November 6, 2010. “Oil and U.S. Foreign Policy in the Middle East.” Moderated roundtable discussion, with Stephen Zunes and Patrick Clawson. Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH.
So my new book is now officially titled, “The Fever: How Malaria Ruled Humankind for 500,000 Years.” Hoowee! Meanwhile I’m working on a new piece on emerging infections from animals (called “zoonoses”), such as Ebola, Nipah virus, Hanta and West Nile. It’ll be appearing in a cool new online enviro magazine called “e360″ which features some of my favorite writers–Carl Zimmer, Elizabeth Kolbert and others. Check it out at e360.com
Thrilled to announce that my new book on the political history of malaria has been completed and is slated to come out from Farrar, Straus & Giroux in the late spring of 2010! Check here for more details, forthcoming. Tentative title: “The Half-Million Year Fever: The Story of Malaria.” Got a better idea? Email me at sonia@soniashah.com.
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.
June 28, 2011. “Pharmaceutical colonialism,” panel discussion with Ames Dhai and Mona Khanna, moderated by Robert Finn, World Conference of Science Journalists.
February 18, 2011. 10:50 am. “The Fever: how malaria has ruled humankind for 500,000 years.” Lecture followed by informal discussion and book signing. Free and open to the public. Carleton College, Northfield MN
November 6, 2010. “Oil and U.S. Foreign Policy in the Middle East.” Moderated roundtable discussion, with Stephen Zunes and Patrick Clawson. Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH.