Plagues, Pandemics, and People: A Global History of Epidemics

3 credits · Undergraduate

This course offers a survey of the global impact of epidemic diseases, from the bubonic plague to COVID-19. We will pay special attention to how infectious diseases--understood as biosocial events--have shaped culture, human behaviour and power relations, transformed our natural and urban environments and upset geopolitics, while leading to profound medical reforms. FORMATS: Seminar