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SUMMARY:June 2 – Guest Lecture: DNA, Family Secrets, and the Stories We Inherit
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Guest Lecture by Helga Lenart-Cheng (Saint Mary’s College of California,
USA)
DNA, Family Secrets, and the Stories We Inherit
June 2, 2026, 16.15-17.45, 01-618 (kl. Bibl.), Philosophicum
This talk examines how genetic genealogy platforms and public media reshape
the stories Americans tell about identity, family, and race. Focusing on
the PBS series Finding Your Roots, it explores how DNA, archives, and
television narrative turn biological data into autobiographical meaning.
Helga Lenart-Cheng (PhD, Harvard University) is Professor at Saint Mary’s
College of California. Her research focuses on life writing, genetic
genealogy, algorithmic storytelling, critical media studies, memory, and
digital archives. She is the author and editor of several books, most
recently Story Revolutions (2022) and Life Writing as World Literature
(2025).
You can download the poster for the event here.
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