DHIS 27A25 - Racism and Health in the US: From Colonial Times to Present

DHIS 27A25 · Semestre de printemps 2025-2026

Langue d'enseignement
English
Type d'enseignement
Cours séminaire
Nombre d'heures
24
Crédits
3

Informations

Descriptif

This course focuses on the history of racial health and medicine in the United States. The goal is to provide students with a broad overview of issues related to medical racism in the United States from the colonial period to the present. While issues of discrimination and medical experimentation will be addressed extensively throughout the semester, the course will also consider the question of medical research, political mobilizations and the institutional aspects of public health.

Mode de validation

Oral participation, 1 presentation, an essay and 2 quizzes

Lectures

Lectures secondaires 2

  1. Long, Gretchen. 2012. Doctoring freedom: the politics of African American medical care in slavery and emancipation. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press.

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  2. Smith, Susan Lynn. 1995. Sick and tired of being sick and tired Black women's health activism in America, 1890-1950. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press.

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Unités pédagogiques

N° d'UPType d'UP Unités pédagogiquesEnseignants Nombre d'heuresCrédits
57867Cours séminaire Health and Race in the US: From Colonial Times to Present Jean-paul LALLEMAND STEMPAK243
58682Cours séminaire Health and Race in the US: From Colonial Times to Present Jean-paul LALLEMAND STEMPAK243

Enseignants

  • Jean-paul LALLEMAND STEMPAK

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Contacts et ressources

Contact pédagogique
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