We're excited to announce a new virtual lecture series, "Living through the Plague: Lessons from Medieval Europe." The first lecture, "The Black Death: What We Know Now," will be given by Carol Symes, Associate Professor of History, at 4-4:45pm CDT Tuesday, April 7th.
Our knowledge of what caused the first global pandemic, when it began, and how it spread has been revolutionized in the past decade. In this lecture, Professor Symes will look briefly at how people of the time understood and responded to it, and then introduce new evidence derived from collaborations among historians, archaeologists, epidemiologists, and others.
Please join us!
“The Black Death: What We Know Now”
Tuesday, April 7th, 2020
4:00 - 4:45 PM
Zoom link: https://illinois.zoom.us/j/5991147274?pwd=NEtqdTZ0MXVtQWtHdUllQ3NhbTRLdz09
Meeting ID: 599-114-7274
Password: EUCENTER
Upcoming Lectures in this Series
“Reading Contagion through Boccaccio’s Decameron”
Wednesday, April 15, 4-4:45pm
Eleonora Stoppino, Associate Professor of Italian
“Life After [the Black] Death”
Wednesday, April 22, 4-4:45pm
Carol Symes, Associate Professor of History, Theatre, Classics, and Medieval Studies
