Karen H. Rothenberg, J.D., M.P.A.

Fordham Law Lincoln Center presents the

2010 Robert L. Levine Lecture

FROM EUGENICS TO THE "NEW" GENETICS: THE PLAY'S THE THING

Wednesday, March 10, 2010 | 5:00 p.m.

Karen H. Rothenberg, J.D., M.P.A. Marjorie Cook Professor of Law, University of Maryland School of Law Scholar-in-Residence and Senior Sabbatical Fellow, Center for the Study of Law and Culture, Columbia Law School Visiting Professor, Berman Institute of Bioethics, John Hopkins University.

What can plays tell us about the power of hereditary science and the power of the state? How does the work of playwrights, capturing the era of eugenics and the advent of the Human Genome Project, dramatize and enhance our understanding of the implications of genetics on race, class, gender, sexuality, and disability?

This lecture will examine how plays both reflect and try to influence public opinion and social policy over time. The Fordham Law Review will publish the contents of the lecture in the fall of 2010.

Fordham Law School, 140 West 62nd Street

New York, NY 10023

Registration encouraged: law.fordham.edu/levinelecture