March Programs at a Glance

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3THURSDAY | 5:15 | VIRTUAL SEMINAR Let Me Be Somebody: Fabian Bridges & Quarantine Proposals During the HIV & AIDS Crisis in America Andrew Pope, Harvard University

Comment: Wesley Phelps, University of North Texas

8TUESDAY | 5:15 | VIRTUAL SEMINAR Targeting Reform: CERCLA, Industri-Plex & Pollution Remediation in the United States Johnathan Williams, Boston University

Comment: Elizabeth Grennan Browning, Indiana University

9WEDNESDAY | 6:00 | HYBRID PROGRAM Ways & Means: Lincoln & His Cabinet on the Financing of the Civil War Roger Lowenstein

In person: $10 per person fee (reception begins at 5:30). Virtual: No charge. No charge for MHS Members or EBT cardholders.

10 THURSDAY | 6:00 | HYBRID SERIES Reflecting on Repercussions of COVID-19: Frontline Workers John Santiago, Boston Medical Center and State Representative; Jasmine Laietmark, Stanetsky Memorial Chapels; and Emily Donahue, K-12 Educator

In person: $10 per person fee (reception begins at 5:30). Virtual: $5 per person fee. No charge for MHS Members or EBT cardholders.

15 TUESDAY | 5:15 | VIRTUAL SEMINAR The Translations of Our Bodies, Ourselves: Comparing Feminist Self-help Handbooks in the 1970s West Germany & the United States Claudia Roesch, German Historical Institute

16 WEDNESDAY | 6:00 | VIRTUAL PROGRAM MHS Film Club: Little Women Jan Turnquist, Louisa May Alcott’s Orchard House, and Heather Rockwood, MHS

21 MONDAY | 6:00 | HYBRID PROGRAM

George Washington’s Hair: How Early Americans Remembered the Founders Keith Beutler

In person: $10 per person fee (reception begins at 5:30). Virtual: No charge. No charge for MHS Members or EBT cardholders.

22 TUESDAY | 5:15 | VIRTUAL SEMINAR

Playing in Peoria: Patterns of Mass Culture in Progressive America Samuel Backer, Johns Hopkins University

Comment: Derek Miller, Harvard University

24 THURSDAY | 6:00 | HYBRID SERIES

Reflecting on Repercussions of COVID-19: Cultural Institutions Vikki Spruill, New England Aquarium; Catherine Allgor, MHS; and Matthew Teitelbaum, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

In person: $10 per person fee (reception begins at 5:30). Virtual: $5 per person fee. No charge for MHS Members or EBT cardholders.

29 TUESDAY | 5:15 | VIRTUAL SEMINAR Medical Racism & Political Death: The Case of Juliette Derricotte Chana Lee, Harvard University

Comment: Kate Clifford Larson, Brandeis University WSRC Scholar

30 WEDNESDAY | 6:00 | HYBRID SERIES Reflecting on Repercussions of COVID-19: Policy Makers & Policy Advisors Marylou Sudders, Massachusetts Secretary of Health and Human Services; Paul Biddinger, Massachusetts General Hospital; and Sandra Bliss Nelson, Massachusetts General Hospital

In person: $10 per person fee (reception begins at 5:30). Virtual: $5 per person fee. No charge for MHS Members or EBT cardholders.