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Sep 22, 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Zoom
Lecture or Speaker
Leadership

Third Annual Global Studies Lecture: Ancestors: Where do we come from? Why do we Care?

Harvard University Historian Dr. Maya Jasanoff will deliver the Third Annual Global Studies Lecture on Wednesday, September 22 at 6:30 on Zoom.

Everyone comes from somewhere. We carry our ancestries in our names, heirlooms, DNA, and more. From the doctor's office to the passport office, from whom we've descended affects the biological, legal, and cultural identities of just about everybody in the world today. How did ancestry come to play such a critical role in defining status? Weaving together anthropology, genetics, and history, this lecture will reflect on the human preoccupation with lineage from the origins of Homo sapiens to the DNA tests of today.

Please see the Tuesday or Wednesday edition of Alfred Today, or email Andrew Kless directly, for the Zoom link.