Prof. Julia Cummiskey is presenting her research at three conferences in the spring and summer of 2019.
Her presentations include:
“Challenging Local/Global Dichotomies in Biomedical Research in Africa: A Historical Perspective from Uganda.” To be presented at a roundtable on “History of Medicine in Africa” at the Annual Meeting of the American Association for the History of Medicine, Columbus, Ohio, April 25-28, 2019.
“Of Mice and Men (and Monkeys and Mosquitos): Mapping International Yellow Fever Research in Colonial Uganda.” To be presented on a panel on “Medical Research in the Age of Empires” at the Annual Conference of the World History Association, San Juan, Puerto Rico, June 27-29, 2019.
“Medical Mapping, Burkitt’s Lymphoma, and the East African Virus Research Institute, 1962-1979.” To be presented on a panel on “Scientific Cultures in Africa” at the Annual Meeting of the History of Science Society, Utrecht, the Netherlands, July 23-27, 2019.