Denying Entry: Immigrant Medical Exams, Testing and Care at Angel Island, California, 1900-1941 – A Conversation with Dr. Nayan Shah

Lunch & Learn Series
McKibben Hall 149, Keck School of Medicine of USC
Thursday, December 5, 2019 at 12:00-1:00 p.m.

Dr. Nayan Shah

Join us for a HEAL Lunch & Learn event, featuring Dr. Nayan Shah. Dr. Shah is Professor of American Studies and Ethnicity and History at USC. His research investigates how transnational migration has shaped state institutions and regulation of health, law, immigration and prisons.  Professor Shah is the author of two award winning books: Contagious Divides: Epidemics and Race in San Francisco’s Chinatown and Stranger Intimacy: Contesting Race, Sexuality and the Law in the North American West.

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