Contagion! “Bubonic Plague in 19th Century China”

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"

The series is sponsored by Cal Lutheran, the Thousand Oaks Grant R. Brimhall Library and Ventura County Library, and generously funded in part by a Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation grant. For information, contact David Nelson at dnelson@CalLutheran.edu.

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