Axinn Center for the Humanities HUDV

Nana-Ama Danquah,“The Beautiful Deception of Wellness”

The line between wellness and illness seems thick, well drawn, and impermeable. We believe ourselves, and others, to be firmly situated on one side or the other. But that is not true. We all come to realize this about physical illness. We come to realize that eventually it will touch and alter our lives, either through our own direct experience or that of a loved one. So, we begin to learn the language of cancer, of Alzheimer’s, of Parkinson’s. What of mental illness, though?

Axinn Center 229

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Earthquake Disaster in Turkey and Syria: A Discussion with Faculty

Abstract: Two big earthquakes hit Turkey and Syria on February 6. Thousands of buildings collapsed, and hundreds of thousands became trapped under the rubble. So far more than 21,000 lost their lives, and many more are injured. The death toll is estimated to reach 200,000 as more bodies are recovered. Entire cities and villages have been destroyed. With more than 10 million people left homeless, some doubly by war and now natural disaster, the earthquake stands as one of the biggest humanitarian crises of this century.

Franklin Environmental Center, The Orchard-Hillcrest 103

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“The Doctor Who Wasn’t There: Technology, History, and the Limits of Telehealth

 Dr. Jeremy Greene, MD, PhD, will discuss his latest book The Doctor who Wasn’t There: Technology, History, and the Limits of Telehealth (University of Chicago Press, 2022) which traces the long arc of enthusiasm for—and skepticism of—electronic media in health and medicine. This lecture also celebrates the launch of the new History of Science, Medicine, and Technology (HSMT) major at Middlebury.

Axinn Center 229

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Excavating History and Memory in Tastes Like War

In this event, Dr. Grace Cho will read excerpts and discuss themes from her award-winning book Tastes Like War (Feminist Press, 2021), a hybrid text about a daughter’s search through intimate and global history for the roots of her mother’s schizophrenia. In her mother’s final years, Grace learned to cook dishes from her mother’s childhood in Korea in order to invite the past into the present, and to hold space for her mother’s multiple voices.

Axinn Center 229

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