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090110 VO Infectious diseases and epidemics in Modern Greece (2021S)
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Language: English
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- Wednesday 10.03. 13:15 - 14:45 UZA2 Hörsaal 4 (Raum 2Z221) 2.OG
- Wednesday 17.03. 13:15 - 14:45 UZA2 Hörsaal 4 (Raum 2Z221) 2.OG
- Wednesday 24.03. 13:15 - 14:45 UZA2 Hörsaal 4 (Raum 2Z221) 2.OG
- Wednesday 14.04. 13:15 - 14:45 UZA2 Hörsaal 4 (Raum 2Z221) 2.OG
- Wednesday 21.04. 13:15 - 14:45 UZA2 Hörsaal 4 (Raum 2Z221) 2.OG
- Wednesday 28.04. 13:15 - 14:45 UZA2 Hörsaal 4 (Raum 2Z221) 2.OG
- Wednesday 05.05. 13:15 - 14:45 UZA2 Hörsaal 4 (Raum 2Z221) 2.OG
- Wednesday 12.05. 13:15 - 14:45 UZA2 Hörsaal 4 (Raum 2Z221) 2.OG
- Wednesday 19.05. 13:15 - 14:45 UZA2 Hörsaal 4 (Raum 2Z221) 2.OG
- Wednesday 26.05. 13:15 - 14:45 UZA2 Hörsaal 4 (Raum 2Z221) 2.OG
- Wednesday 02.06. 13:15 - 14:45 UZA2 Hörsaal 4 (Raum 2Z221) 2.OG
- Wednesday 09.06. 13:15 - 14:45 UZA2 Hörsaal 4 (Raum 2Z221) 2.OG
- Wednesday 16.06. 13:15 - 14:45 UZA2 Hörsaal 4 (Raum 2Z221) 2.OG
- Wednesday 23.06. 13:15 - 14:45 UZA2 Hörsaal 4 (Raum 2Z221) 2.OG
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Aims, contents and method of the course
Infectious diseases and epidemics are interwoven with the history of human societies from the ancient times to our present. Based on recent research, historical accounts and literature on the subject this class will discuss a number of such cases and the response of local societies in Modern Greece, i.e. the Greek lands under Ottoman (or Venetian) rule in the 17th and 18th centuries, and the Greek state after 1830 to our days.The different responses of state authorities and the various agents of local societies to the recurrent waves of epidemics and infectious diseases are closely linked with the history of medicine and of public health and hygiene policies. At the same time, the history of the diseases is a history of what we know about them and how did we have learn to fight them. The way in which different communities responded, in different circumstances, to the constant threat of death is intimately linked both to the development of scientific knowledge and to collective fears, their manipulations, prejudices, stereotypes, fake news and scapegoats.
Assessment and permitted materials
Minimum requirements and assessment criteria
Examination topics
Reading list
- K. Gardikas, Landscapes of Disease : Malaria in Modern Greece, CEU Press, 2018.
- Christian Promitzer, Sevasti Trubeta, Marius Turda (eds.), Health, Hygiene and Eugenics in Southeastern Europe to 1945, Central European University Press, 2011.
- Κ. Kostis, Στον καιρό της πανώλης. Εικόνες από τις κοινωνίες της ελληνικής χερσονήσου, 14ος-19ος αιώνας, University of Crete Press, 1995.
- Christian Promitzer, Sevasti Trubeta, Marius Turda (eds.), Health, Hygiene and Eugenics in Southeastern Europe to 1945, Central European University Press, 2011.
- Κ. Kostis, Στον καιρό της πανώλης. Εικόνες από τις κοινωνίες της ελληνικής χερσονήσου, 14ος-19ος αιώνας, University of Crete Press, 1995.
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