DISEASE AND SOCIETY16.7 4th year
Dr Warwick Anderson.
First semester
A 2-hour seminar per week.
Students who complete this subject should:
develop a thorough understanding of modern approaches to the historical study of the biomedical sciences;
gain an awareness of the cultural framing of epidemic and chronic disease in Western and non-Western societies;
be able to analyse critically a range of contemporary biomedical and public health interventions.
An overview of new methods for understanding disease and its cultural contexts. Building on classic texts in the history of disease and the biomedical sciences, this subject traces the emergence of recent interest in gender, race, colonialism, and AIDS.
Assessment will be based on one essay of 5,000 words (80%), class participation (10%) and a class presentation (10%).
DISEASE AND SOCIETY16.7 4th year
Dr Warwick Anderson.
Second semester
A 2-hour seminar per week.
Students completing this subject should:
develop a thorough understanding of modern approaches to the historical study of the biomedical sciences;
gain an awareness of the cultural framing of epidemic and chronic disease in Western and non-Western societies;
be able to analyse critically a range of contemporary biomedical and public health interventions.
An overview of new methods for understanding disease and its cultural contexts. Building on classic texts in the history of disease and the biomedical sciences, this subject traces the emergence of recent interest in gender, race, colonialism, and AIDS.
Assessment will be based on one essay of 5,000 words (80%), class participation (10%) and a class presentation (10%).