Vaccinations in China with Mary Augusta Brazelton
Episode 34 - November 1, 2020
Mary Brazelton (University of Cambridge) joins Merle and Lee to talk about her work on vaccinations in China in the early and mid-twentieth century. Mary highlights the Chinese governments’ attempts to vaccinate its citizens, including in times of war, and the different options citizens and officials had at their disposal. The conversation also covers science in China and Chinese scientists’ involvement with the global intellectual community. Finally, the discussion touches upon re-introducing China to global pandemic narratives, while at the same time attempting to avoid stereotypical depictions of China as the origin of pandemic.
Further Reading
- Ruth Rogaski, Hygienic Modernity: Meanings of Health and Disease in Treaty-port China (Berkeley: University of California Press, 2004).
- Sean Hsiang-lin Lei, Neither Donkey nor Horse: Medicine in the Struggle over China's Modernity (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2014).
- Brazelton, Mary Augusta, "Preventing epidemics in twentieth-century China" (English version) /《人与动物：20世纪中国传染病防治史的启示》 (中文版本), Chinadialogue, 18 May 2020.
Our Guest
Mary Augusta Brazelton,
Senior Lecturer, Global Studies of Science, Technology and Medicine. University of Cambridge.
