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  • 'Lives Unworthy of Life: Disability Pride Versus Eugenics', lecture by Tom Shakespeare, Pears Institute for the Study of Anti-Semitism, Birkbeck (- Podcasts, talk and Q&A) More info on the event here

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Nazi Medical Crimes at the Psychiatric Hospital Am Steinhof
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Nazi Medical Crimes at the Psychiatric Hospital Am Steinhof

An online lecture by Herwig Czech, University Professor, History of Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, organised as part of the CEU Presidential Lecture Series. PRESENTER / Herwig Czech, Medical University Vienna RESPONDENT / Ina Friedmann, Wissenschaftsbüro Innsbruck INTRODUCTION / Michael Laurence Miller, CEU MODERATOR / Michael Ignatieff, President and Rector, CEU When the Heil- und Pflegeanstalt "Am Steinhof" was opened in 1907, it was one of the largest and most generous psychiatric institutions in Europe. After Austria’s Anschluss to the Third Reich in 1938, Steinhof became one of the focal points of the Nazi regime’s internal war against psychiatric patients and persons with mental disabilities. Between 1940 and 1945, as part of the “child euthanasia” program, a so-called “special children’s ward” named Am Spiegelgrund existed on the Steinhof premises where approximately 800 children and young people lost their lives. In the context of the so-called “Operation T4,” more than 3,200 patients were deported in 1940/41 and gassed at Hartheim Castle near Linz. After the official halt to “T4” in August 1941, “euthanasia” was continued at Steinhof by means of deliberate malnutrition and systematic neglect, to which 3,500 patients fell victim. The lecture gives an overview of Steinhof’s role during National Socialism and addresses the enduring legacy of these crimes. Learn more: www.ceu.edu Subscribe for more videos: https://www.youtube.com/CentralEuropeanUniversityChannel
Steinhof: A Difficult Modernity
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Steinhof: A Difficult Modernity

A lecture by Leslie Topp, Professor of Architectural History at Birkbeck, University of London. PRESENTER / Leslie Topp, Birkbeck, University of London RESPONDENT / Emese Lafferton, CEU INTRODUCTION / Michael Ignatieff, President and Rector, CEU MODERATOR / Michael Lawrence Miller, CEU When the Steinhof psychiatric hospital complex was opened in 1907 it was publicised and acclaimed in superlatives: the largest, the most advanced, the epitome of the modern psychiatric facility. But what modern meant in terms of psychiatric hospital design was not at all self-evident in the early twentieth century, and sceptical voices from within and beyond the psychiatric profession saw the very institution of the asylum as outdated and oppressive. Otto Wagner was only one of a series of advanced architects across the Austrian lands of the Empire who sought to make a tired institution culturally meaningful through architectural, landscape and small-scale urban design. But while other designers opted for the familiar imagery of the organic village, Wagner imagined the hospital complex as a utopian city on a hill, recasting carceral control and isolation as advanced master planning in an early modernist mode. This lecture situated Steinhof in the context of the other psychiatric hospitals of the region, and architectural and psychiatric history more broadly, arguing that it embodies a difficult modernity. Learn more: www.ceu.edu Subscribe for more videos: https://www.youtube.com/CentralEuropeanUniversityChannel
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Archive dives :

  • 'Archives and collective in eugenic history', panel with Christian Giorgio Julian Montanaz and Patience Schell, hosted as part of 'Eugenic Legacies in Mexico and the Americas' More info on the event here

  • 'Yale's Eugenic Past', panel with Daniel Martinez HoSang, José Garcia, Sidney Velasquez, and Dora Guo (Panel to be found 1:58:22 - 2:27:51 ) hosted as part of 'Legacies of Eugenics in New England: Part 1' More info on the event here.

  • 'Yale, the academic disciplines, and the long shadow of Eugenics', panel with Daniel Martinez HoSang, Tallulah Keeley-Leclaire and Emily Xu, (Panel to be found 2:08:19 - 3:01:48) hosted as part of 'Legacies of Eugenics in New England: Part 2' More info on the event here

  • 'Sterilization and Social Justice Lab', panel with Natalie Lira, Nicole Novak, Marie Kaniecki, Juan Gudino, and Kate O’Connor (Panel to be found 32:17 - 1:42:24 ), hosted as part of 'Eugenics in California and the World: Race, Class, Gender/Sexuality, and Disability' More info on the event here

  • Mid-West, US: 'Regional Reflections on Eugenics: Midwest Convening' Natalie Lira, Nicole Novak, Katie O’Connor More info on symposium here /// Recording of symposium to follow shortly ///

SYMPOSIUM (II) - Eugenics in California and the World: Race, Class, Gender/Sexuality, and Disability
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SYMPOSIUM (II) - Eugenics in California and the World: Race, Class, Gender/Sexuality, and Disability

Welcome to Day 2 - June 5, 2021 - 00:20:42 Special Dedication to Theresa Martínez - 22:04 PANEL II Sterilization and the Social Justice Lab - 32:17 Natalie Lira, Assistant Professor, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign - 32:44 Nicole Novak, Assistant Research Scientist, Iowa College of Public Health - 47:58 Marie Kaniecki, MPH, University of Michigan - 1:03:32 Juan Gudino, MPH, University of Iowa College of Public Health - 1:15:33 Kate O’Connor, MPH, PhD Candidate, University of Michigan, American Culture - 1:24:17 Q & A: The Audience - 1:30:00 PANEL III Ableism, Anti-Blackness, and Racism: Eugenics in the Present - 1:50:00 Ella Callow (1:51:06), UCB, Lucy Sirianni, UCB, & Nate Tilton (2:07:55), UCB, “Eugenics & Child Welfare: Preventing Civil Death Penalty for Disabled Adults & their Children” - 1:51:06 Carlos Martínez, UCSF, “The REPAIR Project, Anti-Blackness & Racism in Medicine, Science, & Health” - 2:19:36 Aimee Medeiros, UCSF, The REPAIR Project - 2:26:03 Q & A: The Audience - 2:39:30 PANEL IV Reparations for California Forced Sterilization Survivors Campaign - 3:51:03 Carly Meyers, Disability Rights Education Defense Fund - 3:53:20 Lorena García Z., California Latinas for Reproductive Justice - 4:01:13 Cynthia Chandler, Bay Area Legal Incubator (BALI) - 4:16:14 Aminah Elster, California Coalition for Women Prisoners - 4:30:13 Q & A: The Audience - 4:36:30 PANEL V Reproductive Genetic Technologies & Social Justice Implications - 5:22:09 Marcy Darnovsky, Center for Genetics, Berkeley - 5:23:52 Osagie Obasogie, UCB, Bioethics & Milton Reynolds, Reynolds Consulting, International/Educational Working Group - A Conversation on Eugenics Today - 5:34:05 Q & A: The Audience - 6:08:50 Reflections & Moving Forward: Transitional Justice Movements - 6:50:16 Milton Reynolds, Reynolds Consulting, International/Educational Working Group Closing: Susan Schweik, Miroslava Chávez-García, and Audience
Legacies of Eugenics in New England Conference: Part 2
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Legacies of Eugenics in New England Conference: Part 2

Legacies of Eugenics in New England Conference - Session 2 'Eugenic Presents', 19th October, 1-4pm EST Session 2 will continue where our first session on the 22nd September left off. It will take audiences from the past incarnations of eugenics across our four arching community threads across this conference (Vermont, Harvard, Yale and the Deaf community) that was the subject of our first session, through to an exploration into how these legacies of eugenics resurface and are remembered in these communities in our world today (schedule below). There will also be a special opening panel, looking at the deportation of the Malaga Island mixed-race community in 1912, and how this is remembered in Maine today. The subject matter of our third session on the 16th November, will then look into the future trajectories of these eugenics legacies upon these communities, and what it is we can do to disrupt these trajectories. Schedule for Session 2 - 'Eugenic Presents', 19th Oct, 1-4pm... 1pm-1.40pm - "Making the Past Visible in the Present: Malaga Island and Eugenics in Maine" A look at the deportation of the Malaga Island mixed-race community in 1912, and this is remembered in Maine today. Chair: Hannah Marcus (Harvard University) Panellists: Katie McBrien (Maine state archivist), Daniel Minter (artist) and Stephen Black (artist) 1.40pm-2pm - "Deaf People Can Do Anything But Hear: Deaf Exceptionalism and Modern Deaf Discourses" An exploration by Professor Octavian Robinson, into how the lingering legacy of eugenics is apparent in contemporary conversations in Deaf Studies and among deaf communities posing as deaf exceptionalism. Presenter: Octavian Robinson (Gallaudet University) 2pm-2.30pm - "Scientific Endeavours at Harvard" Harvard molecular biologist Natalie Kofler in conversation with Angela Saini (author of “Superior: The Return of Race Science”) around contemporary scientific endeavours at Harvard. Chair: Natalie Kofler (Scientific Citizenship Initiative at Harvard Medical School) Panellist: Angela Saini (journalist) 2.30pm-3pm - "Beyond Perkins and the Past: Eugenics in Vermont Today" An exploration of the ongoing impacts of Vermont eugenics and present-day responses including discussions of apologies and unnamings. Chair: Charlene Galarneau (Harvard) Panellist: Mercedes De Guardiola (historian) 3pm-3.30pm - "Yale, the academic disciplines, and the long shadow of Eugenics" "An exploration of the influence that Eugenics research and logic has on contemporary research and knowledge production.” Chair: Daniel Martinez HoSang (Yale University) Panellists: Tallulah Keeley-Leclaire (Yale) and Emily Xu (Yale) 3.30pm-4pm - "Eugenics today in New England" Evelynn Hammonds will invite chairs and panellists back to discuss what eugenics means today in this current pandemic and global eugenics/anti-eugenics reckoning moment. Chair: Evelynn Hammonds (Harvard) Panellists: Katie McBrien (Maine state archivist), Octavian Robinson (Gallaudet), Daniel Martinez HoSang (Yale), Natalie Kofler (Harvard), Charlene Galarneau (Harvard) and Mercedes De Guardiola (historian)
Legacies of Eugenics in New England Conference: Part 1
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Legacies of Eugenics in New England Conference: Part 1

(09-22-2021) Session 1 - Introduction and how we remember eugenics / chaired by Charlene Galarneau (Harvard) Opening on Judy Dow's Second Eugenics Congress tapestries with her text Welcome from Evelynn M. Hammonds on behalf of the Hutchins Center for African & African American Research Overview of the session from Charlene Galarneau Michael Bryant to give overview of indigenous genocides and extinction theory Land acknowledgment from Charlene Galarneau Charlene Galarneau in conversation with Judy around the history and lessons of land acknowledgements, before Nancy Gallagher and Judy in conversation around how to remember eugenics. Session 2 - Eugenics Survey of Vermont / chaired by Charlene Galarneau (Harvard) Nancy Gallagher and Judy Dow presents around the Eugenics Survey of Vermont Conversation with Judy Dow and Nancy Gallagher around the Eugenics Survey of Vermont, chaired by Charlene Galarneau Session 3 - Harvard's eugenics history / chaired by Evelynn Hammonds (Harvard) Introductory comments from Evelynn Hammonds Short presentation/introductory remarks by Paul Lombardo (Georgia State University) on the history of Harvard eugenics Short presentation/introductory remarks by Suzanne Blier (Harvard) on eugenics at Harvard's museums Short presentation/introductory remarks by Christopher Willoughby (Harvard) on historical eugenics in Harvard's medical schools Follow up and discussion between Paul Lombardo, Suzanne Blier, and Christopher Willoughby, chaired by Evelynn Hammonds Session 4 - Bell/Gallaudet and eugenics and the Deaf community / chaired by Brian Greenwald (Gallaudet University) Introductory comments from Brian Greenwald Short presentation on AGBell's research on Martha's Vineyard and its implications upon the Deaf community by Nora Groce (UCL) Short presentation on Gallaudet and Clerc's work with the Deaf community in Connecticut by Meredith Peruzzi (Gallaudet University) Follow up and discussion with Nora Groce and Meredith Peruzzi, chaired by Brian Greenwald Session 5 - Yale's eugenic past / chaired by Daniel Hosang (Yale University) Introductory comments from Daniel HoSang 3 conversations around archival materials between Daniel HoSang and his 3 students - José Garcia, Sidney Velasquez, and Dora Guo Follow up and collective discussion between José Garcia, Sidney Velasquez, and Dora Guo, chaired by Daniel HoSang Session 6 - Concluding coming together panel / chaired by Nora Groce (UCL) Introductory, bringing together comments by Nora Groce Collective discussion around New England's legacies of eugenics, and how we remember eugenics, with Judy Dow, Nancy Gallagher, Brian Greenwald, Suzanne Blier, Mike Bryant and Daniel Hosang, chaired by Nora Groce Lead out and preview to next session Part 2 - October 19 Part 3 - November 16
Exhibiting Eugenics Legacies
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