The lecture is free and open to the public.
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Grand Rapids, Mich. – In honor of Women’s History Month, on March 19, author and anthropologist,
Barbara Rylko-Bauer, Ph.D., will deliver her speech, “A Polish Doctor in Nazi Camps.”
WHAT: Writing Women's History: "A Polish Doctor in the Nazi Camps"
WHEN: Thursday, March 19, 2015 from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m.
WHERE: Aquinas College’s Wege Ballroom; 1607 Robinson Rd SE, Grand Rapids, MI 49506
COST: Free and open to the public.
In her talk, “Writing Women's History: A Polish Doctor in the Nazi Camps,” Dr. Rylko-Bauer combines the history of World War II, the hardships of female concentration camp prisoners, and personal family narrative in discussing the research and conversations that contributed to her most recent book, “A Polish Doctor in the Nazi Camps: My Mother’s Memories of Imprisonment, Immigration, and a Life Remade.” Rylko-Bauer's book was recently named a 2015 Michigan Notable Book and won the Biography/Autobiography Prize in the New York Book Festival.
Other recent publications from Dr. Rylko-Bauer include a chapter on “Structural Violence, Poverty, and Social Suffering,” written with Paul Farmer in The Oxford Handbook of Poverty and Society; and “Global Health in Times of Violence,” edited with Linda Whiteford and Paul Farmer.
This event is hosted by the Aquinas College Jane Hibbard Idema Women’s Studies Center and is co-sponsored by the Aquinas Departments of History and Sociology.
WHAT: Writing Women's History: "A Polish Doctor in the Nazi Camps"
WHEN: Thursday, March 19, 2015 from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m.
WHERE: Aquinas College’s Wege Ballroom; 1607 Robinson Rd SE, Grand Rapids, MI 49506
COST: Free and open to the public.
In her talk, “Writing Women's History: A Polish Doctor in the Nazi Camps,” Dr. Rylko-Bauer combines the history of World War II, the hardships of female concentration camp prisoners, and personal family narrative in discussing the research and conversations that contributed to her most recent book, “A Polish Doctor in the Nazi Camps: My Mother’s Memories of Imprisonment, Immigration, and a Life Remade.” Rylko-Bauer's book was recently named a 2015 Michigan Notable Book and won the Biography/Autobiography Prize in the New York Book Festival.
Other recent publications from Dr. Rylko-Bauer include a chapter on “Structural Violence, Poverty, and Social Suffering,” written with Paul Farmer in The Oxford Handbook of Poverty and Society; and “Global Health in Times of Violence,” edited with Linda Whiteford and Paul Farmer.
This event is hosted by the Aquinas College Jane Hibbard Idema Women’s Studies Center and is co-sponsored by the Aquinas Departments of History and Sociology.