How Plague was Taught during a Pandemic with Janet Kay

Episode 63 - May 27, 2021
Cholera

Janet Kay (Princeton) returns to the Infectious Historians to discuss her promised after action report on teaching her 100 person course, The Art & Archaeology of Plague, at Princeton University. After reminding listeners about the structure of the course, Janet discusses two key features: plague simulations and the guest lecturers from around the world (including using an episode of the Infectious Historians!). She talks about what worked in the course, what students liked and struggled with, and the amazing work her teaching assistants did. At the end, Janet reflects on how she will teach the course again in a few years and what teaching this course might be like in 10 or 20 years.

Our Guest

Janet Kay,

Lecturer, Department of Art & Archaeology, Princeton University

Janet Kay