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.
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. 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.
17 May 2022
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.
17 May 2022
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.
15 Mar 2022
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/
15 Mar 2022
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/
8 Oct 2021
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.
8 Oct 2021
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.
8 Oct 2021
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.
8 Oct 2021
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.
8 Oct 2021
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.
8 Oct 2021
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.
8 Oct 2021
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.
8 Oct 2021
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.
8 Oct 2021
How Epidemics End: Introduction
Dr Erica Charters (Oxford) and Dr Kristin Heitman (Independent Historian) discuss their research into the conclusion of epidemics.
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