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2021 Virtual Fall Lecture Series: Lakshmi Krishnan, MD-PhD
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Physician, literary historian, and Director of the Georgetown Medical Humanities Initiative Lakshmi Krishnan's forthcoming book project, The Doctor and the Detective: A Cultural History of Diagnosis argues that the medical practice of diagnosis cannot be understood without examining the literary genre of detective fiction. More details coming soon.
Join Longfellow House-Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site and the Friends of the Longfellow House-Washington's Headquarters for our 2021 Virtual Fall Lecture Series, Histories of the Body in Art, Science, and Society, featuring historians, scientists, and poets. The series will trace the site's intersections with broader stories of early anesthesia, disability history, medicine and literature, the body in art, slavery and illness, and more.
Each lecture will be live captioned. Please use the registration form or email us to request additional accessibility accommodations.
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