Posts Tagged ‘disease’
Unruly Microbes – Epidemics, Infections, and Ecologies of Change in Historical Perspective
Centre for the History of Medicine and Disease Durham University From spillover diseases to re-emerging infections to rising rates of antimicrobial resistance, stories of unruly microbes have proliferated daily conversation…
Read MoreQueer dis-eases: Disruptive histories, politics, and bodies
Queering is a productive point of departure from which to break down traditional cultural and scholarly categories and hierarchies. Queerness inherently positions itself against dominant modes of thought, creating social,…
Read MoreEcologies of Health and Disease in Eurasia: New Perspectives in the Medical-Environmental Humanities and History
Keynote speaker: Professor Kate Brown (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) This workshop aims to develop a multidisciplinary dialogue on the entanglements of politics, society, ecology, environment, health, and disease in the…
Read MoreModernity and the Gut
Modernity and the Gut Keynote speaker Professor Jean Walton, University of Rhode Island Concerns about gastric disorders have been around for centuries, but anxiety surrounding the gut intensified with the…
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