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“Medieval” Madagascar: Plague and Inequality The Current Outbreak of Plague isn’t a Throwback, But a Sign of Modern World A guest post by Monica H. Green. Dr. Green is Professor of History at Arizona State University. Follow her on Twitter @monicaMedHist I see dead people. That’s my job. I’m a historian. But in the past …
Columnists keep wanting to distance us moderns from Trump, but he’s as modern as it gets. GUEST POST by Eric Weiskott In an interview for The Guardian last week, philosopher Daniel Dennett was asked whether “deep thinking” is what’s needed in the current political climate. He responded: Yes. From everybody. The real danger that’s facing us …
The New York Times ran a story about an amazing c-section survival in 1337. But historians of medieval medicine don’t think it happened. By Monica H. Green On Wednesday, 23 November 2016—the day before the Thanksgiving holiday in the U.S.—the New York Times ran what it likely assumed to be a “fun fact” story, a …
When someone brings up thoughts of suicide to you, you have already done something right. This is a repost with permission. Amy McNally is a musician in Madison and a friend. Please share this. There is someone in your social circle who needs to read this. Originally posted by sweetmusic_27 at International Survivors of Suicide …
This is a guest post written by Ellen Arnold, PhD, Assistant Professor of History at Ohio Wesleyan University. “Perhaps the biggest thing missing from comparisons between Ebola and the bubonic plague, or in fact between any of these large scale tales of epidemic and pandemic disaster, is the human scale.” I am an environmental …