Conversations on Slavery, Racism, and the University, Panel 2, Legacies
Channel: Hopkins Retrospective
Date: 2021-12-17

On Friday, December 3, 2021 the Johns Hopkins University Krieger School of Arts & Sciences and the Hopkins Retrospective Program hosted an online gathering to explore the complexities of archival research and scholarship around the institution of slavery and its legacies at universities. The afternoon was a discussion of research underway, how students envision their contributions, and what the path forward will be.

This recording includes the following:

2:00pm to 3:30pm | Panel 2: Legacies
This conversation will focus on researchers’ investigations of the enduring legacies of slavery and racism, particularly as they manifest in institutions. Panelists will discuss guiding research questions and preliminary findings while importantly elaborating on the challenge of working through archival absences and biases.

Moderator: Minkah Makalani, Associate Professor of History, Director of Center for Africana Studies, Johns Hopkins University

Panelists:
“Seeking the Truth: Johns Hopkins and Slavery” Sydney Van Morgan, Senior Lecturer and Program Director, International Studies, Johns Hopkins University

"Archives and historical storytelling at Georgetown" - Adam Rothman, Professor of History, Curator of the Georgetown Slavery Archive, Georgetown University

"Understanding the History of Racial Segregation at Johns Hopkins Hospital" Ezelle Sanford III, Postdoctoral Fellow and Visiting Assistant Professor, History of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University

“Reckoning with Legacies of Race and Racism in Academic Medicine” Jeremy A. Greene, William H. Welch Professor of Medicine and History of Medicine, Institute of the History of Medicine, Center for Medical Humanities & Social Medicine, Johns Hopkins University