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2026 Visiting Speaker Series - History of Medicine
"Infectious Disease, Conquest and Exploitation: Navigating Plague, Smallpox, and HIV Outbreaks over the past five centuries" presented by Dr Eric Arts, CRC in HIV Pathogenesis and Viral Control, Western University. This lecture bridges modern scientific inquiry with historical analysis to examine how geopolitics, trade, and human exploitation have shaped major pestilences across half a millennium. By connecting the biological realities of viral control with centuries of historical context, Dr. Arts offers medical faculty, students, and historians a unique and vital perspective on the historical and enduring intersection of disease and society.