Merle Eisenberg

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Assistant Professor of History, Oklahoma State University. Middle Ages. Late Antiquity. Pandemics. Plague. Arsenal. Mets. Vikings.

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Episode 125 is now out on "Pandemic Politics during Covid-19" with @sgadarian.bsky.social. This was a lot of fun for Lee and me to chat with about Covid and US politics along with reflections a few years later. Find it here: infectioushistorians.com/2024/05/13/p...

Episode 125 – Pandemic Politics during Covid-19 with Shana Gadarian, Infectious Historiansinfectioushistorians.com Pandemic Politics during Covid-19 with Shana Gadarian Episode 125 - May 13, 2024 Shana Gadarian (Syracuse University) joins the infectious historians to...

Episode 124 is now out on "Emotions and Plague." Lee and I chatted with Philippa Barr about public emotions and responses to the the Third Plague Pandemic in Australia. Give it a listen: infectioushistorians.com/2024/04/12/e....

Episode 124 – Emotions and Plague with Philippa Nicole Barr, Infectious Historiansinfectioushistorians.com Smallpox and Virgin Soil Epidemics with Jason Opal Episode 122 - February 12, 2024 Jason Opal (McGill University) joins the Infectious Historians.

Episode 123 is now out on "Plague and Astrology." Lee and I to Michelle Pfeffer about astrology as public health during the second plague pandemic plus her public outreach work. Listen: infectioushistorians.com/2024/04/03/p...

Episode 123 – Plague and Astrology with Michelle Pfeffer, Infectious Historiansinfectioushistorians.com Smallpox and Virgin Soil Epidemics with Jason Opal Episode 122 - February 12, 2024 Jason Opal (McGill University) joins the Infectious Historians.

Episode 121 is out on "A Special Journal Issue on Pandemics" with Neeraja Sankaran and Stephen Weldon. Lee and I talked about histories of disease, pandemics and their impact around the world, and how people studied these events. Find it: infectioushistorians.com/2024/02/03/spe

Fun writing for Jacobin! Take a look here: jacobin.com/2024/03/pand.... More in our book now for only $20: www.amazon.com/Diseased-Cin...

Episode 119 is up on "Yellow Fever and Climate." Lee and I talked to Keith Plumyers about 18th c. Yellow Fever and Climate in Philly. We talk about the Anthropocene, science and measurements, and how people tried to exert influence on these. Listen: infectioushistorians.com/2024/01/04/y...

Episode 118 on our book with Edinburgh UP, "Diseased Cinema: Plagues, Pandemics, and Zombies in American Film" is out. Lee and I had our co-author Robert Alpert on to discuss the book and how we wrote it. Stay until the end for a special reveal. Listen: infectioushistorians.com/2023/10/16/d...

Episode 117 is now up on "The Prescription to Prison Pipeline with Michelle Smirnova." Lee and I talked to Michelle on her return to the podcast about medicalization, the Opioid Crisis, and structural issues linking drugs to prisons. Listen here: infectioushistorians.com/2023/12/16/p...

A nice write up of our new book, Diseased Cinema, from my old employer SESYNC: www.sesync.org/news-events/.... Lee and I talk about the unique collaboration among humanities scholars and its connections to our plague work. The book is available here: t.co/nvlAJDmRzP

SESYNC Researchers Publish New Book on Movie Maladieswww.sesync.org A historic 6th-century plague outbreak and a fictitious 21st-century cinematic virus may have more in common than we’d think, according to a new book written by...

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Big day for @edinburghup.bsky.social & #horror lovers. Three new books, 50% off! Zombie pandemics, European sex & violence & unmade Hammer horrors. R. Alpert, L. Mordechai, @merleeisenberg.bsky.social, A. Batori, @kfoster.bsky.social tinyurl.com/yc3zx3hp tinyurl.com/3252eapm tinyurl.com/22s2wtjj

Very pleased to have had Tim Newfield back on the podcast along with Ana Duggan. Lee Mordechai and I talk to them about aDNA, what the Antonine Plague was or wasn't and why I shouldn't use the term Viking Pox. Give it a listen: infectioushistorians.com/2023/09/18/s...

Episode 116 – Smallpox with Ana Duggan and Tim Newfield, Infectious Historiansinfectioushistorians.com Smallpox with Ana Duggan and Tim Newfield Episode 116 - September 18, 2023 Ana Duggan (McMaster) and Tim Newfield (Georgetown) join the Infectious...

Exciting webinar on our special issue of al-Masaq. Listen to some cool people talk about the economy of early medieval Iberia.

Episode 115 of the Infectious Historians is now live on "Medieval Music and Disease." Lee and I spoke with Karen Cook from the U. of Hartford about disease and medieval music along with the reception of medieval music in the world today. Give it a listen: infectioushistorians.com/2023/09/05/m...

Yay! Thanks for the editors for all their amazing work to get this done.

"Rome and Byzantium in the Visigothic Kingdom: Beyond Imitatio Imperii" is finally out, co-edited by Molly Lester, Jamie Wood and myself. You can check the table of contents here. If you want a copy of my chapter, please send me an email. www.aup.nl/en/book/9789...

Rome and Byzantium in the Visigothic Kingdomwww.aup.nl This volume interrogates the assumption that Visigothic practices and institutions were mere imitations of the Byzantine empire. Contributors rethink these practices not as uncritical and derivative a...

Do I use this site to remake this version of social media me? So many questions, so few answers yet.

When is someone going to write a history of why it seems like the medievalists ended up here? Can't wait.

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