How Plague was Taught during a Pandemic with Janet Kay
Episode 63 - May 27, 2021
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.
Further Reading
- John Schofield et al, "‘COVID waste’ and social media as method: an archaeology of personal protective equipment and its contribution to policy,” Antiquity Vol. 95/ 380 (2021), pp. 435–449.
- Tom Koch and Kenneth Denike, "Crediting his critics’ concerns: Remaking John Snow’s map of Broad Street cholera, 1854,” Social Science & Medicine 69 (2009), pp. 1246–1251.
- Ali Wong, “When the Last Patient Dies,” The Atlantic (May 27, 2015).
Our Guest
Janet Kay,
Lecturer, Department of Art & Archaeology, Princeton University
