How Epidemics End

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How Epidemics End

Oxford University

14 episodes

2 months ago

A discussion on how evolutionary biology and biological anthropology help understand the end of epidemics, particularly plague. Professor Nils Chr. Stenseth (University of Oslo) and Professor Barbara Bramanti (University of Ferrara) discuss with Professor Erica Charters how incorporating ecological and evolutionary understandings of disease explain the end of epidemics.

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Episodes (14/14)

How Epidemics End

Nils Chr. Stenseth And Barbara Bramanti On Evolutionary And Ecological Ends Of Epidemics

3 years ago

16 minutes

How Epidemics End

Clark Larsen and Fabian Crespo on Biology, Archaeology, and Multi-disciplinary Ends

A discussion on why multi-disciplinary approaches that combine social and biological research are helpful in understanding how epidemics end. Professor Clark Larsen (The Ohio State) and Professor Fabian Crespo (Louisville) discuss with Professor Erica Charters how biology and archaeology measure the end of epidemics, including leprosy and plague.

3 years ago

17 minutes

How Epidemics End

Cristiana Bastos and the Human End of Epidemics

Professor Cristiana Bastos (Lisbon) and Professor Erica Charters discuss how anthropology and ethnology measure the end of epidemics, including HIV/AIDS, and the difference between illness and disease.

3 years ago

22 minutes

How Epidemics End

Christl Donnelly and the Statistical End of Epidemics

Professor Christl Donnelly (Oxford and Imperial) and Dr Erica Charters discuss how statistical and mathematical epidemiology measure the end of epidemics, including BSE, Ebola, influenza, and Covid-19. Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Alike 2.0 UK: England & Wales; http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/

3 years ago

18 minutes

How Epidemics End

Carolyn Eastman on Yellow Fever in New York

Dr Carolyn Eastman (VCU) and Dr Erica Charters discuss how epidemics of yellow fever ended in 1790s New York, and the multiple ends of an epidemic for different parts of a society. Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Alike 2.0 UK: England & Wales; http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/

3 years ago

9 minutes

How Epidemics End

Virginia Berridge and the Political End of Epidemics

Professor Virginia Berridge (LSHTM) and Dr Erica Charters discuss swine flu, HIV/AIDS, and the history of health policy as ways to define the political end of an epidemic.

4 years ago

14 minutes

How Epidemics End

Dora Vargha and Arthur Rose on Epidemics, Expectations, and Ends

Kristin Heitman talks with Dora Vargha (Exeter) and Arthur Rose (Exeter) about the nature and power of narrative in forming both our expectations about epidemics and the ways that we decide when and how they have ended.

4 years ago

17 minutes

How Epidemics End

Paul Kelton and Smallpox among American Indigenous Populations

Professor Paul Kelton (Stony Brook) and Dr Erica Charters discuss the role of smallpox in American indigenous history and culture and how smallpox finally ended.

4 years ago

13 minutes

How Epidemics End

Monica H. Green and Nükhet Varlık on Plague Pandemics

Dr Monica H. Green (Independent Historian), Dr Nükhet Varlık (Rutgers), and Dr Erica Charters discuss how global history and the historicist sciences have shaped our understanding of plague pandemics.

4 years ago

17 minutes

How Epidemics End

Alberto Giubilini and Pandemic Ethics

Dr. Alberto Giubilini (Oxford) and Dr. Kristin Heitman discuss ethical issues raised in efforts to balance individual freedoms and social measures to control the spread of disease.

4 years ago

15 minutes

How Epidemics End

Margaret Pelling and the History of Cholera in England

Dr Margaret Pelling (Oxford) and Dr Erica Charters discuss how historians understand disease and the myths about the end of cholera in nineteenth-century England.

4 years ago

17 minutes

How Epidemics End

Simukai Chigudu and the Political Life of Epidemics

Dr Simukai Chigudu (Oxford) and Dr Erica Charters discuss the Zimbabwe cholera epidemic and the politics of epidemics.

4 years ago

17 minutes

How Epidemics End

Lorenz Von Seidlein and Epidemiology

Dr Lorenz Von Seidlen (Oxford) and Dr Erica Charters discuss epidemiological research into cholera and global programmes for cholera elimination.