Events

Weds, 27 September 06, 4-6 pm

With Commentaries by:
James Orbinski, Public Health Sciences and Political Science, University of Toronto
Susan Solomon, Political Science, University of Toronto
Derek Williams, Historical Studies, University of Toronto at Mississauga

Moderated by:
Kenneth Mills, Director, LAS@UofT

Weblink to Anne-Emanuelle's new book http://www.boydell.co.uk/80462227.HTM

Everyone is welcome.

Anne-Emanuelle Birn, ScD, is Canada Research Chair in International Health and Associate Professor of International Development Studies and Public Health Sciences at the University of Toronto. Previously she was Associate Professor of Health Policy and History at the New School in New York. Her scholarly work explores the history of public health in Latin America and the history and politics of international health policy. Birn is the author of Marriage of Convenience: Rockefeller International Health and Revolutionary Mexico (University of Rochester Press, 2006) and has published widely in history of medicine, public health, medical, and Latin American Studies journals in North America, Latin America, and Europe. Her current work examines the circulation of child health ideologies and practices in the early 20th century from the perspective of Uruguay.