Dr. Julia Cummiskey, assistant professor of history, is currently completing a post-doctoral fellowship in the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Department of the History of Medicine. Dr. Cummiskey authored the below article as part of a series on “A Historical Guide to Pandemic Responses,” published by the JHU Department of the History of Medicine.
Dr. Julia Cummiskey’s New Article
Dr. Julia Cummiskey published an article entitled “‘An Ecological Experiment on the Grand Scale’: Creating an Experimental Field in Bwamba, Uganda, 1942–1950” in the March 2020 (111, no. 1) issue of Isis, A Journal of the History of Science Society. The article is available to download for free for one month.
Highlights from Workshop on the Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment
See student reactions and highlights from the simulation workshop that showed the impact of the Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment between 1932-1972 and taught students about racism in the medical profession.
*POSTPONED* Paleo Skills Workshop 3/28
An experimental archaeology event including instruction on using atlatls and slings, with demonstrations on flint knapping and friction fire.
*POSTPONED* Event on the Kurds 3/19
THE KURDS: A Discussion with Dara Aziz, Tennessee Kurdish Community Council, March 19, 2020, 4:00-5:30, UC Signal Mountain Room