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The University of Oxford’s ‘How Epidemics End' project examines the ways in which epidemics have ended across previous eras and locations. Join researchers as they explain how they study epidemics and their endings.
The project 'How Epidemics End' is based at Oxford's Centre for the History of Science, Medicine, and Technology and Oxford's Centre for Global History and is led by Dr Erica Charters. It is supported by the Wellcome Trust [grant number 204826/Z/16/Z] and by the University of Oxford's OUP John Fell Research Fund.
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| 14 | Nils Chr. Stenseth And Barbara Bramanti On Evolutionary And Ecological Ends Of Epidemics | A discussion on how evolutionary biology and biological anthropology help understand the end of epidemics, particularly plague. | Nils Chr. Stenseth, Barbara Bramanti, Erica Charters | 17 May 2022 | |
| 13 | 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. | Clark Larsen, Fabian Crespo, Erica Charters | 17 May 2022 | |
| 12 | 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. | Cristiana Bastos, Erica Charters | 17 May 2022 | |
| 11 | How Epidemics End: Introduction | Dr Erica Charters (Oxford) and Dr Kristin Heitman (Independent Historian) discuss their research into the conclusion of epidemics. | Erica Charters, Kristin Heitman | 08 Oct 2021 | |
| 10 | 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. | Erica Charters, Lorenz von Seidlein | 08 Oct 2021 | |
| 9 | 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. | Erica Charters, Simukai Chigudu | 08 Oct 2021 | |
| 8 | 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. | Erica Charters, Margaret Pelling | 08 Oct 2021 | |
| 7 | 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. | Kristin Heitman, Alberto Giubilini | 08 Oct 2021 | |
| 6 | 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. | Erica Charters, Monica H Green, Nükhet Varlık | 08 Oct 2021 | |
| 5 | 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. | Erica Charters, Paul Kelton | 08 Oct 2021 | |
| 4 | 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. | Kristin Heitman, Dora Vargha, Arthur Rose | 08 Oct 2021 | |
| 3 | 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. | Erica Charters, Virginia Berridge | 08 Oct 2021 | |
| 2 | Creative Commons | 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. | Carolyn Eastman, Erica Charters | 15 Mar 2022 |
| 1 | Creative Commons | 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. | Christl Donnelly, Erica Charters | 15 Mar 2022 |