Possibly be given the truly crazy world in which we live at the moment. Im scott henkel, im the director of wyoming institute for Humanities Research and im so happy to welcome you to tonights think and drink. The topic of which is, pandemics in historical perspective. So, im so happy to introduce dr. Melissa morris, who is assistant professor of history and american studies here at the university of wyoming and a member of the Humanities Research institutes steering committee, who will be our moderator tonight and who will introduce our speakers. So, please, welcome. Thank you, scott. Thank you to all of our panelists for agreeing to participate, who i know are in later time zones. So, thank you for sticking with us. And, of course, to all of you out there tuning in in some form or another. Im just going to do a brief introduction to our panelists and then ill let them each talk for a couple of minutes more about how their work intersects with our theme tonight. First we have Michael
Director of the wyoming institute for humanities research. Im excited to welcome you to the topic which is pandemics in historical perspective. Im excited to introduce the history and member of the committee who will be our moderator tonight and introduce our speaker. Please welcome. Thank you, scott, and our panelists who agreed to participate. With usu for sticking and to all of you out there tuning in and some form or another. Going to do a brief introduction and i will let them each talk for a couple minutes how their work intersects with our theme tonight. She is the author of an earlier piece of what the pandemic and teaches about the crisis. Williams we have jacob , an associate professor of history at the college of charleston. He specializes in the history of science, medicine, disease, and is working on a book that examines scientific attitudes and cultural constructions of typhoid fever. Editor of the journal of the history of medicine and allied sciences. Toi will handed ov
From singapore. We will be meeting this week S Global Gourmet later on but first. This is a country some government said should not visit as a tourist, pakistan. Political turmoil have taken a toll on the population and as the country prepares to celebrate its 70th anniversary we had to karachi. The country is home to abedi people under 25 years old. They are changing the world. I am on my way to meet some. Karachi is pakistan is most dangerous city. But it has got safer and for a traveller like myself, it is an experience like few others. It just might myself, it is an experience like few others. Itjust might be crazy at long the way. I have changed into more suitable clothing because i wa nt to more suitable clothing because i want to have a taste of karachi. You think of friendly tour guides, foreigners are casual stroll around the city but in karachi it is much different. It is done on one of this. This seems a strange choice but it is unique. Created to change the image not only l
Which will make it to air tonight. Casualty is on bbc one at 9 05pm tonight. Time for the all important weather with tomasz schafernaker. How is it looking . I hope you have your brolly with you. It is looking soggy in the south. We we re it is looking soggy in the south. We were teased with a little bit of sunshine earlier on. Many other parts of the country over northern england, scotland and northern ireland, there are sunny spells to be had. That will continue. Still there are showers around. A fair bit of cloud. But the Weather Front with the area of bad weather is across the area of bad weather is across the south. Rain in the south west. In wales, the midlands and the south, all over this portion of the country in 12 hours we will get rain and it will be breezy. By the end of the night, the rain will be in hull and newcastle, those sorts of areas. Tomorrow we get rid of one whether front, an area of low pressure here, and then from the morning onwards, showers coming in from the
Which will make it to air tonight. Casualty is on bbc one at 9 05pm tonight. Time for the all important weather with tomasz schafernaker. How is it looking . I hope you have your brolly with you. It is looking soggy in the south. We we re it is looking soggy in the south. We were teased with a little bit of sunshine earlier on. Many other parts of the country over northern england, scotland and northern ireland, there are sunny spells to be had. That will continue. Still there are showers around. A fair bit of cloud. But the Weather Front with the area of bad weather is across the area of bad weather is across the south. Rain in the south west. In wales, the midlands and the south, all over this portion of the country in 12 hours we will get rain and it will be breezy. By the end of the night, the rain will be in hull and newcastle, those sorts of areas. Tomorrow we get rid of one whether front, an area of low pressure here, and then from the morning onwards, showers coming in from the