“Iconic Plague Images Are Often Not What They Seem”
AAHM member Monica Green comments on iconic images of the plague. Read the full story here.
“Iconic Plague Images Are Often Not What They Seem”
AAHM member Monica Green comments on iconic images of the plague. Read the full story here.
On September 12, 2016 AAHM Past President Margaret Humphreys (Josiah Trent Professor in the History of Medicine, Duke University) participated in congressional briefings on “Zika: Historic Parallels and Policy Responses,” sponsored by the National History Center of the American Historical Association. AAHM Council member Alan Kraut of American University introduced the session, and John McNeill of Georgetown University was the co-presenter. For more information and video of the presentation, visit: http://www.mehumphreys.
Monica Green recently wrote an article for Perspectives on History: The Newsmagazine of the American Historical Association. It describes the circumstances of the “intrusion” of genetics into the historiography of the Black Death, and suggests to historians why it is high time for us to embrace this new connection with the historicist sciences. The article is available at: http://www.historians.org/
Dr. Howard Markel recently spoke with a New York Times reporter on the history of health quarantines. Read the article here
Past President Nancy Tomes was recently interviewed by a writer from Popular Science. The text of the article may be viewed here.
http://www.popsci.com/blog-network/our-modern-plagues/ebola-how-pop-culture-infotainment-flame-our-fear