The Justinianic Plague: An Interdisciplinary Discussion (A Roundtable)

Sponsoring Organization(s)

Special Session

Organizer Name

Lee Mordechai

Organizer Affiliation

Univ. of Notre Dame

Presider Name

Merle Eisenberg

Presider Affiliation

Princeton Univ.

Paper Title 1

The Emergence of Plague in Scholarship on Late Antiquity

Presenter 1 Name

Timothy Newfield

Presenter 1 Affiliation

Georgetown Univ.

Paper Title 2

Why Biology Is Integral to Understanding the First Plague Pandemic

Presenter 2 Name

Michelle Ziegler

Presenter 2 Affiliation

Southern Illinois Univ.-Edwardsville

Paper Title 3

A Minimalist Account of the Justinianic Plague

Presenter 3 Name

Lee Mordechai

Paper Title 4

Comparative Insights on Plague Pandemics: The Justinianic Plague and the Black Death

Presenter 4 Name

Nükhet Varlık

Presenter 4 Affiliation

Rutgers Univ.-Newark

Start Date

12-5-2019 10:30 AM

Session Location

Schneider 1245