GOVT 40.27 Epidemics in History

The COVID-19 outbreak has caused a profound disruption of life in the United States and around the world.  For virtually everyone alive today, the epidemic is an unprecedented and unexpected event.  Yet over the last three millennia, epidemics have been one of the foremost drivers of human history.  Infectious diseases have affected the fate of great civilizations and empires, reshaped the economic fundamentals of large societies and influenced art and culture in innumerable profound ways.  This course is an interdisciplinary introduction to some of the most dramatic epidemics in history and the consequences they had on societies around the world.

Instructor

Benjamin

Cross Listed Courses

HIST 36.02

Degree Requirement Attributes

Dist:INT or SOC

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