Epidemics, State, and Society in Colonial and Postcolonial Sierra Leone with Dr. Ismail Rashid

Date: 

Wednesday, October 24, 2018, 12:00pm

Location: 

Department of Global Health and Social Medicine, 641 Huntington Avenue Boston, MA 02115 - 1st Floor

Please join us on Wednesday, October 24, 2018.

Ismail Rashid, PhD, grew up in Freetown, Sierra Leone and has been teaching at Vassar College since 1998. He received his BA Hons in Classics and History from the University of Ghana, his MA in Race Relations from Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Canada and his PhD in African History from McGill University. His primary teaching interests are pre-colonial and modern African history, African diaspora and Pan-Africanism, and international relations. His research interests include subaltern resistance against colonialism, public health, and conflicts and security in contemporary Africa.

Lunch will be served at 11:45am.

Seminar Series Poster

 

WEBSITE: http://ghsm.hms.harvard.edu/upcoming-events?trumbaEmbed=eventid%3D129696...

WebEx: http://tinyurl.com/2018-Rashid

ORGANIZER: Department of Global Health and Social Medicine