Week 12

Week XII

20 November Sovereignties, Plagues, and Policing 

Speakers: 

Laura Spinney, journalist and author, Pale Rider: The Spanish Flu of 1918 and How it Changed the World 

Mary Augusta Brazelton, University Lecturer, History and Philosophy of Science, Cambridge University 

Moderators: Dwai Banerjee and Sana Aiyar

Readings: 

https://www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2020/mar/31/lessons-from-the-1918-spanish-flu-pandemic-podcast Links to an external site.

http://www.historyandpolicy.org/opinion-articles/articles/epidemic-control-in-chinese-public-health-past-and-present Links to an external site.