Tag: Jennifer Scott

  • What’s Biology Got to Do with It? The Social Life of Genetics Brooklyn Historical Society Crossing Borders, Bridging Generations Saturday, 2013-11-16, 15:00-18:00 EST (Local Time) Part One of the reading series Quantifying Bloodlines What do we learn about ourselves through genetics and genealogy? How does DNA connect with what we know about our family’s ancestry…

  • Reading Series: Quantifying Bloodlines Brooklyn Historical Society Crossing Borders, Bridging Generations Othmer Library Saturdays, 2013-11-16, 2013-12-07 and 2014-01-25; 15:00-18:00 EST (Local Time) Quantifying Bloodlines is a monthly reading group organized by anthropologist and oral historian Jennifer Scott.  Join others interested in exploring the relationship between biology and race, as we discuss three widely acclaimed books.…

  • What’s Purity Got to Do with It? Searching Family History and Genealogy Brooklyn Historical Society Crossing Borders, Bridging Generations Othmer Library Saturday, 2013-12-07, 15:00-18:00 EST (Local Time) Part Two of the reading series Quantifying Bloodlines How do stories help us to understand the ways in which we dissect lineage? Bring in your own family tree,…