Malaria in Sri Lanka and China:
Environment, Public Health and Development in a Historical Context
Lecture and Discussion Featuring:
Robert B. Marks
Deihl Professor of History and Environmental Studies
Kalinga Tudor Silva
Professor of Sociology, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka
Join us as Professor Marks introduces the ecologies, overview and history of malaria and the development of a cure in China where the story forms links between malaria and war.
Professor Silva will give a historical overview of malaria in colonial Sri Lanka focusing on the linkages between malaria, economic development and war.
Wednesday, November 28th
7:00-8:30 p.m.
Villalobos Hall
Whittier College
Visitors and guests welcome
Refreshments will be served
For more information, call or email Robert Marks