Reproductive Health Histories

Reproducing History: Writing Histories of the Present 
This session will foreground contemporary discussions about the role of presentism in history and examine how present-day ideas and perspectives have and continue to inform how we think and write about reproductive health.
 
As prompts, we invite participants to read and reflect on the following essays:
 
1) Regina Markell Morantz, "The Perils of Feminist History," The Journal of Interdisciplinary History 4, no.4 (1974): 649-660.
2) Emily Baughan, "Reading Penelope Leach in Lockdown," PLAYGROUP Substack, 11 April 2023.
 
 This week we will be joined by Emily Baughan (University of Sheffield) who will participate in group discussions and offer commentary on her piece.