Circumcision: Identity Politics and / or Health Issue?
Talk by Sander L. Gilman (video recording available)
The current debate over boys’ circumcision in the USA and Europe returns time and again to the question of whether this intervention has a positive or negative impact on health. The history of these claims and their implications is not as straightforward as both sides like to portray. Tracing it back throws light on the ideological motives behind this debate.
recording available
Where
Old Building, level 2, Great Hall
Lindenstraße 9–14, 10969 Berlin
Video recording of the talk by Sander L. Gilman
A cooperation with the Center for Research on Anti-Semitism