Pandemic Racism: Historical Patterns of Disease Burden with Sean A. Wempe

UNC Asheville will host Sean A. Wempe, assistant professor of Modern European History, California State University – Bakersfield to give talk, “Pandemic Racism: Historical Patterns of Disease Burden” on Friday, April 16 at 3:30 p.m.

Wempe will give a talk that will highlight how pandemics have, throughout history, exacerbated existing inequalities in societies, particularly in terms of race. The talk will focus on the Seven Pandemics of Cholera, the Third Pandemic of Plague, and the ongoing HIV/AIDS Pandemic as examples to help put the current racism and racial disparities associated with the COVID-19 pandemic in context.

Link to register is here.

Wempe’s talk will be preceded by a virtual workshop for UNC Asheville faculty members entitled “Pandemic Pedagogy: Teaching the History of Disease and Public Health in the Classroom and Beyond” – Friday, April 16 at 11 a.m. – noon via Zoom.

Zoom link is here