BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Lewis & Clark//NONSGML v1.0//EN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20130310T100000 RDATE:20130310T100000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:STANDARD TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20131103T090000 RDATE:20131103T090000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130225T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130225T163000 LOCATION:Templeton Campus Center SUMMARY:The 50th Annual Arthur L. Throckmorton Memorial Lecture DESCRIPTION:Improving the Human Race One Gene at a Time: The Curious Hist ory of Eugenics in the Twentieth Century \; The early twentieth ce ntury science of eugenics was a remarkable transnational phenomenon that influenced social and scientific policy across the political spectrum and in a bewildering variety of locations around the globe. \; The prosp ect of connecting biology and social policy proved seductive in many poli tical arenas\, and Dr. Levine's talk will offer a glimpse of some of thos e many settings. Eugenics speaks to questions of race\, class\, gender a nd sex\, evolution\, governance\, nationalism\, disability\, and the soci al implications of science. In the age of the human genome project\, stem cell research and new reproductive technologies\, the history of eugenic s has much to teach us about the relationship between scientific research \, technology\, and human ethical decision-making. Philippa Levine is th e Mary Helen Thompson Centennial Professor in the Humanities at the Unive rsity of Texas at Austin where she is also co-director of the university' s British Studies Program. \; Before coming to Texas in 2010 she was a member of the history faculty at the University of Southern California and the Florida State University and has also taught in her native Britai n and in Australia. Dr. Levine received her bachelor's and master's degr ee from King's College\, Cambridge\, and her doctorate from Oxford Univer sity. \; She specializes in the history of Modern Britain and the Bri tish Empire with a particular interest in science\, medicine and society and the intersections of race and gender. \; Among her many awards an d honors are a Guggenheim Fellowship (2007-8)\, a Resident Fellowship at the Bellagio Center\, Rockefeller Foundation (2002)\, and research grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the National Institut es of Health. \; She has also held various visiting fellowships in Au stralia\, Britain\, Ireland\, and Canada and is the immediate past presid ent of the North American Conference on British Studies. Dr. Levine has authored or edited the following books: The Ashgate Companion to Modern I mperial Histories (2012)\, The Oxford Handbook of the History of Eugenics (2010)\, Gender\, Labour\, War and Empire in Modern Britain. Essays on M odern Britain (2009)\, The British Empire\, Sunrise to Sunset\, (2007)\, Beyond Sovereignty: Britain\, Empire and Transnationalism\, 1860-1950 (20 07)\, Gender and Empire: Oxford History of the British Empire Companion S eries (2004)\, Prostitution\, Race and Politics: Policing Venereal Diseas e in the British Empire (2003)\, Women's Suffrage in the British Empire: Citizenship\, Nation and Race (2000)\, Feminist Lives in Victorian Englan d Private Roles and Public Commitment (1990)\, Victorian Feminism 1850-19 00\, (1987)\, The Amateur and the Professional: Historians\, Antiquarians and Archaeologists in Victorian England\, 1838-1886 (1986). The Throckm orton lecture was established in 1963 to commemorate the life and work of Arthur L. Throckmorton\, a professor of history at Lewis &\; Clark wh o died unexpectedly in 1962. Each year the series brings a distinguished historian to campus to lecture and to meet with faculty and students. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
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The early twentieth century science of eugenics was a rem arkable transnational phenomenon that influenced social and scientific po licy across the political spectrum and in a bewildering variety of locati ons around the globe. \; The prospect of connecting biology and socia l policy proved seductive in many political arenas\, and Dr. Levine's tal k will offer a glimpse of some of those many settings.
Eugenics s
peaks to questions of race\, class\, gender and sex\, evolution\, governa
nce\, nationalism\, disability\, and the social implications of science.
In the age of the human genome project\, stem cell research and new repro
ductive technologies\, the history of eugenics has much to teach us about
the relationship between scientific research\, technology\, and human et
hical decision-making.
Philippa Levine is the Mary Helen Tho
mpson Centennial Professor in the Humanities at the University of Texas a
t Austin where she is also co-director of the university's British Studie
s Program. \; Before coming to Texas in 2010 she was a member of the
history faculty at the University of Southern California and the Florida
State University and has also taught in her native Britain and in Austral
ia.
Dr. Levine received her bachelor's and master's degree f
rom King's College\, Cambridge\, and her doctorate from Oxford University
. \; She specializes in the history of Modern Britain and the British
Empire with a particular interest in science\, medicine and society and
the intersections of race and gender. \; Among her many awards and ho
nors are a Guggenheim Fellowship (2007-8)\, a Resident Fellowship at the
Bellagio Center\, Rockefeller Foundation (2002)\, and research grants fro
m the National Endowment for the Humanities and the National Institutes o
f Health. \; She has also held various visiting fellowships in Austra
lia\, Britain\, Ireland\, and Canada and is the immediate past president
of the North American Conference on British Studies.
Dr. Lev
ine has authored or edited the following books: The Ashgate Companion to
Modern Imperial Histories (2012)\, The Oxford Handbook of the History of
Eugenics (2010)\, Gender\, Labour\, War and Empire in Modern Britain. Ess
ays on Modern Britain (2009)\, The British Empire\, Sunrise to Sunset\, (
2007)\, Beyond Sovereignty: Britain\, Empire and Transnationalism\, 1860-
1950 (2007)\, Gender and Empire: Oxford History of the British Empire Com
panion Series (2004)\, Prostitution\, Race and Politics: Policing Venerea
l Disease in the British Empire (2003)\, Women's Suffrage in the British
Empire: Citizenship\, Nation and Race (2000)\, Feminist Lives in Victoria
n England Private Roles and Public Commitment (1990)\, Victorian Feminism
1850-1900\, (1987)\, The Amateur and the Professional: Historians\, Anti
quarians and Archaeologists in Victorian England\, 1838-1886 (1986).
The Throckmorton lecture was established in 1963 to commemorate
the life and work of Arthur L. Throckmorton\, a professor of history at L
ewis &\; Clark who died unexpectedly in 1962. Each year the series bri
ngs a distinguished historian to campus to lecture and to meet with facul
ty and students.