‘The battle for memory’: Mustakeem on the intertwining histories of race and medicine

By Liam Otten

4.26.23 | Faculty , Awards and Notables , Research

Sowande M. Mustakeem, in Arts & Sciences, discusses her seminar “Medicine, Healing and Experimentation in the Contours of Black History” and the importance of grappling with traumatic history.

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‘The battle for memory’: Mustakeem on the intertwining histories of race and medicine

‘The battle for memory’: Mustakeem on the intertwining histories of race and medicine

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