by Peter Hegarty – Prof. University of Surrey

International human rights bodies increasingly agree that the medical treatment of people born with intersex characteristics infringes bodily integrity. In this lecture Peter Hegarty examines the history of social science thinking about the gender binary norm and the importance of making that thinking explicit in social science that examines the bioethical questions raised by medical treatment of intersex bodies. 

This first lecture will be followed by a reception in the entrance hall of the building D

Tuesday 5 December 2017, 5 pm until 7 pm DC.2.223 Campus du Solbosch Bâtiment D - 2e niveau - Salle DC.2.223 Avenue Antoine Depage 30 1050 Bruxelles Please register by mail at Chaire.Tassier@ulb.ac.be Futher information