Barbara Bates Center Seminar Series
Organized by the Barbara Bates Center for the History of Nursing in collaboration with the Penn Libraries, this series brings scholars to Penn’s campus for engaging talks on important topics in healthcare.
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Bates Center Seminar: Wendy Kline
The Bates Center Seminar series presents Wendy Kline, Ph.D., Dema G. Seelye Chair in the History of Medicine at Purdue University.
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About the Speaker
Wendy Kline, Ph.D., Dema G. Seelye Chair in the History of Medicine at Purdue University, is internationally recognized for her scholarship in the history of medicine, history of women’s health and the history of childbirth. She is the author of four major books focusing on sexuality and reproduction: Exposed: The Hidden History of the Pelvic Exam (Polity Press, 2024); Coming Home: How Midwives Changed Birth (Oxford University Press, 2019); Bodies of Knowledge: Sexuality, Reproduction, and Women’s Health in the Second Wave (U. of Chicago Press 2010); and Building a Better Race: Gender, Sexuality, and Eugenics from the Turn of the Century to the Baby Boom (U. of California Press, 2001).
She has appeared in the Netflix documentary Sex, Explained, as well as the PBS documentary The Eugenics Crusade. Her research has been funded by major fellowships, including a Fulbright Distinguished Scholar fellowship, a British Academy Fellowship, and a Huntington Fellowship. Kline is also a professional violinist, currently principal second with the Lafayette Symphony Orchestra.
View details at the Penn Nurisng calendar website.
This public seminar is in a hybrid format. RSVP is required for attending in-person or for receiving a link for virtual attendance.
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