Archive: Timothy Newfield
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“The Black Death Was not as Widespread or Catastrophic as Long Thought – New Study”, Timothy Newfield, Adam Izdebski and Alessia Masi Write on The Conversation
Timothy Newfield, Adam Izdebski and Alessia Masi compared the Black Death’s demographic impact across the continent, concluding that the pandemic’s toll was not as universal…
February 10, 2022
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“Syndemic Theory, Methods, and Data”
Emily Mendenhall, Timothy Newfield and Alexander Tsai introduce an Special Issue of Social Science & Medicine, focused on Rethinking Syndemics through time, space, and.…
December 14, 2021
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“Syndemics and the History of Disease: Towards a New Engagement”
Timothy Newfield looks at histories of disease and our understanding of current syndemics to think of epidemics through a syndemic.…
October 4, 2021
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Infectious Historians Podcast, Episode #72: Climate Change and the Globalization of Disease in the Early Middle Ages with Tim Newfield
Timothy Newfield talks to Merle Eisenberg and Lee Mordechai about the connected histories of climate change and diseases that become pandemics, focusing on the early medieval and…
July 29, 2021
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Professor Timothy Newfield Speaks at the 53rd Society for the Promotion of Byzantine Studies Spring Symposium
Timothy Newfield presented his work on "Local Dimming or Global Blackout? Mysterious Clouding and Climate Change in the Sixth Century: Science, Sources, and Reconstructions" at…
March 28, 2021
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“Towards a Rigorous Understanding of Societal Responses to Climate Change”
The team of researchers that includes Timothy Newfield and Jakob Burnham proposes an interdisciplinary framework for uncovering climate–society interactions that emphasizes the…
March 24, 2021
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“Past Pandemics and Climate Variability Across the Mediterranean”
Timothy Newfield and his co-authors explore potential associations between pandemic disease and climate in Mediterranean history. They make sense of the influence that…
September 19, 2020
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The Coronavirus Pandemic in Historical Perspective, with Professor Timothy Newfield
In this event, hosted by Georgetown University Press, Georgetown College, and Georgetown University Library as part of the Books for a Better World series, Timothy Newfield talks…
September 3, 2020
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Climate History Podcast, Episode 16: “Pandemics and Climate Change: What History Tells Us About Today’s Greatest Challenges” with Timothy Newfield
Timothy Newfield talks with co-hosts Dagomar Degroot and Emma Moesswilde about what led him to the History and Biology departments at Georgetown University, and about his work in…
August 25, 2020
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Estudos Medievais Podcast, Mundus Series Episode 1: “Plague and Climate Change” with Timothy Newfield
Timothy Newfield talks with Isabela Alves Silva about the Justinianic Plague and climate change in the beginning of the Middle.…
August 3, 2020