October 19, 2011. 6:30 pm. “The Fever: how malaria has ruled humankind for 500,000 years.” Hollins University, Roanoke, VA.
Month: October 2010
October 18, 2011. 7 pm. “The Fever: How malaria has ruled humankind for 500,000 years.” Nazareth College, Rochester NY.
Controlling malaria–as opposed to eradicating it, as today’s enthusiasts urge–may be a safer, more sustainable and socially valuable goal, I argue in this op-ed, which appears in today’s New York Times online (and also in the International Herald Tribune). Read it here.
My op-ed on why malaria may never be eradicated–think chimps and gorillas–appears in this month’s Le Monde Diplomatique, in the English edition. Read it here: http://mondediplo.com/2010/10/13malaria
October 4, 2011. 8 pm. “The Fever: Writing, Women, and the Environment.” Chatham University, Pittsburgh, PA. Free and open to the public. Reception and book-signing to follow.