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.
Infectious Historians
Thanks for stopping by our website! We encourage you to listen to our podcast episodes, where we’ve included further information and readings on the topic. Feel free to check our blog, with posts written by ourselves as well as our guests to the podcast. You can find more information on infamous historical pandemics in the Further Reading tab. We’d love to hear more from you – feedback on previous episodes, suggestions for future episodes, or questions about specific historical pandemics. Let’s stay in touch!
Claas Kirchhelle (University College Dublin) and Samantha Vanderslott (Oxford University) discuss the development and history of public health laboratories and their use during Covid.
Recent Episodes
Episode 88 – Immigrants and Quarantine at Israel’s Founding with Rhona Seidelman
Rhona Seidelman (Oklahoma University) discusses the quarantine of immigrants arriving in Israel at the foundation of the state.
Episode 87 – Pasteur’s Empire with Aro Velmet
Aro Velmet (USC Dornsife) joins Merle and Lee to discuss his work on the Institut Pasteur in the context of colonial France in the late 19th century.
Episode 86 – The Antonine Plague with Colin Elliott
Colin Elliot (Indiana University) discusses the Antonine Plague and the complicated history of trying to understand its impact during antiquity.
Episode 85 – Racial Scripts and Pandemics with Keith Wailoo
Keith Wailoo (Princeton University) joins the podcast to talk about his work on the role race and racialization play in the unfolding of pandemics.
Episode 84 – Memories and the Modern Uses of the Black Death with Ben Dodds
Ben Dodds (Florida State University) joins the podcast to talk about his new book about memories, myths, and the modern uses of the Black Death.
Episode 83 – Using Historical Epidemiology during Covid with Kaspar Staub
Kaspar Staub (University of Zurich) joins the podcast to talk about his historical epidemiology work and how it provides helpful context for the ongoing Covid pandemic.
Episode 82 – Animals and Disease with Rebecca Kaplan
Rebecca Kaplan (Oklahoma State University) joins the Infectious Historians to discuss her work on animals and disease, focusing on brucellosis.
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