The visit will include two events in English:
25th April 2023 | 15.00 | Lecture by prof. Christabelle Sethna "Dr. Henry Morgentaler and the Shadow of the Holocaust
Prof. Christabelle Sethna is a historian and full Professor in the Institute of Feminist and Gender Studies, University of Ottawa. Her research is on the Canadian history of sex education, and pro-choice movements with a focus on medicine, law, and activism..
About the lecture and dr Henry Morgentaler
Henry (Henoch, Heniek) Morgentaler (1923-2013) – Lodz-born, first husband and father of Chava Rosenfarb’s children. He became the figure head of Canada’s pro-choice movement from the late 1960's in Canada. Morgentaler’s life story is an illustration of a life dedicated to activism, but also a life in the shadow of the Holocaust.
Morgentaler’s life story is illustrative of a life dedicated to pro-choice activism but one that was lived in the shadow of the Holocaust. Morgentaler was an early proponent of pregnancy termination during the first trimester as a woman’s right. Another reason for his support was focused directly on his experience of the Holocaust. Imprisoned as a young man because of his Jewish origins, first in the Lodz ghetto, and then in Auschwitz and Dachau, Morgentaler immigrated after the war with his wife, Chava Rosenfarb, to Montreal, where he received his medical degree. After taking up the pro-choice cause, and openly flouting abortion laws by performing abortions in his Montreal clinic, Morgentaler was imprisoned for a time and often vilified in anti-Semitic terms. This paper argues that the Holocaust cast a long shadow over his life but also prepared him to withstand two decades-worth of legal battles in Canada.
The lecture will be held in room T401. The lecture will also be broadcast on MS Teams (requires registration). Link to the meeting.
27th April 2023 | 17.00 | Panel Discussion “The interdisciplinarity of reproductive rights and reproductive justice research".
The panelists:
Prof. Christabelle Sethna – Institute of Feminist and Gender Studies, University of Ottawa, Canada
Prof. Atina Krajewska – Birmingham Law School, University of Birmingham, UK
Dr Sydney Calkin – School of Geography, Queen Mary University of London, UK
Dr Agata Chełstowska – Department of Social Anthropology, Institute of Sociology, Jagiellonian University, Cracow, Poland
Moderator: Dr. Krystyna Dzwonkowska-Godula – Department of Sociology of Social Structure and Social Change, Institute of Sociology, University of Lodz, Poland
The meeting will have a hybrid character. Stationary will be held in room T401. Link to the meeting on MS Teams (requiring registration)
Material: Centrum Dialogu im. Marka Edelmana w Łodzi, Łódzki Oddział Polskiego Towarzystwa Socjologicznego, Katedra Socjologii Struktur i Zmian Społecznych UŁ
Edit: Centrum Rozwoju Wydziału Ekonomiczno-Socjologicznego UŁ