Join us Thursday, January 17th as Dr. George Dehner discusses the Spanish Flu: A Hundred Years of History. We will learn about the origins of the flu virus in general, attributes of the Spanish Flu in particular, it's impact in 1918-1919, and what we know about the virus today.

Professor Dehner is a world environmental historian who examines the intersection of humans and disease in the modern era. His first book Influenza: A Century of Science and Public Health was published in April 2012 by the University of Pittsburgh Press. His second book Global Flu and You: A History of Influenza was published in December 2012 by Reaktion Press. His article “WHO Knows Best? National and International Responses to Pandemic Threats and the ‘Lessons’ of 1976” published in the Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences received the 2011 Margaret T. Lane/Virginia F. Saunders Memorial Research Award by the American Library Association Government Documents Roundtable. He is currently at work a research project on Legionnaires’ Disease.

A continental breakfast will be served with coffee generously provided by the Spice Merchant. 

Admission is just $4.00 per person. Museum members are always free!