Swelter: A History of our Bodies in a Warming World
East Baltimore Campus, Welch Library, Room 303Bharat Venkat of UCLA will present, "Swelter: A History of our Bodies in a Warming World". There will be a pre-circulated paper.
Bharat Venkat of UCLA will present, "Swelter: A History of our Bodies in a Warming World". There will be a pre-circulated paper.
John Kanbayashi of UPenn will present, "Hydropower, Electrification, and Colonial Conquest in Japanese Taiwan". There will be a pre-circulated paper.
A book launch and discussion of "Virus Research in Twentieth-Century Uganda: Between Local and Globa" with author Julia Cummiskey of Johns Hopkins University.
Kyoryen Hwang of JHU will present, "Life on Artificial Media: Bacterial Variation and Typhoid Vaccine Improvement in Interwar Britain and Japan". There will be a pre-circulated paper.
Myles Jackson of Princeton IAS will present, "Broadcasting Fidelity: German Radio and the Rise of Early Electronic Music".
Clare Griffin will present, "The Soldier’s Body Keeps the Score: Medical Aftermaths of Early Modern Battles"
Alison McManus of JHU will present, "Compounds of Considerable Interest: The Allied Search for Nerve Agents in World War II". There will be a pre-circulated paper.
A co-sponsored event with History of Art. Claire Wintle, University of Brighton, Centre for Design History will speak on “Anxiety, Control, and Performative Change in Postwar Museum Storage.”
A book launch and discussion of "Pushback: The 2,500-Year Fight to Thwart Women by Restricting Abortion" with author Mary Fissell of Johns Hopkins University.
Kathleen Crowther will present, "The Fragile Fetus: Pregnancy Loss and Infertility in Early Modern Europe".
Gabrielle Robbins of JHU will present, "A Factory of Dreams: Conversions."
Special Event - Hideyo Noguchi Lecture. Alisha Rankin of Tufts University will present, "The Skillful Surgeon: Surgical Expertise and Contested Authority in Early Modern Europe".