KU in Wichita
Each year we look forward to sharing exciting scholarship produced by KU humanities faculty with our neighbors in Wichita. This event is brought to you in partnership with the Academic Center for Biomedical and Health Humanities at Wichita State University.
Deirdre Cooper Owens
THU, OCT 16, 7:00 - 8:30 PM
Frank A. Boettger Auditorium, Woolsey Hall
Wichita State University
To attend the reception from 6:00 - 7:00 PM, please RSVP at tinyurl.com/DCOatWSU.
Deirdre Cooper Owens, award-winning historian and author of Medical Bondage: Race, Gender, and the Origins of American Gynecology, examines the intersections of medicine, race, and gender in U.S. history. Partnering with the Academic Center for Biomedical and Health Humanities at Wichita State University, this talk will draw on her scholarship to reveal how the exploitation of enslaved women shaped modern gynecology and continues to influence reproductive health inequities today.
Cooper Owens is a proud graduate of two historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs), the all-women's Bennett College and Clark Atlanta University. She earned her Ph.D. in history at UCLA and has had a number of prestigious fellowships at the University of Virginia, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, and is an elected member of the American Antiquarian Society. As one of the country's most "acclaimed experts in U.S. history" according to Time Magazine, Cooper Owens is steadily working towards making history more accessible and inspiring for all.