John Collins Warren and the Roots of Medical Racial Science with Christopher Willoughby

In this episode of Historians & Their Histories, Prof. Christopher Willoughby discusses his research on racial science and medicine in antebellum America, tracing how northern medical schools, including Harvard Medical School, taught and institutionalized theories of biological racial difference. At the MHS, he has been working with the papers of John Collins Warren, examining how this notable Harvard surgeon assembled a skull collection drawn largely from enslaved people and Indigenous communities. Prof. Willoughby is a recipient of the Elizabeth Woodman Wright Fellowship from the MHS.  To learn more about MHS fellowships and how to apply, please visit this page. Learn more about this episode here: https://www.masshist.org/podcast/hath-episode-35-Willoughby  This episode uses materials from:   Colocate by Podington Bear (Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported)