Episode 108 – The Russian Flu with Tom Ewing
Tom Ewing (Virginia Tech) comes on the podcast to discuss his work on the Russian Flu.
Infectious Historians
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Merle and Lee discuss a recent conference on epidemics in the first millennium of the common era they both participated in at Georgetown University (in Washington DC).
Recent Episodes
Episode 107 – Jews and Plague in Early Modern Europe with Joshua Teplitsky
Joshua Teplitsky (University of Pennsylvania) joins the Infectious Historians to discuss his work on Jews and the Plague in Early Modern Europe.
Episode 106 – Knowledge, Science and Health in the Early Modern Caribbean with Pablo Gomez
Pablo Gomez (University of Wisconsin, Madison) discusses his work on health, knowledge and science in the 17th century Caribbean.
Episode 105 – Disease and Healing in Ancient Mesopotamia with Troels Arboll
Troels Arboll (University of Copenhagen) joins the Infectious Historians to discuss his work on disease and healing in ancient Mesopotamia.
Episode 104 – Disease, illness and religion in early modern French Canada with Mary Dunn
Mary Dunn (St. Louis University) joins the Infectious Historians to discuss her recent book on disease and religion in early modern French Canada.
Episode 103 – The National Library of Medicine with Jeffrey Reznick
Jeffrey Reznick (The National Library of Medicine) joins the Infectious Historians to discuss his work as Chief of the History of Medicine Division at the National Library of Medicine.
Episode 102 – DDT with Elena Conis
Elena Conis joins the Infectious Historians to discuss her recent book on the history of DDT and its use.
Episode 101 – HIV-AIDS in Kenya with Alex Otieno
Alex Otieno (Arcadia University) joins the Infectious Historians to discuss HIV-AIDS, focusing on the pandemic in Kenya.
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