Smallpox, Polio, and Muslim "Resistance": reconsidering trust in global health
Sanjoy Bhattacharya is a Professor of History of Medicine, Head of the WHO Collaborating Centre for Global Health Histories and Co-Director of the Centre for Global Health Histories at the University of York, UK. His research is focused on the history of international health in South Asia and wider afield, as well as contemporary global, international and national health policy. He has worked on the history and contemporary workings of global disease eradication policies, and is currently working on completing two books: History of India’s Engagement with Ideas of Smallpox Eradication between 1947 and 1967, and A Historical Reassessment of the Birth and Expansion of the World Health Organisation in the 20th Century.
Date: 2 March 2022, 17:00 (Wednesday, 7th week, Hilary 2022)
Venue: Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies, Marston Road OX3 0EE
Speaker: Professor Sanjoy Bhattacharya (York)
Organising department: Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies
Part of: Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies Seminars
Booking required?: Not required
Audience: Members of the University only
Editors: Laura Spence, Belinda Clark