EFB 217: Peoples, Plagues, and Pests.
SPRING 2009
| Date | Lecture # | Topic | Instructor |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1/13/09 T | 1 |
Introduction/ The rise of civilization & crowd diseases | Teale/Castello |
| 1/15/09 Th | 2 |
Brief history of African Civilization | Castello |
| 1/20/09 T | 3 |
Disease in African history; an overview | Castello |
| 1/22/09 Th | 4 |
Malaria in Africa:‘the ears of the hippopotamus’ | Castello |
| 1/27/09 Th | 5 |
Malaria in the Americas and the transatlantic slave trade | Teale |
| 1/29/09 Th | 6 |
Yellow fever and the transatlantic slave trade | Teale |
| 2/3/09 T | 7 |
Tsetse fly/sleeping sicknes in Africa | Teale |
| 2/5/09 Th | 8 |
Desert locust in Saharan Africa | Teale |
| 2/10/09 T | 9 |
Disease & colonialization in South Africa | Castello |
| 2/12/09 Th | 10 |
Disease & colonialization in South Africa (continued) | Castello |
| 2/17/09 T | 11 |
EXAM 1 | |
| 2/19/09 Th | 12 |
Brief history of new world civilizations | Castello |
| 2/24/09 T | 13 |
The Great Mayan Collapse | Castello |
| 2/26/09 Th | 14 |
Smallpox in the Americas | Kimmerer |
| 3/3/09 T | 15 |
Leishmaniasis | Teale |
| 3/5/09 Th | 16 |
Screw worm and Guinea worm | Teale |
| 3/10/09 T | 17 |
Spring Break | |
| 3/12/09 Th | 18 |
Spring Break | |
| 3/17/09 T | 19 |
Mycotoxins in tropical nations | Weir |
| 3/19/09 Th | 20 |
Rubber/SALB/Brazilian economy | Castello |
| 3/24/09 T | 21 |
Coffee rust in Sri Lanka | Castello |
| 3/26/09 Th | 22 |
EXAM 2 | |
| 3/31/09 T | 23 |
History of civilization in S. Asia & Oceania/Measles in Oceania | Castello |
| 4/2/09 Th | 24 |
Rice blast/Cholera & Great Bengal Famine | Castello |
| 4/7/09 T | 25 |
Brief History of Chinese Civilization | Teale |
| 4/9/09 Th | 26 |
Leprosy in China | Teale |
| 4/14/09 T | 27 |
Syphilis in China | Teale |
| 4/16/09 Th | 28 |
Epidemic beriberi:Russo/Japan war 1905 | Teale |
| 4/21/09 T | 29 |
Bubonic Plague in Africa/India/China | Teale |
| 4/23/09 Th | 30 |
The future: Reemergent diseases | Teale |
| 4/28/09 T | 31 |
The future:Emergent diseases | Castello |