Adoption and Disability in America - VIA ZOOM ONLY

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When: Thursday, May 12, 2022
12:00 PM - 12:45 PM CT

Where: Online

Audience: Faculty/Staff - Student - Public - Post Docs/Docs - Graduate Students

Cost: FREE - VIA ZOOM - MUST REGISTER TO ATTEND

Contact: Myria Knox   (312) 503-7962

Group: Medical Humanities & Bioethics Lunchtime Montgomery Lectures

Category: Academic, Lectures & Meetings

Description:

The Master of Arts in Medical Humanities & Bioethics Program

Presents

A Montgomery Lecture

With

Sandy Sufian, PhD, MPH
Professor of Health Humanities, History and Disability Studies
University of Illinois-Chicago 

Familial Fitness: A Conversation About the History of Adoption and Disability in America

This event will be a conversation about Professor Sufian’s new book on the history of the adoption of children with disabilities in 20th century America (University of Chicago Press, 2022).  The dialogue will focus on the central themes Professor Sufian explores in the book and the contributions to history of disability and history of adoption she makes in the work.

This lecture is via ZOOM ONLY--no in-person.

**PLEASE REGISTER TO RECEIVE THE ZOOM LINK**
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