Pandemic Perspectives: a Conversation about Hamnet and Judith
In conversation: Judith Owens with Lynne Fernandez Literary scholar Judith Owens and political economist Lynn Fernandez discuss O’Farrell’s moving plague…
Stories
“Carried Away”: Alice Munro and History
By Esyllt Jones
A century ago, people living through World War I, the global influenza pandemic, and waves of social unrest experienced a world in turmoil. These world-historical events must have been interconnected, and those connections must have affected people’s lives.
On pandemic history and pandemic amnesia
By Esyllt Jones
Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic there has been an outpouring of commentary from disease historians.
Containing Infection and Rebellion at Panama’s Palo Seco Leprosarium
By Caroline Lieffers
When the United States of America took control of the Panama Canal Zone in 1904, there were widespread reports of about a dozen people with Hansen’s disease—more often called leprosy—living in seclusion on the outskirts of Panama City.
Pandemics and the Epidemiological Triangle
By Lawrence Elliott
During a particularly bad wave of Covid-19 in his province, one Canadian premier declared to the assembled media, “Covid is evil.”