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Lectures and Events

The events below include our weekly Montgomery Lectures, other events we host, and relevant events hosted by other groups at Northwestern University and its affiliated clinical partners.

The Montgomery Lectures Series is presented weekly on Thursdays from noon to 12:45pm, and is open to all. Presenters are faculty in the Master of Arts in Medical Humanities & Bioethics program, CBMH members, and special guests. This series was named in 2013 for Emeritus Professor Kathryn Montgomery.

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Sep

28

Flash(y) Bioethics: Five-Minute Takes on Five Topics presented by MH&B Faculty Members

Chicago - 12:00 PM - 12:45 PM

The Master of Arts in Medical Humanities and Bioethics Program

Presents

A Montgomery Lecture

Flash(y) Bioethics:
Five-Minute Takes on Five Topics

Come join us for a fun introduction to our faculty and our field! Our MA students have come up with 5 topics for us explore in a pithy 5 minutes or less, providing a sampling of the diversity of issues engaged by the medical humanities and bioethics, and the breadth of the disciplinary approaches we bring to them. Here s a preview of who will be there and the topics that will be explored.

Sarah Rodriguez (History) AFTERLIFE/SALVATION

Megan Crowley-Matoka (Anthropology) CONFLICT

Tod Chambers (Religion) FAMILY

Katie Watson (Law) HUMOR

Catherine Belling (Literature) DISCIPLINE

This lecture is open to the public and will be held in the Searle Seminar Room in the Lurie Research Building (303 E Superior), Chicago Campus. For those outside the Chicago area and anyone who would prefer to attend remotely, a Zoom option is also available.

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Oct

03

NMH Medical Ethics Grand Rounds - Dead, or is Dying Close Enough? - Louanne Carabini

Online - 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Northwestern Memorial Hospital

presents

Medical Ethics Grand Rounds

With

Louanne M. Carabini, MD, MA
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology
Vice Chair for Education and Residency Program Director
Department of Anesthesiology,
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Medical Director, Ethics Program, Northwestern Memorial Hospital
Chair, Blood Transfusion Committee, Northwestern Memorial Hospital

Dead, or is Dying Close Enough?:
The definition of death and its shackle on transplantation

Microsoft Teams meeting

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Meeting ID: 215 999 847 581
Passcode: Cb47Xu

This event is not presented by the Center for Bioethics and Medical Humanities. We are sharing it here with permission.

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Oct

05

Genetic Technologies and Ableism: Forever Intertwined? - Kristi Kirschner

Chicago - 12:00 PM - 12:45 PM

The Master of Arts in Medical Humanities and Bioethics Program

Presents

A Montgomery Lecture

With

Kristi L. Kirschner, MD
Clinical Professor, Department of Medical Education,
Neurology and Rehabilitation
University of Illinois College of Medicine
Chicago, Illinois

Genetic Technologies and Ableism:
Forever Intertwined?

As genetic technologies rapidly expand and potential applications are explored, it is an apt time to discuss what goals of medicine will be served, and what impact will they have on society and on people with disabilities. Concomitantly, we have widespread evidence of ableism among health care professionals, i.e., those who will counsel patients about new technologies. In this session we will explore these two intertwining threads, and discuss ways to consider and mitigate these potential colliding forces.

This lecture is open to the public and will be held in the Searle Seminar Room in the Lurie Research Building (303 E Superior), Chicago Campus. For those outside the Chicago area and anyone who would prefer to attend remotely, a Zoom option is also available.

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Oct

12

Tom Buller - Montgomery Lecture Series

Chicago - 12:00 PM - 12:45 PM

The Master of Arts in Medical Humanities and Bioethics Program

Presents

A Montgomery Lecture

With

Tom Buller, PhD
Professor
Department of Philosophy
Illinois State University
Normal, Illinois

TOPIC TBA - WATCH THIS SPACE FOR UPDATES!

The Montgomery Lectures Series is presented weekly on Thursdays from noon to 12:45pm, and is open to all. Presenters are faculty in the Master of Arts in Medical Humanities and Bioethics Program, Center for Bioethics and Medical Humanities members, and special guests. This series was named in 2013 for Emeritus Professor Kathryn Montgomery.

This lecture is open to the public and will be held in the Searle Seminar Room in the Lurie Research Building (303 E Superior), Chicago Campus. For those outside the Chicago area and anyone who would prefer to attend remotely, a Zoom option is also available.

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Oct

18

2023 One Book Keynote with Michelle Zauner in conversation with History Professor Ji-Yeon Yuh

Chicago - 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Please join us for the One Book lunch keynote with Michelle Zauner, author of NYT bestseller Crying in H Mart in Hughes Auditorium, Lurie 1-133 (303 E Superior St, Chicago IL). Zauner will be joined in conversation with One Book faculty chair and History professor Ji-Yeon Yuh.

A book signing and buffet lunch will follow the keynote conversation in Potocsnak Family Atrium. This event is free and open to the public!

Registration required

Sponsored by: One Book One Northwestern, Office of the President, Office of the Provost.

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Oct

19

Illness Politics and Hashtag Activism - Lisa Diedrich

Chicago - 12:00 PM - 12:45 PM

The Master of Arts in Medical Humanities and Bioethics Program

Presents

A Montgomery Lecture

With

Lisa Diedrich, PhD
Professor of Women s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Stony Brook University
Stony Brook, New York

Illness Politics and Hashtag Activism
In-person Chicago campus lecture--speaker presenting via Zoom

This presentation introduces my book Illness Politics and Hashtag Activism, forthcoming from University of Minnesota Press as part of their Forerunners Series, which publishes shorter books on thought-in-process scholarship. I explore illness and disability in action on social media, analyzing several popular hashtags as examples of how illness figures, conceptually and strategically, in recent U.S. politics. I demonstrate how illness politics is informed by, intersects with, and sometimes stands in for, sexual, racial, and class politics. This project is connected to a growing body of work that explores forms of health activism and disability and illness politics as central, not peripheral, to both mainstream and radical politics, as well as work on the dynamic intersection of media and health and health activist practices. Illness- and disability-oriented hashtags serve as portals into how and why illness and disability are sites of political struggle.

This lecture is open to the public and will be held in the Searle Seminar Room in the Lurie Research Building (303 E Superior), Chicago Campus. For those outside the Chicago area and anyone who would prefer to attend remotely, a Zoom option is also available.
NOTE: In-person Chicago campus lecture--speaker presenting via Zoom

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Oct

26

Breathing Through It: Essays from the (Asthmatic) Body - Sandi Wisenberg

Chicago - 12:00 PM - 12:45 PM

The Master of Arts in Medical Humanities and Bioethics Program

Presents

A Montgomery Lecture

With

S.L. Wisenberg, BSJ
Medill School of Journalism, Northwestern University
MFA in Fiction Writing, University of Iowa Writers' Workshop
Co-Director (for a decade) Graduate Creative Writing Program
Northwestern University, School of Professional Studies
Editor, Another Chicago Magazine (online journal)

Breathing Through It: Essays from the (Asthmatic) Body

In her fourth book, The Wandering Womb, which won the University of Massachusetts Press Juniper Prize in creative nonfiction, S.L. Wisenberg writes about what it's like to live in a body, and what it's like to live while aware of history. One of the throughlines of the book is what it's like to have chronic asthma. She does not get "attacks" but her asthma is a constant, whether in the background or foreground. Wisenberg will read from and discuss her recent book, in which she "excavates layers of her personal, family, and cultural history, drawing connections to the present that will resonate with a broad audience" (Chicago Reader). "The Wandering Womb," Donna Seaman writes in Booklist, is written with "audacious incisiveness and wit."

This lecture is open to the public and will be held in the Searle Seminar Room in the Lurie Research Building (303 E Superior), Chicago Campus. For those outside the Chicago area and anyone who would prefer to attend remotely, a Zoom option is also available.

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Nov

02

Shelly Benjaminy | Elissa Larkin - Montgomery Lecture Series

Chicago - 12:00 PM - 12:45 PM

The Montgomery Lectures Series is presented weekly on Thursdays from noon to 12:45pm, and is open to all. Presenters are faculty in the Master of Arts in Medical Humanities and Bioethics Program, Center for Bioethics and Medical Humanities members, and special guests. This series was named in 2013 for Emeritus Professor Kathryn Montgomery.

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Nov

09

Montgomery Lecture Series

Chicago - 12:00 PM - 12:45 PM

The Montgomery Lectures Series is presented weekly on Thursdays from noon to 12:45pm, and is open to all. Presenters are faculty in the Master of Arts in Medical Humanities and Bioethics Program, Center for Bioethics and Medical Humanities members, and special guests. This series was named in 2013 for Emeritus Professor Kathryn Montgomery.

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Nov

16

Montgomery Lecture Series

Chicago - 12:00 PM - 12:45 PM

The Montgomery Lectures Series is presented weekly on Thursdays from noon to 12:45pm, and is open to all. Presenters are faculty in the Master of Arts in Medical Humanities and Bioethics Program, Center for Bioethics and Medical Humanities members, and special guests. This series was named in 2013 for Emeritus Professor Kathryn Montgomery.

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Nov

30

Montgomery Lecture Series

Chicago - 12:00 PM - 12:45 PM

The Montgomery Lectures Series is presented weekly on Thursdays from noon to 12:45pm, and is open to all. Presenters are faculty in the Master of Arts in Medical Humanities and Bioethics Program, Center for Bioethics and Medical Humanities members, and special guests. This series was named in 2013 for Emeritus Professor Kathryn Montgomery.

WATCH THIS SPACE FOR UPDATES!

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