2022/2023
Bullitt History of Medicine Club Lecture Schedule
Meetings typically run from 12:00pm to 1:00pm with a light lunch provided.
Vaccination and Its Historical Discontents: The Long-Term View on Skepticism and ‘Personal Belief Exemptions’
A Merrimon Lecture
Cosponsored with the UNC Center for Bioethics
Friday, September 9, 2022
12:00 p.m. EST
Zoom
Speaker:
Elena Conis, Professor at the Graduate School of Journalism, UC Berkely
Driving Down Infant and Child Mortality: Victories, Dilemmas, and Persistent Disparities
A Merrimon Lecture
Cosponsored with the UNC Center for Bioethics
Thursday, November 3, 2022
12:00 p.m. EST
Hybrid – 321 MacNider Hall & Zoom
Speaker:
Perri Klass, Professor of Journalism and Pediatrics at New York University, Co-Director of NYU Florence
“Panic in the Streets”: Historical reflections on fear-based media messaging during acute public health crises
Wednesday, February 1, 2023
12:00 p.m. EST
Hybrid event: Mary Ellen Jones Building, Room 3112 & Zoom Webinar
Speaker:
Nancy Tomes, Distinguished professor of History, Stony Brook University
References for “Panic in the Streets”