California Lutheran University recently issued the following announcement.
The COVID-19 pandemic renewed interest in the global history of infectious diseases. This year’s lecture series presented by History Department faculty and other experts focuses on different periods in world history when societies faced pandemics and their consequences.
In the third lecture, associate professor of history David Nelson, PhD, will address the 19th century outbreak of bubonic plague in China and its eventual global spread that led to the development of bacteriology in the 20th century.
Admission is free, but registration is required.
The series will continue with:
- Feb. 10: Michaela Reaves, PhD, “Smallpox and American Society”
- March 10: Chris Kimball, PhD, “The First Modern Pandemic: Spanish Influenza”
- April 21: Dr. Robert J. Kim-Farley, “COVID-19 and the Effectiveness of Our Response"
Original source can be found here.
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