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Health Center Today, April 11, 2011
Colonial History Expert Giving April Massey History of Medicine Talk
By Chris DeFrancesco
New York University history professor Karen Ordahl Kupperman presents “Disease and Environmental Thinking in the Early Colonies” at the Low Learning Center April 11.
Photo courtesy of www.nyu.edu
The Robert U. Massey History of Medicine and Medical Humanities Lecture Series continues Thursday, April 14, with “Disease and Environmental Thinking in the Early Colonies.”
New York University history professor Karen Ordahl Kupperman will present at 7 p.m. in the Low Learning Center. She is the author of several books on American colonial history, including:
- “The Jamestown Project” (2009)
- “Roanoke: The Abandoned Colony” (2007)
- “Indians and English: Facing Off in Early America” (2000)
- “Providence Island, 1630-1641: The Other Puritan Colony” (1995)
The Robert U. Massey History of Medicine and Medical Humanities Lecture Series, organized by Ralph Arcari, assistant professor in the Department of Community Medicine, is a series of talks presented monthly from October through May. The lectures are free and open to the public.
The final program of the season will be Tuesday, May 17, when Catherine L. Thompson, assistant professor in residence in the UConn History Department, presents “Therapeutic Experience and Expectations in the Early U.S. Republic.”