(09-22-2021) Session 1 - Introduction and how we remember eugenics / chaired by Charlene Galarneau (Harvard) Opening on Judy Dow's Second Eugenics Congress tapestries with her text Welcome from Evelynn M. Hammonds on behalf of the Hutchins Center for African & African American Research Overview of the session from Charlene Galarneau Michael Bryant to give overview of indigenous genocides and extinction theory Land acknowledgment from Charlene Galarneau Charlene Galarneau in conversation with Judy around the history and lessons of land acknowledgements, before Nancy Gallagher and Judy in conversation around how to remember eugenics. Session 2 - Eugenics Survey of Vermont / chaired by Charlene Galarneau (Harvard) Nancy Gallagher and Judy Dow presents around the Eugenics Survey of Vermont Conversation with Judy Dow and Nancy Gallagher around the Eugenics Survey of Vermont, chaired by Charlene Galarneau Session 3 - Harvard's eugenics history / chaired by Evelynn Hammonds (Harvard) Introductory comments from Evelynn Hammonds Short presentation/introductory remarks by Paul Lombardo (Georgia State University) on the history of Harvard eugenics Short presentation/introductory remarks by Suzanne Blier (Harvard) on eugenics at Harvard's museums Short presentation/introductory remarks by Christopher Willoughby (Harvard) on historical eugenics in Harvard's medical schools Follow up and discussion between Paul Lombardo, Suzanne Blier, and Christopher Willoughby, chaired by Evelynn Hammonds Session 4 - Bell/Gallaudet and eugenics and the Deaf community / chaired by Brian Greenwald (Gallaudet University) Introductory comments from Brian Greenwald Short presentation on AGBell's research on Martha's Vineyard and its implications upon the Deaf community by Nora Groce (UCL) Short presentation on Gallaudet and Clerc's work with the Deaf community in Connecticut by Meredith Peruzzi (Gallaudet University) Follow up and discussion with Nora Groce and Meredith Peruzzi, chaired by Brian Greenwald Session 5 - Yale's eugenic past / chaired by Daniel Hosang (Yale University) Introductory comments from Daniel HoSang 3 conversations around archival materials between Daniel HoSang and his 3 students - José Garcia, Sidney Velasquez, and Dora Guo Follow up and collective discussion between José Garcia, Sidney Velasquez, and Dora Guo, chaired by Daniel HoSang Session 6 - Concluding coming together panel / chaired by Nora Groce (UCL) Introductory, bringing together comments by Nora Groce Collective discussion around New England's legacies of eugenics, and how we remember eugenics, with Judy Dow, Nancy Gallagher, Brian Greenwald, Suzanne Blier, Mike Bryant and Daniel Hosang, chaired by Nora Groce Lead out and preview to next session Part 2 - October 19 Part 3 - November 16

Legacies of Eugenics in New England Conference - Session 2 'Eugenic Presents', 19th October, 1-4pm EST Session 2 will continue where our first session on the 22nd September left off. It will take audiences from the past incarnations of eugenics across our four arching community threads across this conference (Vermont, Harvard, Yale and the Deaf community) that was the subject of our first session, through to an exploration into how these legacies of eugenics resurface and are remembered in these communities in our world today (schedule below). There will also be a special opening panel, looking at the deportation of the Malaga Island mixed-race community in 1912, and how this is remembered in Maine today. The subject matter of our third session on the 16th November, will then look into the future trajectories of these eugenics legacies upon these communities, and what it is we can do to disrupt these trajectories. Schedule for Session 2 - 'Eugenic Presents', 19th Oct, 1-4pm... 1pm-1.40pm - "Making the Past Visible in the Present: Malaga Island and Eugenics in Maine" A look at the deportation of the Malaga Island mixed-race community in 1912, and this is remembered in Maine today. Chair: Hannah Marcus (Harvard University) Panellists: Katie McBrien (Maine state archivist), Daniel Minter (artist) and Stephen Black (artist) 1.40pm-2pm - "Deaf People Can Do Anything But Hear: Deaf Exceptionalism and Modern Deaf Discourses" An exploration by Professor Octavian Robinson, into how the lingering legacy of eugenics is apparent in contemporary conversations in Deaf Studies and among deaf communities posing as deaf exceptionalism. Presenter: Octavian Robinson (Gallaudet University) 2pm-2.30pm - "Scientific Endeavours at Harvard" Harvard molecular biologist Natalie Kofler in conversation with Angela Saini (author of “Superior: The Return of Race Science”) around contemporary scientific endeavours at Harvard. Chair: Natalie Kofler (Scientific Citizenship Initiative at Harvard Medical School) Panellist: Angela Saini (journalist) 2.30pm-3pm - "Beyond Perkins and the Past: Eugenics in Vermont Today" An exploration of the ongoing impacts of Vermont eugenics and present-day responses including discussions of apologies and unnamings. Chair: Charlene Galarneau (Harvard) Panellist: Mercedes De Guardiola (historian) 3pm-3.30pm - "Yale, the academic disciplines, and the long shadow of Eugenics" "An exploration of the influence that Eugenics research and logic has on contemporary research and knowledge production.” Chair: Daniel Martinez HoSang (Yale University) Panellists: Tallulah Keeley-Leclaire (Yale) and Emily Xu (Yale) 3.30pm-4pm - "Eugenics today in New England" Evelynn Hammonds will invite chairs and panellists back to discuss what eugenics means today in this current pandemic and global eugenics/anti-eugenics reckoning moment. Chair: Evelynn Hammonds (Harvard) Panellists: Katie McBrien (Maine state archivist), Octavian Robinson (Gallaudet), Daniel Martinez HoSang (Yale), Natalie Kofler (Harvard), Charlene Galarneau (Harvard) and Mercedes De Guardiola (historian)

(11-16-2021) This session will be taking forward the four thematic threads from the conference's two previous sessions (eugenics at Harvard and Yale, the Eugenics Survey and Vermont apology, and eugenics and the Deaf community) – see recording of the first session ‘Eugenic Legacies’ (22nd September), or recording of the second session ‘Eugenic Presents’ (19th October) - to look at our 'Eugenic Futures.' The session will bring together leading scholars, activists, politicians and artists, to explore eugenic threats to our futures (whether posed through gene-editing technologies, environmental crises, backlashes to shifting demographics, tensions around school curriculums, etc.), and what it is that we can do to prepare for or disrupt eugenic trajectories. The session will conclude by asking what specific role and responsibility New England has in confronting eugenics in the future. 12.30pm-12.40pm Welcome and New England land acknowledgment Presenter: Nora Groce (University College London) 12.40pm-12.50pm CRISPR: What lies in store? Presenter: Neal Baer (Harvard University) 12.50pm-1pm Gene-editing with CRISPR, and the Deaf community Presenter: Teresa Blankmeyer Burke (Gallaudet University) 1pm - 1.40pm The future of gene editing and genomics Moderator: Natalie Kofler (Scientific Citizenship Initiative at Harvard University) A quick 2 min intro from each panellist and then moderated discussion Panellist: Joe Stramondo (San Diego State University) – ‘disability, eugenics,…’ Panellist: Sara Hendren (Olin College of Engineering) – ‘designing spaces and systems not people’ Panellist: Keolu Fox (UC San Diego) – ‘indigenous agency in genomics’ 1.40pm-2.25pm Dismantling Vermont Eugenics: Towards an Anti-Eugenics Future Moderator: Charlene Galarneau (Harvard University) Opening thoughts by each panellist, followed by roundtable discussion Panellist: Judy Dow (Executive Director of Gedakina, Educator and Artist) Panellist: Representative Tiffany Bluemle (Vermont General Assembly) Panellist: Senator Kesha Ram Hinsdale (Vermont General Assembly) 2.25pm-2.35pm White Fright: Eugenics meets population decline and climate change Presenter: Anne Hendrixson (Collective Power for Reproductive Justice) 2.35pm-3.05pm Humans, nature, and eugenics Moderator: Natalie Kofler (Scientific Citizenship Initiative at Harvard University) 3-5min presentation each Panellist: Riley Taitingfong (Harvard University) – ‘settler/colonialism’ Panellist: Tallulah Keeley-Leclaire (Yale University) – ‘Yale’ Panellist: Natalie Kofler (Harvard University) – ‘Purity, invasive species rhetoric, and genetics’ Panellists: Students from the Masters of Bioethics Program (Harvard University) – ‘a new environmental ethic for the future’ Isabella Hernandez, Emily Cerciello, Ausubel Pichardo, Shika Kalevor 3.05-3.20pm Eugenics in education, and empowering the next generation Conversation looking at eugenics in education Moderator: Milton Reynolds (Milton Reynolds Consultancy) Panellist: Daniel Martinez HoSang (Yale University) 3.20-4pm Concluding panel Panellists and moderators from the conference are invited back for a roundtable discussion taking selected questions from the session, and concluding with a look at the role and responsibility of New England in confronting eugenics in our future Panellists: Neal Baer, Representative Tiffany Bluemle, Teresa Blankmeyer Burke, Judy Dow, Charlene Galarneau, Anne Hendrixson, Daniel Martinez HoSang, and Milton Reynolds