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Historian to give next Leff Fellow Lecture
Thomas Laqueur, the Fawcett Professor of History at the University of California, Berkeley, will give the Leff Fellow Lecture on Monday, March 7.
"The Dead Among the Living in Modernity" is the title of Laqueur's talk, which will take place 4:30-6 p.m. in Rm. 127 of the Sterling Law Buildings, 127 Wall St. Sponsored by the Law School's Dean's Office, the talk is free and open to the public.
Laqueur, who is also a member of the Historical School at the Institute for Advanced Studies at Princeton, writes about the cultural history of modern Europe and has published books on topics ranging from working class religion and education during the industrial revolution to the history of sexuality and the body. He is the author of "Making Sex: Body and Gender from the Greeks to Freud" and is currently completing a book on the history of death and memory.
A founding editor of the journal Representations, Laqueur writes regularly for
Dr. Steven Miles, professor of medicine and director of the Center for Bioethics at the University of Minnesota, will visit the campus on Thursday, March 10.
Miles' talk, titled "Abu Ghraib and the Ethics of Medicine," will take place at 8:30 a.m. in the Fitkin Amphitheatre, 330 Cedar St. Part of the Department of Medicine's weekly Medical Grand Rounds series, the talk is free and open to the Yale community.
"Abu Ghraib and the Legacy of Military Medicine," Miles' controversial article in the British medical journal Lancet, provided evidence that physicians as well as other health care workers working in Abu Ghraib as well as Afghanistan participated in detainees abuse, falsified medical records and helped cover up physical abuse. In addition the medical staff "collaborated with designing and implementing psychologically and physically coercive interrogations." This article raised major questions regarding the role of military physicians and health care personnel in the U.S. war on terror.
Internationally recognized as an expert in bioethics, Miles has published more than 100 articles, 30 chapters and three books on medical ethics, human rights and end-of-life care. His work has been instrumental in developing a more rational approach to the end-of-life treatment as well as care of patients with dementia in nursing homes.
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