Class #1 - September 7th, 2021 Global History of Pandemics - HIST 228 Instructor: Aditi Sen Email: aditi.sen@queensu.ca Office Hours: Tuesday 11am-1pm (Watson 103) or by appointment Primary Source Assignment: 20% - Due on September 30th (Grace period Oct 4th) by 11:30pm Worksheet #1: 5% - Due on October 5th (Grace period Oct 8th) by 11:30pm Pop Culture Assignment: 20% - Due on November 5th (Grace period November 10th) by 11:30pm Worksheet #2: 5% - Due on November 10th (Grace period Nov 13th) by 11:30pm Apothecary Workshop: 20% - Due on November 17th (Grace period November 22nd) by 11:30pm Final Project: Due on December 5th (Grace period Dec 12) by 11:30pm Goal of the course: - Each pandemic has an imprint or a legacy it leaves behind - We study the unique socio-cultural impact of different pandemics - Our goal is to see how modern healthcare and social medicine has been shaped by past pandemics - We look at socio-economic changes that were directly impacted by pandemics - A major part of the course explores themes that are closely connected to pandemics. Like changes in medical theories, evolution of nursing, changing concepts of health and wellness, urban planning, sex education, religious beliefs and beauty standards. What will be covered: - Smallpox (how it's shaped culture & religion) - Spanish Flu (history of nursing & home remedies/home medicine) - Syphilis and Morality (immorality & stigma attached to STIs - The great pox) - Tuberculosis and Romance - Cholera and Sanitation - May the pox be on you (meant for syphilis not smallpox - misogyny and racism) - Associated w virtue in early phases - Played a part in redefining beauty standards - Romantic association with white thinness - Healthy living and wellness - Social determinants of health - A social disease -> the poor would be most at risk - Urban planning and political debate w sanitation (European and South Asian and Africa effected) - HIV/AIDS and Sex Education - Continues to be ongoing - Impacted sex education - Sex education boosted by HIV/AIDS pandemic
From Plague to Covid: (mental health became a forefront issue due to covid) 1. Scapegoating and discrimination 2. Fantastic cures 3. Continuous evolution of prophylactics 4. Conspiracy theories 5. Resistance to public health policies 6. Rumours and fear-mongering