Bullitt Club Lecture Series Presents Nicole Barnes Andrew W. Mellon Assistant Professor, History, Duke University On the Importance of History to Medicine, with Chinese Medicine as Exemplary Case REGISTER for this event. Lecture We call our ancestors' ideas about health and healing "theories" and our own ideas in use today "facts." How might we understand the … Read more
Bullitt History of Medicine Club and UNC Center for Bioethics present the Merrimon Lecture: Vaccination and Its Historical Discontents: The Long-Term View on Skepticism and ‘Personal Belief Exemptions’ Elena Conis, Professor at the Graduate School of Journalism, UC Berkely Elena Conis is a writer and historian of medicine, public health, and the environment. Her first … Read more
Bullitt History of Medicine Club and UNC Center for Bioethics present a Merrimon Lecture: Driving Down Infant and Child Mortality: Victories, Dilemmas, and Persistent Disparities Perri Klass, Professor of Journalism and Pediatrics at New York University, Co-Director of NYU Florence Perri Klass Perri is the National Medical Director of Reach Out and Read, a national … Read more
Bullitt Club Lecture Series Presents Nancy Tomes Distinguished professor of History, Stony Brook University “Panic in the Streets”: Historical Reflections on Fear-based Media Messaging During Acute Public Health Crises Hybrid event In-person: Mary Ellen Jones Building, Room 3112 Virtual via Zoom: REGISTER for this event Lecture In public health, fear-based campaigns are regarded (rightly so) with … Read more
Bullitt Club Lecture Series Presents Mandy Fowler Doctoral student in English and Comparative Literature at UNC-Chapel Hill The Healing Art: Early Modern Practices of Giving and Receiving Care Lecture Early Modern Economies of Care, explores practices of giving and receiving care as they existed in sixteenth and seventeenth century England. In this presentation, Mandy will share insights … Read more
A special opening reception and keynote to New Scholarship on the US South: A Wilson Library Fellows Symposium. Speaker: Dr. Richard Mizelle, Associate Professor of History, University of Huston Talk Description: The Great Migration has generated a groundswell of scholarship in the past forty-years. From resilient stories of survival in harsh rural and urban landscapes to … Read more