The Office of the Deputy Dean - Social Accountability and Health Systems and the School of Public Health invites you to a seminar by Associate Professor Jim Downs titled,  "The untold story of how Africa contributed to the creation of epidemiology." 

A/Prof Jim Downs is an Associate Professor at Harvard University and Gettysburg College. He is the Gilder Lehrman-National Endowment for the Humanities Professor of Civil War Era Studies and History at Gettysburg College. He is the author of Maladies of Empire: How Colonialism, Slavery, and War Transformed Medicine (Harvard UP, 2021), which will be translated into Chinese, French, Japanese, Korean, and Russian.

A/Prof Jim Downs

His other books include Sick from Freedom: African American Sickness and Suffering during the Civil War and Reconstruction (Oxford UP, 2012) and Stand By Me: The Forgotten History of Gay Liberation (Basic Books, 2016). He has published essays in The Atlantic, The New Yorker, The Washington Post, The New York Times, Vice, Slate, The Lancet, LA Times, among others. He is also the editor of Civil War History. He is also a partner at HISTORY STUDIO.

Date: 19 July 2023
Time: 17h00 - 19h00
Venue: Wolfson Lecture Theatre / MS Teams

Programme:

MC – Dr Itumeleng Ntatamala 

  • Context – Prof Leslie London  
  • The Untold Story of How Africa Contributed to the Creation of Epidemiology”: A/Prof James Jim Downs  
  • Roundtable discussion: Doing Public Health Through a Transformative Lens
    • Moderator: A/Prof Tracey Naledi  
    • Speakers: Ms Sarah Crawford-Browne; Dr Nontsikelelo ‘Ntsiki’ Mapukata Research; Prof Rudzani Muloiwa  
  • Conclusion and vote of thanks – Prof Lionel Green-Thompson  


Please RSVP your in-person attendance of the seminar no later than 14 July 2023.

RSVP HERE



The Office of the Deputy Dean - Social Accountability and Health Systems, and
the School of Public Health.