Feb 11, 2025
Communicating Menstruation
- 14:00 to 15:30
- Institute's Colloquium
- Several Speakers
- Camilla Røstvik
- Saniya Lee Ghanoui
- Jana Wittenzellner
Abstract tbc
Saniya Lee Ghanoui is an Assistant Professor of History at the University of Texas at El Paso and a Research Affiliate at the Swedish Institute for North American Studies at Uppsala University. Her current book project examines the transnational history of sex education in the US and Sweden during the 20th Century. She has written widely on the history of sex and menstrual education, reproductive rights, and medicine. In addition to her academic scholarship, her public writing has appeared in Time magazine, Nursing Clio, Women’s History Network, Notches: (re)marks on the history of sexuality, and Public Books. She is producing a documentary film about the history of abortion and the 1960s thalidomide drug crisis, and is currently President-elect of the Society for Menstrual Cycle Research.
Camilla Røstvick tbc
Jana Wittenzellner tbc
Contact and Registration
The MPIWG Institute's Colloquium 2024-25 is open to all. Academics, students, and members of the public are all welcome to attend, listen, and participate in the discussion. Please register with Alina Enzensberger at amenzensberger@mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de