Hi, Do you have contact information for Anat?
She was a student at my school and is amazing! Thanks for your help in getting me in touch with Anat. Wendie SIttenfield, MI.S. On Fri, May 9, 2014 at 3:06 PM, Miller, Caroline <[email protected]>wrote: > FYI for those of you in the Los Angeles area. > > > > Caroline > > > > *From:* Johnson, Russell > *Sent:* Friday, May 09, 2014 9:18 AM > *To:* All Library Staff > *Subject:* "Blind in Palestine: Stories of Treating Trachoma" by Anat > Mooreville (UCLA Biomedical Library, May 16, 12:00pm) > > > > You and your staff, students, and colleagues may be interested in this > upcoming program, hosted at History and Special Collections for the > Sciences (part of UCLA Library Special Collections) located in the > Biomedical Library. > > > > > > *UCLA History of Medicine and Medical Humanities Research Forum* is a > series which provides opportunities for faculty, students, staff, and > visiting researchers to present recent work or unfinished work-in-progress > in an informal, presentation-and-discussion format. Programs are held at > lunchtime (sandwiches provided to those who make reservations), one or more > Fridays per quarter during the academic year, in the Rare Book Room on the > 4th floor of the Louise M. Darling Biomedical Library. > > > > The next program, on *Friday, May 16*, at 12:00 noon, will be a > presentation by *Anat Mooreville* (PhD candidate in History, UCLA > Department of History) on “*Blind in Palestine: Stories of Treating > Trachoma*”: > > > > Trachoma was a major public health threat in Palestine during the first > half of the twentieth century, with upwards of thirty percent of Jews and > seventy percent of Arabs afflicted at the start of the British Mandate. > Trachoma was doubly marked: first, as a disease of poor hygiene and > primitive culture owing to its particular etiology; and second, as a > “blinding scourge of the East,” as a result of regional endemicity. The > American-sponsored Hadassah Medical Organization conducted an intensive > “war against trachoma” starting in 1918 by employing one or two "traveling > oculists" to conduct periodic trachoma checks in school children throughout > the Yishuv. I comb the reports of the “traveling oculist” to elucidate how > the campaign operated and was refashioned over a twenty-year period, and > how the anti-trachoma campaign served to create a visual and medical > distinction between Jews and the Orient in a time of nationalist > development. However, fierce physician competition meant that not all eye > doctors could find work in the Jewish sector. I analyze multiple > first-person narratives of ophthalmologists' experiences in private > practice—an arena often missing in the archives—that document how > physicians sought out or fell into establishing practices for Arab > patients. Looking at both experiences reveals how trachoma was a platform > for multiple models of interactions with the East, and how eye doctors also > functioned as ethnographers, hygienists, and pioneers. > > > > Box lunches (or buffet of various salads) are provided to attendees who > reserve a seat by noon on the previous Monday (in this case, May 12th); > coffee and water will be available; attendees should bring their own other > beverages. Reservations received after that time will not have lunch > orders (please be advised that we require reservations because we must > submit a list of confirmed attendees when placing our food order). > > > > *Seating is limited and is not guaranteed without a reservation.*Reservations > may be made by contacting History and Special Collections for > the Sciences (voice: 310.825.6940; email: [email protected]). > We can accommodate up to 40 attendees. > > > > > > We are looking forward to seeing some familiar as well as new faces at > this and upcoming programs, and welcome feedback and recommendations. > > > > The *UCLA History of Medicine and Medical Humanities Research Forum*(this is > the 18 > th meeting) is made possible by the Program in Social Studies in > Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, and by History & Special > Collections for the Sciences, UCLA Library Special Collections. > > > > Upcoming programs: > > > > 2 June 2014 (special Monday event) > > Gil Eyal, Professor of Sociology, Columbia University > > *Looping Genomes: Diagnostic Expansion and the Genetic Makeup of the > Autism Population* > > [this meeting is additionally co-sponsored by the History of Science, > Technology, and Medicine Program in the UCLA Department of History] > > > > 6 June 2014 (Friday) > > Rob Schraff, PhD candidate in History > > *Making LSD a Psychotomimetic in Los Angeles, 1950s-1960s* > > > > > > Cheers, > > > > Russell Johnson > > > > Curator/Librarian > > History & Special Collections for the Sciences > > UCLA Library Special Collections > > Louise M. 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