Lecture Series: AIDS @ 30: Three Decades of Responding to HIV/AIDS - Autumn 2011, King's College London

September 25, 2011

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AIDS @ 30: Three Decades of Responding to HIV/AIDS

Special Lecture Series

Autumn 2011

King's College London

In the weeks leading up to World AIDS Day on 1 December 2011, King’s

College London will host a special series of lectures to mark 30 years

since the initial recognition of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in 1981. The

series, ‘AIDS @ 30: Three Decades of Responding to HIV/AIDS’, will

offer an opportunity for activists, health workers, and historians who

have been involved in the history of the epidemic to reflect on their

experiences. Some questions that speakers will address include:

• What new perspective(s) can three decades of history offer on the epidemic?

• What role have history and historians played in public discussions

about HIV/AIDS?

• What continuities and discontinuities characterise the epidemic’s history?

• How have questions surrounding the epidemic’s origins evolved since 1981?

• What problems, trends, or silences deserve renewed attention from historians?

All events will be held at 18.15 on Thursdays in Room K2.31, King's

Building, Strand Campus, except 27 October (Room S-3.20) and 3

November (Room K6.29). A 45-minute presentation for a general audience

will be followed by a question & answer session and refreshments.

Members of the public are welcome. Seating is limited to 90 spaces, so

attendees are invited to arrive in good time.

6 October 2011 (Room K2.31)

Professor Piot, Former Executive Director, UNAIDS; Director,

London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

30 years of AIDS: the need for a long term view

13 October 2011 (Room K2.31)

Mr Warriner, Service Quality & Governance Director, Terrence Higgins Trust

30 years of HIV prevention and campaigns

20 October 2011 (Room K2.31)

Professor Virginia Berridge, Professor of History, London School of

Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

Writing the history of AIDS policy making

27 October 2011 (Room S-3.20)

Dr McKay, ESRC Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of

History & Centre for the Humanities and Health, King’s College London

‘Patient Zero’: The legacy of a powerful origin story*

*This talk is also part of the Arts & Humanities Festival.

3 November 2011 (Room K6.29)

Dr Rupert Whitaker, Executive Chairman, Tuke Institute

30 years of AIDS: triumphs, failures & the unlearned lessons

10 November 2011

No Lecture (Reading Week)

17 November 2011 (Room K2.31)

Professor Pinching, Associate Dean for Cornwall, Peninsula

College of Medicine & Dentistry, Royal Cornwall Hospital

HIV/AIDS: personal journeys; professional challenges; public perspectives

24 November 2011 (Room K2.31)

Professor Anne , Professor of Infectious Disease Epidemiology,

Co-Director, Institute of Global Health, University College London

Can HIV treatments prevent the spread of HIV?

1 December 2011 (Room K2.31)

Dr Mandisa Mbali, Assistant Professor of International Studies,

mount Manhattan College, New York City

‘The Durban Effect’: South African AIDS activism and the politics of

global health

Questions and media enquiries should be directed to:

Dr A. McKay

ESRC Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Department of History / Centre for the Humanities and Health

King’s College London

richard.mckay@...<mailto:richard.mckay@...>

Sponsored by the Economic & Social Research Council, the Department of

History, the Centre for the Humanities and Health, Queer@King's, and

the School of Arts & Humanities Small Research Grants, King's College

London

http://www.kcl.ac.uk/artshums/depts/history/events/aids@...

-- Chifu

September 25, 2011