Event Description
Health was a goal pursued by numerous societies prior to industrialised modernity. While their definitions of health and disease could differ widely, earlier cultures organised themselves around promoting the former and fighting the latter with their available means. They did so, moreover, in diverse, changing and challenging locations around the world and in response to the specific risks these were thought to pose. This conference aims, not only to showcase the team’s research on public health history, but also to situate it within and assess its potential impact on several fields, including environmental history, the history of science and technology, bioarchaeology, landscape archaeology, mobility studies, religious studies and gender studies.
Event Speaker
Pamela Smith, Seth Low Professor of History and Founding Director of the Center for Science and Society at Columbia University
Event Information
Free and open to the public, registration required. Please visit the event webpage or email Lucy Moloney at [email protected] for additional information. Hosted by Monash University.
