Princeton University

Program Schedule

Friday, April 4

11:00-11:15 Opening Remarks
Angela N. H. Creager, Howard Chiang, and Nathan Ha, History of Science, Princeton University

11:15 am-12:30 pm Panel 1: Making Sex
Chair: Jenny Higgins, Princeton University

Sexing the X: How the X became the “Female Chromosome”
Sarah Richardson, Modern Thought and Literature, Stanford University

Sex on the Balance: Theories of Sex Determination in Early-Twentieth Century Genetics
Nathan Ha, History of Science, Princeton University

10:30-11:00 am coffee break in 210 Dickinson

12:30-2:00 pm Lunch in 210 Dickinson for all attending

2:00-3:15 pm Panel 2: Lessons from the Intersexed
Chair: Angela N.H. Creager, Princeton University

Sex as a Disease: Using Patient Files to Understand Medical Practice in the Treatment of Intersex Patients
Sandra Eder, History of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University

MedPorn or “We Saw, We Conquered, We Came”: A Critical Look at the Use of Photographs Involving Intersex People in Medical Literature
Nadia Guidotto, Political Science, York University

3:15-3:45 pm coffee break in 210 Dickinson

3:45-5:45 pm Panel 3: Evidence of Experience
Chair: Howard H. Chiang, Princeton University

Tears of Blood: Manifestations of ‘Depression’ in Women in Traditional China
Tereasa Maillie, History and Classics, University of Alberta

Authority or Alternative?—Gender, Fertility, and the Roles of Medical Knowledge in Song China
Hsiao-wen Cheng, History, University of Washington

“It may be her eggs but it’s my blood”: Commercial Surrogates and “Fictive” Kinship in India
Amrita Pande, Sociology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst

THERE IS NO FEE FOR THE SEMINAR, BUT REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED. THE DEADLINE FOR REGISTRATION IS MONDAY, MARCH 24TH.

Please note that this event is being held in conjunction with the Joint Atlantic Seminar for the History of Biology which is scheduled for the following day, Saturday, April 5, from 9 am-6 pm. You are invited to attend this event as well.

To register, please contact Amy Shortt at  ashortt@princeton.edu or by phone at 609 258 6705. Please include your name, institutional affiliation, and contact information; also indicate whether or not you plan to attend the Saturday evening banquet.

All conference activities will take place in Dickinson Hall. Click here for a campus map.

Helpful information regarding your visit to campus is available here on the Princeton website

Also available is a list of local hotels and local restaurants.

If you have any further questions, please contact Amy Shortt at ashortt@princeton.edu or 609 258 6705.