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SUMMARY:The maternal imprint: gender\, heredity and the biosocial body - S
 arah Richardson (Harvard University)
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CONTACT:Nick Hopwood
DESCRIPTION:The rise of Developmental Origins of Health and Disease and th
 e fetal programming hypothesis is part of a forceful reassertion\, over th
 e past decade\, of wide-ranging theories of the maternal-fetal interface a
 s a critical determinant of lifelong health and intergenerational patterns
  in disease distribution. Presenting a history of maternal effects science
  from the advent of the genetic age to today\, this talk analyses three in
 tertwined dimensions of scientific speculations about the long reach of th
 e maternal intrauterine imprint: interest in the power of maternal effects
  science to disrupt genetic determinist ideas about human fate\; conceptua
 l and empirical debate over how to study such effects given their cryptici
 ty\; and claims about the implications of maternal intrauterine effects fo
 r women's well-being and autonomy. In each historical period\, scientists'
  views about what can be empirically studied\, and indeed known\, about hu
 man maternal effects are entangled with cultural beliefs about women's and
  men's reproductive responsibilities and shaped by scientists' politically
  and historically situated convictions about the relative importance of ge
 nes or social environment to life outcomes.\n\nThere will be tea before th
 e lecture\, at 3.30pm in Seminar Room 1\, and a drinks reception afterward
 s in Seminar Room 1.
LOCATION:Seminar Room 2\, Department of History and Philosophy of Science
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