22nd Annual Ancient History Day: 'Plague, Filth & Garbage in the Ancient World'

Event Details

Date:

Saturday, 16 April 2016

Time:

9:00 am - 4:30 pm

Room:

Room 212

UQ Location:

Sir Llew Edwards Building (St Lucia)

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Full Description:: Presented by The Friends of Antiquity in conjunction with the discipline of Classics and Ancient History, School of Historical and Philosophical Inquiry, The University of Queensland.

Enjoy presentations by: Honorary Professor Trevor Bryce ‘Plagues and Diseases in the Ancient Near East: Causes, Consequences and Cures’; Emeritus Professor Bob Milns ‘Thucydides and the Plague at Athens’; Professor Alastair Blanshard ‘Pollution in the Greek World’; Dr Brad McCall ‘Concepts of Disease and Public Health in ancient Greece and Rome’; Dr Janette McWilliam ‘Pollution and Disease in Ancient Rome’; Ms Pamela Rushby ‘When the Black Death came to Brisbane’.

Registration open from 8.00-9.00am.

A detailed program will be available for collection at the registration desks on Ancient History Day.

Further details of presentations, registration and payment are available at: https://hapi.uq.edu.au/event/1482/22nd-annual-ancient-history-day-plague-filth-and-garbage-ancient-world.