How Epidemics End

May 17 2022 14 ep. 16 mins 20
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The University of Oxford’s ‘How Epidemics End' project examines the ways in which epidemics have ended across previous eras and locations. Join researchers as they explain how they study epidemics and their endings. The project 'How Epidemics End' is based at Oxford's Centre for the History of Science, Medicine, and Technology and Oxford's Centre for Global History and is led by Dr Erica Charters. It is supported by the Wellcome Trust [grant number 204826/Z/16/Z] and by the University of Oxford's OUP John Fell Research Fund.

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Nils Chr. Stenseth And Barbara Bramanti On Evolutionary And Ecological Ends Of Epidemics

May 17 2022 16 mins  
A discussion on how evolutionary biology and biological anthropology help understand the end of epidemics, particularly plague. Professor Nils Chr. Stenseth (University of Oslo) and Professor Barbara Bramanti (University of Ferrara) discuss with Professor Erica Charters how incorporating ecological and evolutionary understandings of disease explain the end of epidemics.

Clark Larsen and Fabian Crespo on Biology, Archaeology, and Multi-disciplinary Ends

May 17 2022 17 mins  
A discussion on why multi-disciplinary approaches that combine social and biological research are helpful in understanding how epidemics end. Professor Clark Larsen (The Ohio State) and Professor Fabian Crespo (Louisville) discuss with Professor Erica Charters how biology and archaeology measure the end of epidemics, including leprosy and plague.

Cristiana Bastos and the Human End of Epidemics

May 17 2022 22 mins  
Professor Cristiana Bastos (Lisbon) and Professor Erica Charters discuss how anthropology and ethnology measure the end of epidemics, including HIV/AIDS, and the difference between illness and disease.

How Epidemics End: Introduction

Oct 07 2021 14 mins  
Dr Erica Charters (Oxford) and Dr Kristin Heitman (Independent Historian) discuss their research into the conclusion of epidemics.

Lorenz Von Seidlein and Epidemiology

Oct 07 2021 18 mins  
Dr Lorenz Von Seidlen (Oxford) and Dr Erica Charters discuss epidemiological research into cholera and global programmes for cholera elimination.

Simukai Chigudu and the Political Life of Epidemics

Oct 07 2021 17 mins  
Dr Simukai Chigudu (Oxford) and Dr Erica Charters discuss the Zimbabwe cholera epidemic and the politics of epidemics.

Margaret Pelling and the History of Cholera in England

Oct 07 2021 17 mins  
Dr Margaret Pelling (Oxford) and Dr Erica Charters discuss how historians understand disease and the myths about the end of cholera in nineteenth-century England.

Alberto Giubilini and Pandemic Ethics

Oct 07 2021 15 mins  
Dr. Alberto Giubilini (Oxford) and Dr. Kristin Heitman discuss ethical issues raised in efforts to balance individual freedoms and social measures to control the spread of disease.

Monica H. Green and Nükhet Varlık on Plague Pandemics

Oct 07 2021 17 mins  
Dr Monica H. Green (Independent Historian), Dr Nükhet Varlık (Rutgers), and Dr Erica Charters discuss how global history and the historicist sciences have shaped our understanding of plague pandemics.

Paul Kelton and Smallpox among American Indigenous Populations

Oct 07 2021 13 mins  
Professor Paul Kelton (Stony Brook) and Dr Erica Charters discuss the role of smallpox in American indigenous history and culture and how smallpox finally ended.