CHAT Fellow Presentation: "Enslaved Resistance, Anatomical Theft, and Race Science: Healing through Public History" with Daniel Sunshine, 2/19

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The Center for the Humanities invites the Tufts community to join us for a lecture with Postdoctoral Fellow Daniel Sunshine, entitled "Enslaved Resistance, Anatomical Theft, and Race Science: Healing through Public History." 

Daniel Sunshine is a historian of race and slavery in the early United States. As a postdoctoral fellow, he contributes to public humanities projects, teaching, and research related to the Slavery, Colonialism, and their Legacies at Tufts University initiative.

Currently, he is completing a book project entitled A Curse Upon Your Union: Crafting Black Freedom and Wartime Reconstruction in Appalachia. He is also involved with research and advocacy on behalf of an African American community group in Richmond, Virginia tied to the legacies of medical racism in the 19^th century. He earned his PhD in History from the University of Virginia.

All are welcome to attend. For questions, contact: humanities@tufts.edu.