Emily Balch Seminars - Plagues Pathogens and People.EMLY.B001.021.F26

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  General

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  • Select activity Syllabus

    

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  • Select activity Announcements

    

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  • Select activity Sign- Up For Leading Class Discussion

    

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  • Select activity Writing Center Details

    

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  • Select activity Prospective Discussion Strategies

    

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• Select section Week 1: Introduction and Situating Pandemics in the Medical Humanities and Social Sciences

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  Week 1: Introduction and Situating Pandemics in the Medical Humanities and Social Sciences

  • Select activity September 1st: Introduction and Syllabus Discussion

    

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  • Select activity Sept 3rd: Plagues, History and the Medical Humanities

    

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  • Select activity Writing Exercise: Journal 1- A New Perspective on Pandemics- Due Sept 6th

    

    Writing Exercise: Journal 1- A New Perspective on Pandemics- Due Sept 6th Assignment

    Opened: Monday, August 31, 2026, 1:33 PM

    Due: Sunday, September 6, 2026, 11:59 PM
  • Select activity Chicago Citation Style

    

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  • Select activity Class Presentation

    

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• Select section Week 2: Contextualizing Epidemics in History

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  Week 2: Contextualizing Epidemics in History

  • Select activity Sept 8th: What is an Epidemic? The Historical Example of HIV-AIDS

    

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  • Select activity Sept 10th: Historical Overview of Epidemics

    

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  • Select activity Writing Exercise: Journal 2- Historicizing Epidemics- Due Sept 13th

    

    Writing Exercise: Journal 2- Historicizing Epidemics- Due Sept 13th Assignment

    Opened: Tuesday, July 7, 2026, 12:00 AM

    Due: Sunday, September 13, 2026, 11:59 PM
  • Select activity Class Presentation

    

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• Select section Week 3: A Historical Debate on the Ancient Plague of Justinian (Conference-1)

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  Week 3: A Historical Debate on the Ancient Plague of Justinian (Conference-1)

  • Select activity Conference 1 Sign Up

    

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  • Select activity Sept 15th: Examining the Significance of the Plague of Justinian

    

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  • Select activity Sept 17th: Historically Reviewing The Plague of Justinian

    

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  • Select activity Writing Exercise: Journal 3- Making Sense of a Medical History Debate- Due Sept 20th

    

    Writing Exercise: Journal 3- Making Sense of a Medical History Debate- Due Sept 20th Assignment

    Opened: Tuesday, July 7, 2026, 12:00 AM

    Due: Sunday, September 20, 2026, 11:59 PM
  • Select activity Videos

    

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• Select section Week 4: Plague in the Medieval and Early Modern Period

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  Week 4: Plague in the Medieval and Early Modern Period

  • Select activity Sept 22nd: The Black Death: Public Health and Primary Historical Sources

    

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  • Select activity Sept 24th- Primary Historical Sources on Black Death and Writing with Sources

    

    Sept 24th- Primary Historical Sources on Black Death and Writing with Sources Folder
• Select section Week 5: The Bubonic Plague in 19th Century China and India

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  Week 5: The Bubonic Plague in 19th Century China and India

  • Select activity September 29th: A Social Epidemiological Study of Plague in 19th Century China

    

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  • Select activity October 1st: Plague and the Colonial State in 19th Century India

    

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  • Select activity Writing Exercise: Journal 4- Socially Contextualize the 19th Century Bubonic Plague Pandemic- Due Oct 6th

    

    Writing Exercise: Journal 4- Socially Contextualize the 19th Century Bubonic Plague Pandemic- Due Oct 6th Assignment

    Opened: Tuesday, July 21, 2026, 12:00 AM

    Due: Sunday, October 4, 2026, 11:59 PM
• Select section Week 6: Contextualizing the 19th Century Bubonic Plagues through the lens of Social Epidemiology

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  Week 6: Contextualizing the 19th Century Bubonic Plagues through the lens of Social Epidemiology

  • Select activity October 6th: Understanding Social Epidemiology and In-Class Writing

    

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  • Select activity October 8th: Peer-Review of Assignment 2- Social Epidemiology of the 19th Century Plague Pandemic

    

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