Humanities
The Smallpox Report: Vaccination and the Romantic Illness Narrative
September 23, 2022 at 4:15pm – 6:00pm EDT
Eggers Hall, 115
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The story we tell about vaccination is typical Enlightenment fare: irrational outrage and hysterical distrust gradually tamed by Reason’s patient truth. Professor Wang examines the limitations of this narrative, both during the Enlightenment and now.
This event was published on September 13, 2022.
Event Details
- Category
- Humanities
- Region
- Campus
- Open to
- Faculty,
- Graduate & Professional Students
- Cost
- Free
- Organizers
- CAS-Department of English,
- MAX-History
- Contact
- Dympna Callaghan
dccallag@syr.edu
- Accessibility
- Contact Dympna Callaghan to request accommodations