MH&B Lecture Series

Our faculty presents weekly lectures during The Graduate School's Fall, Winter, and Spring quarters every Thursday from noon to 12:50pm in the Searle Seminar Room in the Lurie building. Due to public interest, we have made these lectures open to all, inside and outside the Northwestern community. Please feel free to bring a lunch. Beginning this year, we are recording these lectures and making them available online. These recordings are playable in iTunes and include the presentation slides in sync with the audio. More information is available here. Key to recording symbols: Available Will be available soon Will not be made available (More information)

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Lecture Series

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What is Disability Ethics? In this lecture, the phenomenon of Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) will be used to describe this approach. The lecture will explore dealing with “altered selves,” maximizing self-determination and addressing biases and stigma associated with cognitive disability.

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Privacy and Intrusion in Ethnographic Health Research
Thursday, November 29 · Gray Seminar Room in Lurie

Privacy is a broad concept that encompasses spatial, psychosocial and moral dimensions. This lecture will draw on examples from two ethnographic studies, one in the United States and one in India, to explore the complex nature of privacy and intrusion.

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Social and Ethical Dimensions of Long-Term Adjustment to Traumatic Brain Injury in Kolkata, India
Thursday, December 6 · Searle Seminar Room in Lurie

Traumatic Brain Injury is an international public health problem and there is a glaring lack of attention to the cultural context in which the injury is sustained. This lecture will draw on empirical work in Kolkata (Calcutta) India and explore life satisfaction and environmental factors involved in long-term adjustment.