Join us for a noon lecture with Dr. Courtney Thompson!

The January 2022 Student History Club (SHC) Noon Lecture will be held Wednesday, January 12, 2022 at 12 PM virtually on Zoom. Dr. Thompson will present, "An Organ of Murder: Crime, Violence, and Phrenology in Nineteenth-Century America."

Dr. Courtney Thompson is assistant professor of the history of science and medicine and women’s and gender history in the Department of History at Mississippi State University, where she also chairs the Medical Humanities Certificate program. Her first book, An Organ of Murder: Crime, Violence, and Phrenology in Nineteenth-Century America, was published in February 2021 with Rutgers University Press; she has also published articles and short essays in Eighteenth-Century Studies; Social History of Medicine; Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences; Isis; and Endeavour. She currently serves as the Book Review Editor for Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences.

This event is free and open to the public. Seating is limited and registration is required by Tuesday, January 11, 2022 at 5 PM to reserve your seat and receive log in information.

The January 2022 Student History Club (SHC) Noon Lecture is sponsored by the Waring Library Society and hosted by the Waring Historical Library.

Interested in supporting the noon lecture series?

Student, residents, and interns interested in joining the Student History Club and supporting the Noon Lecture Series can join online. Membership dues are $5 for the entire academic year. New members will received a welcome package featuring a tote, t-shirt, stickers, and more (as supplies last)! To learn more information about the Student History Club, please visit their website, email waringhl@musc.edu, or call (843)792-2288.