Blind into Baghdad:America's War in Iraq
Atlantic Monthly editor James Fallows discusses his new book, based on his award-winning series of articles for the magazine. Fallows analyzes the decision-making behind the Iraq war, and argues that the administration didn't fail to plan it just ignor...
Infections, Transmissions, Cultures: the AIDS Scandals of 1990s Japan and the Genesis of 'J-Horror
Lecture by Brian Bergstrom, PhD candidate, East Asian Languages and Civilizations, University of Chicago. From the ''Epidemics Then and Now: Infectious Diseases Around the World,'' the 2006 University of Chicago Summer Institute for Educators. Co-spons...
Local and Global Public Health Links: Preparation for an Influenza Pandemic
Dr. Nicole Cohen, Medical Director, Acute Disease Surveillance, Chicago Department of Public Health. From the ''Epidemics Then and Now: Infectious Diseases Around the World,'' the 2006 University of Chicago Summer Institute for Educators. Co-sponsored ...
The Cholera Pandemic and 19th Century Japanese Culture
Lecture by Susan Burns, Professor in the History Department, University of Chicago. From the ''Epidemics Then and Now: Infectious Diseases Around the World,'' the 2006 University of Chicago Summer Institute for Educators. Co-sponsored by the Center for...
DPT - From Epidemics to Immunizations a Modern Success Story
Lecture by Dr. Mindy Schwartz, Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Chicago. From the ''Epidemics Then and Now: Infectious Diseases Around the World,'' the 2006 University of Chicago Summer Institute for Educators. Co-sponsored by the Center ...
''Virgin Soil'' Epidemics and Demographic Collapse in the Americas
Lecture by Kris Jones, Associate Director and Senior Lecturer in CLAS, University of Chicago. From the ''Epidemics Then and Now: Infectious Diseases Around the World,'' the 2006 University of Chicago Summer Institute for Educators. Co-sponsored by the ...
Black Death in the Middle East and Europe
Lecture by Stuart Borsch, Assistant Professor in History Department at Assumption College. From the ''Epidemics Then and Now: Infectious Diseases Around the World,'' the 2006 University of Chicago Summer Institute for Educators. Co-sponsored by the Cen...
Health Care and Epidemics in Antiquity: The Example of Ancient Mesopotamia
Lecture by Walter Farber, Professor of Assyriology, Oriental Institute, University of Chicago. From the ''Epidemics Then and Now: Infectious Diseases Around the World,'' the 2006 University of Chicago Summer Institute for Educators. Co-sponsored by the...
Latin American Business Conference: ''Sustained Growth in Latin America: Key Lessons From Chile''
Lecture by Pedro Aspe, Protego, former Finance Minister of Mexico; from the Latin American Briefing Series of the Center for Latin American Studies (http://clas.uchicago.edu).
Latin American Business Conference: ''Argentina: Development, Outlook, Opportunities''
Lecture by Ricardo Lopez Murphy, former Finance and Defense Minister of Argentina; from the Latin American Briefing Series of the Center for Latin American Studies (http://clas.uchicago.edu).