The Clarkson Historical Society will host anthropologist Dr. Charles Edwards as he presents “How the Bubonic Plague of the 1300s Reverberates Today” on Tuesday, October 3, at 7 p.m. in the Clarkson Academy.
Dr. Edwards will speak about the “Black Death” (Bubonic Plague) pandemic that killed between 75 and 200 million people across Europe, North Africa and the Near East in the mid 1300s. Most people today are aware of the horrors of the plague, but few are aware of how it launched a series of cultural, religious, social, political, and economic changes that ultimately made the modern world possible. He will conclude with the plague’s implications for today’s pandemics.
The Clarkson Academy is located at 8343 West Ridge Road. The talk is free and open to the public.
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