The Health and Humanities Pop-Up Institute will host a free, public symposium to conclude the Health and Humanities Pop-Up Institute in May. The Symposium will feature panels of research faculty and staff and a keynote lecture, "Structural Competency, 5 Years On: Tracking a New Medical Approach to Stigma and Inequality," by Jonathan Metzl, the Frederick B. Rentschler II Professor of Sociology and Psychiatry, and the Director of the Center for Medicine, Health, and Society, at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee.

This event is free and open to public. RSVPs are not required, but you may still register to attend at our Eventbrite page or visit us on Facebook. 

The Symposium Schedule:

8:00am-9:00am

Continental Breakfast

9:00am-12:00pm

Community Panels: The Humanities in Practice

12:00pm-1:00pm

Keynote Lecture: Jonathan Metzl

1:00 pm-2:15 pm

Lunch

2:15 pm-3:30pm

Discussion Panel with Jonathan Metzl

3:30pm-5:30pm

Closing Panel: The Promise of Health Humanities: Research, Teaching, Practice, and Engagement

The Health & Humanities Pop-Up Institute is a collaboration between the Office of the Vice President of Research and the Humanities Institute at the University of Texas at Austin through the following endowments: the Holloway Centennial Lectureship, the Hoffman Centennial Lectureship, the Kidd Centennial Lectureship, and the Ho Distinguished Lecture in China Studies Endowment. Additional support comes from the College of Liberal Arts, the Department of English, and the Dell Medical School.