The Story of Pandemics in Scholarship and Popular Culture, 1890-2020
Speakers:Merle Eisenberg, National Socio-Environmental Synthesis
Center in AnnapolisLee Mordechai, Hebrew University
May 14, 2020In partnership with
Climate Change and History Research Initiative and with the support of the
Humanities Council,
the
Program in Medieval Studies launches a new seminar series that
examines the historical context and the social, cultural, and
environmental impact of pandemics through the ages. The virtual series
entitled “
Pandemics in the Past: from Prehistory to (almost) the
Present” features guest scholars from across U.S and Europe and is
coordinated by John Haldon, Shelby Cullom Davis ’30 Professor of European History, Emeritus, and the Director of the Program in Medieval Studies Helmut Reimitz.