On the body An interdisciplinary conference on race and racism in medicine and the humanities

All are welcome to our free, catered, one-day interdisciplinary conference on race and racism in medicine and the humanities.

The day is about connecting the dots, teaching and learning, with insights and attendees welcome from medicine, literature, history, geography, and much more. The event is organised by St Andrews students, kindly funded by the Centre on the Dynamics of Ethnicity (CoDE) at the University of Manchester, and hosted by the University of Dundee in order to reach as many students as possible, as well as those from St Andrews.

Event programme

• 9.30am to 10am: Arrival and registration
• 10am to 10.30am: Welcome session

• 10.30am to 12 noon:Panel 1 Maternity and race
  Ope Olusoga: It's not just a few bad apples: Exploring the impact of institutional and structural racism on Black reproductive health
  Pragya Roy: Caste based health marginalisation in India: a qualitative exploration of women's maternal health in India

• 12 noon to 1pm: Lunch

• 1pm to 3pm: Panel 2 Insights and research within the UK
  Sarah Shemery: Loneliness and liminality in single refugee and asylum seeking mothers
  Manal Patel: ‘Othering of the Overseas Doctor': A Discursive Construction of Internal Medical Graduates in UK Medical Policy
  Mohasin Ahmed: Non extractive community engagement research in public health, insights from Glasgow

• 3pm to 3.30pm: Coffee break
• 3.30pm to 4pm: Student poster presentation session
• 4pm to 5pm: Closing talk and feedback
• 5pm to 7pm: Social event