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SUMMARY:Deirdre Cooper Owens - Making Sense: Examining the Haptic In Slavery and
Medicine
DESCRIPTION:\nThe History Graduate Student Association'\;s invited sc
holar Dr. Deirdre Cooper Owens\, will be presenting a talk on medicine i
n slavery\, particularly the ways doctors approached their patients as o
bjects\, on Friday\, Jan. 17\, 4:00 p.m. in Foster Auditorium. \n\nHow d
id violence\, in all of its manifestations\, affect the mental state of
enslaved \;people? To be situated in slavery studies and medical his
tory is to sit at the center \;of haptic studies. In order to unders
tand the medical lives of enslaved people \;through &ldquo\;the perc
eption and manipulation of them as objects by doctors who \;used the
ir sense of touch\,&rdquo\; we are confronted with how these physicians&
rsquo\; actions \;created another ethic of being in the world for do
ctors and patients.\n\nDeirdre Cooper Owens is the Linda and Charles Wil
son Professor in the History of Medicine and Director of the Humanities
in Medicine program at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. She is an Org
anization of American Historians&rsquo\; (OAH) Distinguished Lecturer an
d has won a number of prestigious honors that range from the University
of Virginia&rsquo\;s Carter G. Woodson Postdoctoral Fellowship in the Wo
odson Institute for African-American and African Studies to serving as a
n American Congress of Obstetrics and Gynecology Fellow in Washington\,
D.C. \n\nCooper Owens earned her Ph.D. from UCLA in History and wrote an
award-winning dissertation while there. A popular public speaker\, she
has published articles\, essays\, book chapters\, and think pieces on a
number of issues that concern African American experiences and reproduct
ive justice. Recently\, Cooper Owens finished working with Teaching Tole
rance and the Southern Poverty Law Center on a podcast series about how
to teach U.S. slavery and Time Magazine listed her as an &ldquo\;acclaim
ed expert&rdquo\; on U.S. history in its annual &ldquo\;The 25 Moments F
rom American History That Matter Right Now.&rdquo\; \n\nHer first book\,
Medical Bondage: Race\, Gender and the Origins of American Gynecology (
UGA Press\, 2017) won the 2018 Darlene Clark Hine Book Award from the OA
H as the best book written in African American women&rsquo\;s and gender
history. \n\nProfessor Cooper Owens is also the Director of the Program
in African American History at the Library Company of Philadelphia\, th
e country&rsquo\;s oldest cultural institution founded by Benjamin Frank
lin in 1731. \n\nShe is working on a second book project that examines m
ental illness during the era of United States slavery and is writing a p
opular biography of Harriet Tubman that examines her through the lens of
disability.\n\nDr. Cooper Owens talk is sponsored by the Department of
History\, the Department of Women&rsquo\;s\, Gender\, and Sexuality Stud
ies\, the Department of African American Studies\, the Africana Research
Center\, the Richards Civil War Era Center\, and the University Librari
es.\n\nFor more details: https://events.la.psu.edu/event/deirdre_cooper_
owens_-_making_sense_examining_the_haptic_in_slavery_and_medicine/
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:The History Gra
duate Student Association's invited scholar Dr. Deirdre Cooper Owens
, will be presenting a talk on medicine in slavery, particularly the way
s doctors approached their patients as objects, on Friday, Jan. 17, 4:00
p.m. in Foster Auditorium.
How did violence, in all of its manif
estations, affect the mental state of enslaved people? To be situat
ed in slavery studies and medical history is to sit at the center o
f haptic studies. In order to understand the medical lives of enslaved p
eople through “the perception and manipulation of them as obj
ects by doctors who used their sense of touch,” we are confro
nted with how these physicians’ actions created another ethic
of being in the world for doctors and patients.
Deirdre Cooper Ow
ens is the Linda and Charles Wilson Professor in the History of Medicine
and Director of the Humanities in Medicine program at the University of
Nebraska-Lincoln. She is an Organization of American Historians’
(OAH) Distinguished Lecturer and has won a number of prestigious honors
that range from the University of Virginia’s Carter G. Woodson Pos
tdoctoral Fellowship in the Woodson Institute for African-American and A
frican Studies to serving as an American Congress of Obstetrics and Gyne
cology Fellow in Washington, D.C.
Cooper Owens earned her Ph.D. f
rom UCLA in History and wrote an award-winning dissertation while there.
A popular public speaker, she has published articles, essays, book chap
ters, and think pieces on a number of issues that concern African Americ
an experiences and reproductive justice. Recently, Cooper Owens finished
working with Teaching Tolerance and the Southern Poverty Law Center on
a podcast series about how to teach U.S. slavery and Time Magazine liste
d her as an “acclaimed expert” on U.S. history in its annual
“The 25 Moments From American History That Matter Right Now.&rdqu
o;
Her first book, Medical Bondage: Race, Gender and the Origins
of American Gynecology (UGA Press, 2017) won the 2018 Darlene Clark Hine
Book Award from the OAH as the best book written in African American wo
men’s and gender history.
Professor Cooper Owens is also th
e Director of the Program in African American History at the Library Com
pany of Philadelphia, the country’s oldest cultural institution fo
unded by Benjamin Franklin in 1731.
She is working on a second bo
ok project that examines mental illness during the era of United States
slavery and is writing a popular biography of Harriet Tubman that examin
es her through the lens of disability.
Dr. Cooper Owens talk is sp
onsored by the Department of History, the Department of Women’s, G
ender, and Sexuality Studies, the Department of African American Studies
, the Africana Research Center, the Richards Civil War Era Center, and t
he University Libraries.
For more details: https://events.la.psu.edu/event/deirdre_coo
per_owens_-_making_sense_examining_the_haptic_in_slavery_and_medicine/
LOCATION:Foster Auditorium, 102 Paterno Library
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