Lecture on Images of Psychiatric Hospitals in Mexico

04/08/16

Contributed by Jonathan Ablard

 Dr. Andrés Ríos Molina, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, will present "The General Insane Asylum La Castañeda: Its History in Images" on April 11 at 2pm in Friends 203. The talk is based on nearly a decade of research in the medical archives of this now-closed psychiatric hospital and focuses on how visual representations of patients and hospitals can be correlated to statistical and clinical data.

 Dr. Ríos Molina's talk is sponsored by the Department of History, the Interdisciplinary Counseling Minor, Latin American Studies, and the Center for Faculty Excellence

Individuals with disabilities requiring accommodations should contact Jonathan Ablard at jablard@ithaca.edu or (607) 274-3558. We ask that requests for accommodations be made as soon as possible.

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