• Not Born Yesterday: Anti-Cancer Activism in Early 20th Century Latin America

    Bullitt Club Lecture Series Presents Raul Necochea, PhD Associate Professor, Department of Social Medicine, UNC-Chapel Hill School of Medicine Not Born Yesterday: Anti-Cancer Activism in Early 20th Century Latin America REGISTER for this event. Lecture information: This lecture focuses on the case of Peru to explain the emergence and decline of the earliest Latin American … Read more

  • The History of Anti-Vaccination

    Bullitt Club Lecture Series Presents Elizabeth Salisbury MS2, UNC-Chapel Hill School of Medicine The History of Anti-Vaccination REGISTER for this event. Lecture information: This talk investigates the origins of the anti-vaccination movement, tracing its roots back to the smallpox vaccine. The anti-vaccination movement will be explored through three lenses: mandatory vaccinations and government control, safety and … Read more

  • “Panic in the Streets”: Historical Reflections on Fear-based Media Messaging During Acute Public Health Crises

    Mary Ellen Jones Building, Room 3112 116 Manning Drive, Chapel Hill, NC

    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

  • CANCELED: The Healing Art: Early Modern Practices of Giving and Receiving Care

    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