Tutorial: Populating the Earth: Biopolitics and Geopolitics of Life

Undergraduate / Graduate

From the nineteenth century to the present, human populations grew from 1 to 8 billion people on Earth. How did we get here? This course explores histories of science, technology, and medicine, as well as environmental transformations that have enabled global population growth in the last 200 years. Readings will cover a broad range of themes including agricultural reform, public health, eugenics, and climate change.