The Andrea Mitchell Center for the Study of DemocracyFree and open to the public.
Co-sponsored by The Jack Miller Center.
Abstracts and full papers are available here.
AS THE CULMINATION of a year of meetings to refine their research projects, the Mitchell Center undergraduate research fellows present their projects in a one-day conference, with diverse topics that include physicians in 18th-century Philadelphia, the international practice of direct democracy, obstetric care in Costa Rica, street art along the U.S.-Mexico border, the management of Type II diabetes among the Maya of Guatemala, women's groups in Batista-era Cuba, Derrida's critique of Kant's concept of hospitality, labor actions in Texas colonias, and communication about the risks of assisted reproduction Israel.
INTRODUCTORY REMARKS - 9:00-9:15 am
PANEL 1 - 9:15-10:45 am - Democratic Ideals: Classical, Cosmopolitan, Popular
Rive CADWALLADER (Health and Societies)
Medicine in the “Athens of America”: Physicians and the Neoclassical Movement in Late 18th-Century Philadelphia
Jeffrey CAREYVA (English)
The Hostile in the Hospice: Derrida's Critique of Kantian Hospitality
Michael TORCELLO (Political Science)
Let the People Rule: The Promises and Perils of Direct Democracy in the Modern World
Discussant: Anne NORTON (Political Science)
PANEL 2 - 11:00 am-12:15 pm - Experiencing Medical Care: International Perspectives
Alisa FELDMAN (Health and Societies)
Be Fruitful and Medicalize: IVF Risk Communication and the Politics of Assisted Reproduction in Israel
Isabel GRIFFITH (Health and Societies)
Obstetric Violence: A Subtext of Voiced Experiences of Childbirth and Maternity Care in Costa Rica's Public Healthcare System
Discussant: Sara JACOBY(Penn Nursing)
PANEL 3 - 1:30-2:45 pm - Democracy and Citizenship in the Borderlands
Parker ABT (History)
Federalism, Government Responsibility, and Citizenship in Texas Colonias
Julia BECKER(Communication and Public Service)
Street Art at the U.S.-Mexico Border: An Analysis of Anti-Trump and Pro-Immigrant Street Art Across Five Sites
Discussant: Tulia FALLETI (Political Science)
PANEL 4 - 3:00-4:15 pm - Rights and Resistance in Latin America
Nubia ORTEGA (Medical Anthropology)
The Experience of Managing Type II Diabetes Among Indigenous Maya in the Western Highlands of Guatemala
Amanda NART (History)
Civil Society & Gender Politics in Batista’s Cuba, 1952-58
Discussant: Kathleen BROWN (History)
CLOSING REMARKS - 4:15-4:30 pm
Abstracts and full papers are available here.