Global and Historical Perspectives

Egyptian Plague of Boils in Toggenburg Bible, 1411. Kupferstichkabinett, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin

The references in this section contemplate the challenges posed by massive disease outbreaks to the discipline of history and to global inequalities over time. The authors employ broader disciplinary and global perspectives in assessing the large-scale impacts of epidemics and pandemics that transcend regions and time periods. 

Global and Historical Perspectives: Past Pandemics and Epidemics

Andrea Sacchi, A Carthusian Saint Visiting the Plague Stricken, 1599-1661. Metropolitan Museum of Art 80.3.544

Global and Historical Perspectives: Past Pandemics and Epidemics

Global and Historical Perspectives: COVID-19

Earth in a mask. Pikist

Global and Historical Perspectives: COVID-19