Join us for a noon lecture with Dr. Suman Seth!

The April 2022 Student History Club (SHC) Noon Lecture will be held Wednesday, April 6, 2022 at 12 PM virtually on Zoom. Dr. Seth will present on “Race-Medicine in South Carolina, 1750-1850”.

Dr. Suman Seth is the Marie Underhill Noll Professor of the History of Science and Chair of the department of Science and Technology Studies at Cornell University. He received his Ph. D. in History from Princeton University in 2003. He has two published books: Crafting the Quantum: Arnold Sommerfeld and the Practice of Theory, 1890-1926 and Difference and Disease: Medicine, Race, and the Eighteenth-Century British Empire . He is the editor of a special issue of Postcolonial Studies (2009), on “Science, Colonialism, Postcoloniality;” of a FOCUS section of Isis (2014) on “Re-Locating Race;” and—with Erika Milam—of a forthcoming issue (2021) of BJHS Themes on the Descent of Darwin.

This lecture will count as 1 hour of DEI credit for employees.

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

The April 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! To learn more information about the Student History Club, please visit their website, email waringhl@musc.edu, or call (843)792-2288.