CMES Colloquium: Viral Subjects: Stigma, Civil Society Activism, and the Making of HIV/AIDS in Lebanon

Lizzy Berk is currently serving as a CMES postgraduate associate and recently received her PhD in anthropology from Yale University. She also pursued a certificate in gender and sexuality studies during her doctoral work, and holds an MA from Washington University in St. Louis. Lizzy’s work focuses on issues related to gender/sexuality, time, and subjectivity in chronic illness. She has published with the Journal of Material Culture, Anthropology of the Middle East, and Social Anthropology, and is currently preparing her first book manuscript for publication.