Book Release- Mark A Goldberg

February 28, 2024

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Please join us to celebrate Dr. Mark Goldberg's new book: Conquering Sickness: Race, Health, and Colonization in the Texas Borderlands, on Monday, February 26th, 2018 from 3-5pm at the Honors College Lounge (M.D. Anderson Library, 2nd Floor).

Guest Commentators: Dr. John McKiernan-Gonzalez (Dept. of History, Texas State University) and Dr. Raul Ramos (Dept. of History, University of Houston).

Please contact Dr. Kairn Klieman for more info: kklieman@uh.edu

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