Episode 96 – Diseases and Urban Space with Sara Carr
Sara Carr (Northeastern University) joins Merle and Lee to talk about her work on redesigning urban space in response to a pandemic.
Infectious Historians
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Jim Downs (Gettysburg College) discusses his recent book on how empire transformed medicine with Merle and Lee
Recent Episodes
Episode 95 – New Research on the Source of the Black Death with Maria Spyrou and Phil Slavin
Maria Spyrou (University of Tübingen) and Phil Slavin (University of Stirling) join the Infectious Historians to discuss their recent important article on the source of the Black Death, as well…
Episode 94 – Epidemic Empire and Colonialism with Anjuli Raza Kolb
Anjuli Raza Kolb (University of Toronto) joins the Infectious Historians to discuss her recent book on the history behind the metaphor of the “terrorism epidemic”.
Episode 93 – Pollen, infectious disease and the Black Death with Adam Izdebski
Adam Izdebski (Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History) joins Merle and Lee to discuss his work bridging the science/history gap by examining ancient pollen.
Episode 92 – Tropical Disease & Medicine with Suman Seth
Suman Seth talks about the practice of medicine in the British colonies during the 18th century.
Episode 91 – The Mexican Church and Disease in the 16th century with Jennifer Hughes
Jennifer Hughes joins the Infectious Historians to discuss her work on church and society in 16th century Mexico within the Spanish Empire while focusing on reactions to infectious disease.
Episode 90 – Public Health Labs in History and during Covid with Claas Kirchhelle and Samantha Vanderslott
Claas Kirchhelle (University College Dublin) and Samantha Vanderslott (Oxford University) discuss the development and history of public health laboratories and their use during Covid.
Episode 89 – Infectious Historians’ 2nd Anniversary!
Merle and Lee meet in person for the first time in two and a half years, and reflect on Covid, the podcast over the past year and its future directions.
Recent Posts
Fever in 2021? Isolation. Fever in 1884? Immolation.
Fever in 2021? Isolation. Fever in 1884? Immolation. Ethan Friedrich / May 17, 2021 Whether at the point of a gun or down the lens of a futuristic thermal camera,…
COVID-19 mortality
The media visibility of COVID-19 mortality Lee Mordechai / April 13, 2020 The current pandemic, like other disasters, reveals much about the workings of different societies. Mortality – the most…
Responses to a Pandemic: Past and Present
Responses to a Pandemic: Past and Present Abigail Agresta / April 9, 2020 “…Some people were of the opinion that a sober and abstemious mode of living considerably reduced the…
Quarantine in the 19th Century Mediterranean and Self-Isolation Today
Quarantine in the 19th Century Mediterranean and Self-Isolation Today Alex Chase-Levenson / April 3, 2020 Quarantines, in response to epidemic disease, were first set up in the wake of…
Gardening, Baking, and Cooking
Gardening, Baking, and Cooking Merle Eisenberg / March 30, 2020 I wanted to start off on a lighter note for this first blog post as a way to introduce you…