Anna Arabindan-Kesson | Case Notes from the Plantation: Art and Medicine in the British Empire

This talk draws on work underpinning the digital humanities project that Arabindan-Kesson coordinates, Art Hx, and examines the intersections of art and medicine in the production of the British Empire. Centering on the role of visual material in mediating medical and colonial knowledge structures, it examines both the historical and contemporary legacies of these intersections and their significance for interdisciplinary humanities research. 

About the Speaker

Anna Arabindan-Kesson is an Associate Professor of Black Diaspora Art, jointly appointed in the departments of African American Studies and Art and Archaeology at Princeton University. A former nurse, she worked in Australia, NZ and the UK before pursuing an academic career in the United States. Her award-winning book, Black Bodies, White Gold: Art, Cotton and Commerce in the Atlantic World was published by Duke University Press in 2021. Two other co-written books on Black Diaspora art, and Caribbean Art History are in process, and a second monograph on the plantation in the British Empire is also under contract with Duke University Press. 
 

The Medical Humanities Research Workshop is sponsored by the Stanford Humanities Center. The series is made possible by support from Linda Randall Meier, the Mellon Foundation, & the National Endowment for the Humanities. Please register in advance to receive a link to this hybrid event. Please email Bilal Nadeem (bnadeem@stanford.edu) with any questions.