BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//Telerik Inc.//Sitefinity CMS 14.4//EN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Central Standard Time BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20231102T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:Central Standard Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20230301T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:Central Daylight Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:Samuel G. Dunn Lectureship in the \;Medical Humanities  \;At the Limits of CureBharat Venkat\, PhDAssistant ProfessorInstitute for Society &\; Genetics/History/Anthropology \;University of Californ ia-Los AngelesThursday\, January 26\, 202312:00pm &mdash\; 1:00pm \;Ca n a history of cure be more than a history of how disease comes to an end? In 1950s Madras\, an international team of researchers demonstrated that antibiotics were effective in treating tuberculosis. But just half a centu ry later\, reports out of Mumbai stoked fears about the spread of totally drug-resistant strains of the disease. Had the curable become incurable? T hrough an anthropological history of tuberculosis treatment in India\, I e xamine what it means to be cured\, and what it means for a cure to come un done. Drawing on my book\, At the Limits of Cure (Duke University Press\, 2021)\, this talk tells a story that stretches from the colonial period&md ash\;a time of sanatoria\, travel cures\, and gold therapy&mdash\;into a p ostcolonial present marked by antibiotic miracles and their failures. In t his talk\, I'll juxtapose the unraveling of cure across a variety of sites : in idyllic hill stations and crowded prisons\, aboard ships and on the b attlefield\, and through research trials and clinical encounters. If cure is frequently taken as an ending (of illness\, treatment\, and suffering m ore generally)\, my aim is to provide a foundation for imagining cure othe rwise in a world of fading antibiotic efficacy. \; \;Register in a dvance for this webinar HEREAfter registering\, you will receive a confirm ation emailcontaining information about joining the webinar. DTEND:20230126T190000Z DTSTAMP:20240328T083619Z DTSTART:20230126T180000Z LOCATION: SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:At the Limits of Cure UID:RFCALITEM638471937796565880 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
Bharat Venkat\, PhD
Assistant Professor
Institute for Society &\; Genetics/History/Anthropology
 \;
University of California-Los Angeles
Can a histo ry of cure be more than a history of how disease comes to an end? In 1950s Madras\, an international team of researchers demonstrated that antibioti cs were effective in treating tuberculosis. But just half a century later\ , reports out of Mumbai stoked fears about the spread of totally drug-resi stant strains of the disease. Had the curable become incurable? Through an anthropological history of tuberculosis treatment in India\, I examine wh at it means to be cured\, and what it means for a cure to come undone. Dra wing on my book\, At the Limits of Cure (Duke University Press\, 2021)\, t his talk tells a story that stretches from the colonial period&mdash\;a ti me of sanatoria\, travel cures\, and gold therapy&mdash\;into a postcoloni al present marked by antibiotic miracles and their failures. In this talk\ , I'll juxtapose the unraveling of cure across a variety of sites: in idyl lic hill stations and crowded prisons\, aboard ships and on the battlefiel d\, and through research trials and clinical encounters. If cure is freque ntly taken as an ending (of illness\, treatment\, and suffering more gener ally)\, my aim is to provide a foundation for imagining cure otherwise in a world of fading antibiotic efficacy.
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