Podcast appearances and mentions of kyle harper

La chute de l'Empire romain, le plus grand Empire de l'Antiquité, est un sujet qui, depuis des siècles, ne cesse d'intéresser. Nombre de facteurs ont été invoqués pour expliquer son déclin puis son effondrement, des invasions barbares, aux difficultés politiques. A-t-on, toutefois, négligé un facteur capital, le facteur climatique ? C'est la thèse que propose l'historien américain Kyle Harper, professeur d'histoire antique à l'université d'Oklahoma, invité de Virginie Girod depuis les États-Unis. Distribué par Audiomeans. Visitez audiomeans.fr/politique-de-confidentialite pour plus d'informations.

This is Empires of the Future, conversations to encourage the Church in a time of change.  The First Sexual Revolution Much has been written about the sexual revolution, and in past podcasts we've mentioned a recent book by Louise Perry called “The Case Against the Sexual Revolution”, and believe she makes a strong case that the sexual revolution was actually bad for men, women, and children.  In an article posted at First Things, Kyle Harper explains how Christianity actually drove a completely countercultural sexual revolution in the first century whose effects are not only still felt today, but too often taken for granted.  We explore all this and more in this episode of Empires of the Future.  "The Empires of the future will be Empires of the Mind." - Winston Churchill 

800 years before the Black Death, the very same bacteria ravaged Rome, killing 60%+ of the population in many areas.Also, back-to-back volcanic eruptions caused a mini Ice Age, leaving Rome devastated by famine and disease.I chatted with historian Kyle Harper about this and much else:* Rome as a massive slave society* Why humans are more disease-prone than other animals* How agriculture made us physically smaller (Caesar at 5'5" was considered tall)Watch on Youtube; listen on Apple Podcasts or Spotify.----------SPONSORS* WorkOS makes it easy to become enterprise-ready. They have APIs for all the most common enterprise requirements—things like authentication, permissions, and encryption—so you can quickly plug them in and get back to building your core product. If you want to make your product enterprise-ready, join companies like Cursor, Perplexity and OpenAI, and head to workos.com.* Scale's Data Foundry gives major AI labs access to high-quality data to fuel post-training, including advanced reasoning capabilities. If you're an AI researcher or engineer, learn how Scale's Data Foundry and research lab, SEAL, can help you go beyond the current frontier of capabilities at scale.com/dwarkeshTo sponsor a future episode, visit dwarkesh.com/advertise.----------KYLE'S BOOKS* The Fate of Rome: Climate, Disease, and the End of an Empire* Plagues upon the Earth: Disease and the Course of Human History* Slavery in the Late Roman World, AD 275-425----------TIMESTAMPS(00:00:00) - Plague's impact on Rome's collapse(00:06:24) - Rome's little Ice Age(00:11:51) - Why did progress stall in Rome's Golden Age?(00:23:55) - Slavery in Rome(00:36:22) - Was agriculture a mistake?(00:47:42) - Disease's impact on cognitive function(00:59:46) - Plague in India and Central Asia(01:05:16) - The next pandemic(01:16:48) - How Kyle uses LLMs(01:18:51) - De-extinction of lost species Get full access to Dwarkesh Podcast at www.dwarkesh.com/subscribe

Les aléas de l'environnement ont une influence considérable sur le fonctionnement des sociétés humaines. Températures extrêmes, activité volcanique intense, variations de l'ensoleillement peuvent perturber la production agricole, mettre en danger la sécurité alimentaire et entraîner des troubles politiques. L'historien Kyle Harper étudie les interactions entre le climat et les sociétés humaines depuis l'Antiquité à partir de modèles de systèmes complexes, insistant sur la capacité de résilience mise en œuvre pour résister aux perturbations climatiques. Ses enseignements ont eu pour cadre une chaire annuelle au Collège de France en 2024.Hébergé par Ausha. Visitez ausha.co/politique-de-confidentialite pour plus d'informations.

BONUS DISCUSSION:  Dr. Kyle Harper, G.T. And Libby Blankenship Chair in The History Of Liberty and Professor Of Classics And Letters at the University Of Oklahoma, joins the "ROI" panelists to discuss Plagues Upon The Earth:  Disease And The Course Of Human History.The host for the 579th edition in this series is Jay Swords.  The history buffs for this episode are Terri Toppler and Brett Monnard.Opinions expressed in this program are those of the hosts and the guest(s), and not necessarily those of KALA-FM or St. Ambrose University. This program is recorded at KALA-FM, St. Ambrose University, Davenport, Iowa, USA!

Dr. Kyle Harper, G.T. And Libby Blankenship Chair in The History Of Liberty and Professor Of Classics And Letters at the University Of Oklahoma, joins the "ROI" panelists to discuss Plagues Upon The Earth:  Disease And The Course Of Human History.The host for the 579th edition in this series is Jay Swords.  The history buffs for this episode are Terri Toppler and Brett Monnard.Opinions expressed in this program are those of the hosts and the guest(s), and not necessarily those of KALA-FM or St. Ambrose University. This program is recorded at KALA-FM, St. Ambrose University, Davenport, Iowa, USA!

Bienvenue dans le 10ème épisode de "Chez Kevin Razy". Avec mon pote sociologue Dr. Hamza, on se réunit pour parler de ce qui se passe dans la vie comme dans un groupe WhatsApp. Entre humour et sociologie, on ne s'interdit aucun sujet.▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ON EN A PARLE▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬Films : Tenet (Christopher Nolan)Mulholland Drive (David Lynch) Interstellar (Christopher Nolan) Livres : "Fake news: Évite de tomber dans le piège ! : https://amzn.to/3S9rOSz"ScienceFlix: Ce que tes séries préférées disent de notre société" : https://amzn.to/3u6fcnmSociologie de la police (Fabien Jobard) : https://amzn.to/3UBwd3NComment l'empire romain s'est effondré (Kyle Harper) : https://amzn.to/3wbFOEjLa fin de l'Histoire et le dernier homme (Francis Fukuyama) : https://amzn.to/3SErj3lLa domination masculine (Pierre Bourdieu) : https://amzn.to/3uB7jq8Femmes sous emprise: Les ressorts de la violence dans le couple (Marie-France Hirigoyen) : https://amzn.to/49xzKEe▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ DANS CET EPISODE ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬➜ Eric Zemmour encore condamné face à Danielle Obono➜ Une épidémie de gastro sur une croisière➜ Un nouveau mensonge de la police découvert par l'IGPN➜ Le carton bleu au Football➜ 50 milliards pour l'Ukraine vs Rien pour la Guadeloupe➜ MeToo, la suite : Judith Godrèche, Benoit Jacquot, Jacques Doillon, Gerard Miller, Cauet, Philippe Caubère...▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ LA TEAM ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬Host : Kevin RazyGuest: HamzaShowrunner : Mourad MoqaddemRéalisation & Montage : Gaëlle Cany Canian - https://www.instagram.com/gaellekny/Maquillage : Farah Lévi - https://www.instagram.com/farajoue__/ Hébergé par Acast. Visitez acast.com/privacy pour plus d'informations.

durée : 01:59:49 - Les Matins du samedi - par : Quentin Lafay - Au VIe siècle, Cassiodore écrit que l'on observait un soleil de couleur bleue. Procope de Césarée dit que cela ressemblait au soleil lors d'une éclipse. Alors quels sont les effets du soleil sur la chute de Rome ? ​​ - invités : Chantal Pichon Professeure, coordinatrice de l'équipe “Biologie cellulaire, cibles moléculaires et thérapies innovantes” au Centre de Biophysique Moléculaire du CNRS.; Kyle Harper historien américain, auteur de "Comment l'Empire romain s'est effondré. Le climat, les maladies et la chute de Rome"; Philippe le Guillou Écrivain

durée : 00:42:39 - France Culture va plus loin le samedi - par : Quentin Lafay - Peut-on expliquer le déclin de l'Empire romain par le rayonnement solaire, les microbes et les éruptions volcaniques ? C'est la thèse de Kyle Harper, historien américain invité au Collège de France, représentant d'une approche climatique et écologique de l'histoire qui résonne avec notre époque. - invités : Kyle Harper historien américain, auteur de "Comment l'Empire romain s'est effondré. Le climat, les maladies et la chute de Rome"

durée : 01:59:49 - Les Matins du samedi - par : Quentin Lafay - Au VIe siècle, Cassiodore écrit que l'on observait un soleil de couleur bleue. Procope de Césarée dit que cela ressemblait au soleil lors d'une éclipse. Alors quels sont les effets du soleil sur la chute de Rome ? ​​ - invités : Chantal Pichon Professeure, coordinatrice de l'équipe “Biologie cellulaire, cibles moléculaires et thérapies innovantes” au Centre de Biophysique Moléculaire du CNRS.; Kyle Harper historien américain, auteur de "Comment l'Empire romain s'est effondré. Le climat, les maladies et la chute de Rome"; Philippe le Guillou Écrivain

Last week we talked about going viral, but this week… what about actual viruses? Can we beat infectious diseases, or are they destined to beat us? Professor Kyle Harper is here to inoculate us with the needle of knowledge! Plus, more Auntie Stories! GUEST Kyle Harper kyleharper.net HOUSE BAND Ron Bellamy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nearly a millennium before the swinging '60s, a revolution in attitudes toward sex and sexuality transformed how we consider marriage, family, the sexes, equality, consent, and even concepts like free will and human dignity.In this episode of Post-Christianity?, Andrew Wilson and Glen Scrivener interview Kyle Harper, a University of Oklahoma historian of the classical and author of From Shame to Sin: The Christian Transformation of Sexual Morality in Late Antiquity. Harper unpacks that first revolution, how it shaped the traditional Western understanding of sex, and how it has been challenged and in some ways rejected in the past 60 years.Credits:Post-Christianity? is a podcast from The Gospel Coalition and The Keller Center for Cultural Apologetics. Learn more about The Keller Center here.The Good Book Company is the publisher of The Air We Breathe by Glen Scrivener. For 25% off books on Christianity and culture, go to thegoodbook.com/postpodcast.

Kyle Harper and I discuss how climate and disease shaped Roman history.

Pour creuser les vraies raisons de la chute de l'Empire romain, Virginie Girod reçoit Dimitri Tilloi-d'Ambrosi, agrégé et docteur en histoire romaine. Il est l'auteur de "24 heures de la vie sous Néron" (Presses universitaires de France). Au fil des siècles, la chute de l'Empire romain est devenue une sorte de mythe. C'est un peu le maître-étalon de la mort des civilisations. Les causes de cette chute sont nombreuses : elle commence par une crise politique qui cause, en domino d'autres crises économiques, sociales, migratoires, religieuses, morales. L'historien américain Kyle Harper, auteur du livre Comment l'Empire romain s'est effondré, évoque deux autres causes qui auraient provoqué la chute de Rome : les changements climatiques et les pandémies. Qu'en est-il vraiment ?Quelle a pu être l'influence du climat ? "Ce que Harper définit comme l'optimum climatique romain est une période qui est comprise entre le IIᵉ siècle avant Jésus-Christ et jusqu'à la dynastie des Antonin, qui est traditionnellement considérée comme un âge d'or pour l'Antiquité romaine. Cette période correspond, d'un point de vue géopolitique, effectivement à une expansion de l'Empire sans se place au IIᵉ siècle avant Jésus-Christ. C'est l'époque de la victoire sur Carthage, de l'expansion en Orient. Cette période d'expansion et d'apogée de Rome correspond à des conditions climatiques particulièrement favorables pour le monde romain, avec des températures plutôt chaudes, une humidité et donc une pluviométrie suffisante et évidemment, ce qui est fondamental pour l'agriculture et donc évidemment des conditions naturelles favorables à un essor économique et également pour la production de nourriture".Quelle est la situation en Egypte dans l'Antiquité, dans cette civilisation où la crue du Nil est si fondamentale ? Et comment analyser ce que dit Grégoire le Grand, l'un des Pères de l'Église au VIᵉ siècle, qui considère que les catastrophes climatiques qu'il constate notamment en Italie, annoncent la fin du monde ?Sujets abordés : Rome - Italie -Empire Romain - Jules César - Egypte - Antiquité - climat - sécheresse - Nil - Grégoire Le Grand - épidémie - peste - Jésus-Christ - Nouveau testament "Au cœur de l'histoire" est un podcast Europe 1 Studio. Ecriture et présentation : Virginie Girod - Production : Adèle Humbert / Camille Bichler- Direction artistique : Adèle Humbert et Julien Tharaud - Réalisation : Clément Ibrahim - Musique originale : Julien Tharaud - Musiques additionnelles : Julien Tharaud et Sébastien Guidis - Communication : Kelly Decroix - Visuel : Sidonie Mangin  

Over the course of history, as human civilization has developed and advanced, so have our microbial enemies. This has led to a vast and diverse disease pool dating all the way back to the last Ice Age. Kyle Harper is a professor of Classics and Letters at the University of Oklahoma. In his books, Plagues upon the Earth: Disease and the Course of Human History and The Fate of Rome: Climate, Disease, and the End of an Empire, he examines the history of disease and its impact on the human race. Kyle and Greg discuss how Rome was both a rich and sick society, the common misconceptions about disease, and what history should have taught us about COVID-19. *unSILOed Podcast is produced by University FM.*Episode Quotes:The two basic problems of parasites16:05: Every microparasite has a couple of really basic problems. The two most basic problems are: how do I survive the immune system of a host? Because our immune system is absolutely amazing. I mean, it wins 99.99999% of the time. They're incredible at picking out foreign cells or particles and getting rid of them. And so that's a really hard problem. The other really hard problem that every germ has is: how do I get from one host to the next? Because if I want to pass on my genes to future generations, I can get a few generations inside a host, but I've ultimately got to keep going to the next host, or my children's, children's children have to go to the next host.The human body is responsive to things around it06:06: The human body is responsive to things around it, things we put into it. And so, the human body changes over time, and it can be a crude yet really, really powerful way of thinking about changes in human health.How can human societies bring infectious disease under control49:37: Human societies are able to bring infectious diseases under control through the deployment of a number of always-overlapping mechanisms. And so you need all of it. You need good nutrition; you need economic growth and development that give particularly children high levels of nutrition to survive infection. You also need good policy. This would include number one, clean water, and number two, mandatory vaccination.Infections hinder growth development07:58: If your whole childhood is fighting off nasty infections, your body doesn't have the energy budget to invest in growth. So it's not just what you eat—protein is one thing. It's also eating away your energy, like little microparasites that you're fighting off constantly. And then other things—social stress, the kind of work environment— So bones. Tell a big story.Show Links:Recommended Resources:Edward GibbonPlagues and Peoples Edward JennerGuest Profile:Faculty Profile at University of OklahomaFaculty Profile at Sante Fe InstituteProfessional Profile on AcademiaKyle Harper's WebsiteKyle Harper on TwitterHis Work:Article on AeonKyle Harper on Google ScholarPlagues upon the Earth: Disease and the Course of Human HistoryThe Fate of Rome: Climate, Disease, and the End of an EmpireFrom Shame to Sin: The Christian Transformation of Sexual Morality in Late AntiquitySlavery in the Late Roman World, AD 275–425 

What's On My Bookshelf? A Review: Plagues Upon the Earth, by Kyle Harper - The Fourth Horseman of the Apocalypse | Part 3 - Highlights Coronaviruses and influenza viruses are the ones that we are currently worried about. H5N1 (a bird flu)...if it ever gets airborne...it's got a 60% death rate. (Dr. Larry Brilliant, Harvard Magazine) It is the advance of scientific knowledge, actualized by public policy and private behavior, that has given humans the advantage over microbial threats. Science and state-craft are the keys to the Great Escape. Science As of 1870, only a small Avant-garde of researchers believed that familiar diseases were caused by invisible living agents. But by 1900, for a scientist or medical professional to believe anything else was becoming ignorant. The Hygiene Revolution - The principles of germ theory inspired renewed efforts to disinfect the personal and household environments. The war against bugs - Insects that had once seemed a mere nuisance were now seen as vehicles with deadly payloads. Chemical Control of Pathogens - Dysentery was still a major health problem in the developed world, and typhoid remained – until chlorination. The most important reason we can drink a glass of water today and not feel even a hint of dread is because it has been treated with chlorine. Antibiotics - Starting in the 1940's...Antibiotics delivered us from the long period of human history when the simplest wound was a mortal threat. Vaccines - Small pox was a success story. So was the measles vaccine. The vaccine was licensed in the U.S. in 1963, and measles infections fell instantaneously. A disease that once caused 1 million cases a year in the United States was reduced to an annual incidence of fewer than 100. Globally, In the early 1980s, 2.5 million children died annually from the measles. By 2018, mortality has been reduced to 140,000 deaths. Public Policy Improvements in life expectancy are generated not by ideas alone but by ideas that are put into action, especially by capable governments that care about the heath of their citizens...The control of infectious disease, by its very nature, requires collective and coordinate action. Investments in public water systems were among the largest, and might even have been the largest, public investments in American history and they had a larger impact on human mortality than any other public health initiative. The household toilet is a private portal into the sprawling subterranean circuitry quietly gathering our collective muck. Several times a day we sit astride a section of the largest and most expensive environmental infrastructure in the world – the vast underground systems of sewers and waste-water treatment plants that are a defining feature of the developed world. The federal government erected an infrastructure for agricultural and veterinary science early on, and precocious American agro-science is an underrated storyline in the global emergence of germ theory and the biochemical control of infectious disease. Paradoxically, we are in some ways more fragile than our ancestors, precisely because our societies depend on the level of security against infectious disease that may be unrealistic We have much to learn from the experience of those who lived and died before us. It is urgent that we do so. 

Kyle Smith (Ph.D) Kyle Smith is associate professor and director of the History of Religions program at the University of Toronto. An award-winning teacher, he is the author or co-author of five books about Christian saints and martyrs. His most recent book, Cult of the Dead: A Brief History of Christianity, tells the fascinating story of how the world's most widespread religion is steeped in the memory of its martyrs. Links: Twitter, Instagram & TikTok: @kylesmithTO https://www.kylesmithto.com/ The Book "Cult of the Dead: A brief history of Christianity https://www.ucpress.edu/book/97805203...https://www.patreon.com/GnosticInformant Please Consider joining my Patreon to help finding scholars to bring on. Any amount helps me. Thank you existing Patrons. Though it promises eternal life, Christianity was forged in death. Christianity is built upon the legacies of the apostles and martyrs who chose to die rather than renounce the name of their lord. In this innovative cultural history, Kyle Smith shows how a devotion to death has shaped Christianity for two thousand years. For centuries, Christians have cared for their saints, curating their deaths as examples of holiness. Martyrs' stories, lurid legends of torture, have been told and retold, translated and rewritten. Martyrs' bones are alive in the world, relics pulsing with wonder. Martyrs' shrines are still visited by pilgrims, many in search of a miracle. Martyrs have even shaped the Christian conception of time, with each day of the year celebrating the death of a saint. From Roman antiquity to the present, by way of medieval England and the Protestant Reformation, Cult of the Dead tells the fascinating story of how the world's most widespread religion is steeped in the memory of its martyrs. Reviews “With sly wit, subtle humour, agile prose and empathetic imagination, Kyle Smith narrates the growth of one of Christianity's defining traditions.” —Times Literary Supplement “Cult of the Dead is the rare academic book that shows empathy; for the martyrs themselves [and] for those with devotion to them … Smith does our dearly departed the ultimate favor: He allows the dead to speak once more.” — National Catholic Reporter “Sheer erudition.” — Commonweal “For a topic that encompasses millennia of fascinating history, Smith's digestible book offers a compelling and comprehensive introduction to the role of the lives and afterlives of Christianity's martyrs in Western society from late antiquity to the present day.” — The New Criterion From the Back Cover “A brilliant, entertaining, and accessible account of the history of martyrdom. Invaluable for anyone interested in understanding the Christian faith.” —Bart D. Ehrman, author of Misquoting Jesus: The Story Behind Who Changed the Bible and Why “An elegant and enlightening book.” —Elizabeth A. Castelli, author of Martyrdom and Memory: Early Christian Culture Making “A sweeping tour through the history of Christianity that makes the familiar seem fresh and dramatically brings to life the remarkable connections across time and space that constitute the Christian story.” —Kyle Harper, author of The Fate of Rome: Climate, Disease, and the End of an Empire “Cult of the Dead is vivid, readable, and often witty. Taking the reader on a journey from the time of Christ to the seventeenth century, it shows the intimate engagement with death at the heart of Christianity.” —Mary Wellesley, author of The Gilded Page: The Secret Lives of Medieval Manuscripts “Masterfully presented. This is a must-read for anyone interested in the significance of pain, torture, and death in the construction of Christian communities from the time of the apostles to the Protestant Reformation.” —Kristina Sessa, author of Daily Life in Late Antiquity 2nd Channel:    / @latenitegnosis   Follow me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/NealSendlak1 Discord: https://discord.com/invite/uWBZkxd4UX#gnosticinformant #christianity #cultofthedead --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gnosticinformant/message

What's On My Bookshelf? A Review: Plagues Upon the Earth, by Kyle Harper The Fourth Horseman of the Apocalypse | Part 2 Highlights We still have much to learn from the experience of those who lived and died before us. It is urgent that we do so. The long history of disease counsels us to expect the unexpected. The worst threat may be the one we cannot see coming. Bubonic Plague (Black Death)Three stages in history - The Justinian Plague (500's A.D.), The Black Death (1300's A.D.) and Modern Era Plague (1890's A.D.) Almost anywhere the evidence in Europe is rich enough to form a quantitative impression, the Black Death carried off 50-60 percent of the population...the death toll is always staggeringly high. Although many a textbook still claims that the Black Death carried off a third of the continent, in reality, the best estimates are closer to half...In Europe alone, forty million or more might have been claimed by this bacterium. The plague is a killer in a class by itself Small Pox Endemic throughout the Eastern Hemisphere. Brought to the Americas by the conquistadors. Major outbreaks of small pox occurred on Hispaniola and other islands in the Caribbean from the earliest days of discovery but then jumped from the Caribbean to the shores of Mexico in 1520. By the time Cortez approached the capital city of the Aztecs a year later, it had been “hollowed out” by the deadly disease. The small pox devastation continued along the trade routes to the north and to central and south America, having the same impact. Measles came alongside and made its way to the mainland continuing its decimation of those small pox hadn't claimed. In the 1700's it accounted for 10-15% of all mortality in Europe. As the practice of vaccination extended world-wide, small pox was finally eliminated entirely in 1977. It was a global triumph. To date, small pox is the first and only human pathogen that has been driven to extinction. The Great Influenza (1918/1919) Killed approximately 50,000,000 people. One of the single most deadly events in global history. And it infected perhaps one in three persons alive, making it probably the single most coordinated rapid attack by a parasite in the history of the planet. And the threat of future novel influenza strains, replaying the events of 1918 to 1919 remains one of the most dangerous lurking threats to human health. The Great Influenza: The Story of the Deadliest Pandemic in History, by John Barry. 

What's On My Bookshelf?Part 1 | A Review: Plagues Upon the Earth, by Kyle HarperThe Fourth Horseman of the Apocalypse Highlights Up to around 1700 life on earth was short and full of sorrow. Life expectancy was below 30 years. Most people died of infectious disease...around 1900 a great threshold was crossed for the the first time in the history of our species: non-infectious causes of death accounted for a greater portion of total mortality than did infectious diseases. By mid-century dying of infectious disease had become anomalous, virtually scandalous, in the developed world. The control of infectious disease is one of the unambiguously great accomplishments of our species We do not and cannot live in a state of permanent victory over our germs. Eternal vigilance is the price of liberation from infectious disease...In short, germs evolve, and human mastery is always, therefore, incomplete. Malaria: The deadliest of the human infectious diseases...no other affliction has exerted such influence on the species. It is “the mother of fevers,” “the king of diseases.” It continues to devastate human societies unfortunate enough to remain under its spell. Tuberculosis: The burden of this disease on human health, in the past and present, is staggering. Today, there may be 2 billion humans latently infected, so more than a quarter of humanity could be carrying the pathogen. There are more than 10 million new cases annually, and TB still takes 1.5 million lives each year. TB may be in aggregate, the most lethal enemy our species has ever encountered. As farming spread human numbers soared and the result has been a virtually unceasing acceleration of parasite evolution...There is universal agreement that farming was an unmitigated disaster for human health; humans sought more calories and came away with less nutritional variety, harder work, and more germs. Which of the following did NOT contribute to the eventual improvement of life expectancy in the city? The pandemic of 1918 to 1919 was the ultimate manifestation of a disease event in the age of steam ships and railroads. It was in absolute terms one of the single most deadly events in global history, claiming the lives of maybe 50 million victims Modern growth has only made the challenge of controlling infectious disease greater. Urbanization, demographic expansion, modern transportation and intensified pressure on natural resources have made the ecology of infectious disease progressively more dangerous for humans. We do not and cannot live in a state of permanent victory over our germs. Prophets have continually forewarned us that new diseases were one of the most fundamental risks we face as a species. And now, the COVID-19 pandemic makes it all too evident that their alarms were both prescient and unheeded. We were, in short, complacent...For scholars who study the past or present of infectious disease, the pandemic was a perfectly inevitable disaster...we can never entirely escape the risk of global pandemics 

When the Roman empire was at its zenith it was the largest empire ever seen, an unchallengeable power with mighty legions, an efficient administration, unparalleled economic power and a glittering metropolis at its centre. The fact that it took just a few generations to unravel was intimately connected not only to corruption and decadence, but also to climate change and imported epidemics sweeping the empire, argues Kyle Harper, author of the bestselling: The Fall of Rome. I am excited to speak to Kyle about the many reasons of the Fall of Rome, and the lessons its epic collapse might hold for our future.

Historical context is one of those things that many of us take for granted when reading works written for audiences other than ourselves. The Bible is no exception. To fully understand what God is revealing to us through His Word, we need to understand the context of how the words and deeds were being applied. In this episode, we listen to noted historian Kyle Harper as he speaks to an Upper House audience during our recent Geneva Forum on what life was like in the Roman Empire in the time of Christ.   Kyle Harper is the G.T. and Libby Blankenship Chair in the History of Liberty, Professor of Classics and Letters, and Senior Advisor to the President, all at the University of Oklahoma. Harper has been a Guggenheim Fellow and an Andrew Carnegie Fellow. He's also a Fractal Fellow at the Santa Fe Institute. He is the author of 4 books including, “The Fate of Rome: Climate, Disease, and the End of an Empire”, which was first published in 2017 and provided a portion of the context for this presentation.   As always we invite you to leave us a rating on your favorite podcast app or send us a comment at ⁠podcast@slbrownfoundation.org⁠. Credits: Music by Micah Behr, audio engineering by Jesse Koopman, graphic design by Madeline Ramsey.

476 : le dernier empereur romain d'Occident abdique, entraînant l'effondrement de l'Empire romain. Comment un empire ayant dominé une grande partie du monde antique pendant 500 ans s'est-il effondré en quelque décennies ? On impute la chute de Rome à ses mœurs décadentes, aux invasions barbares et à ses faits de corruption. Mais selon l'historien américain Kyle Harper, de l'université d'Oklahoma, il faut chercher des raisons du côté du climat et des épidémies. Benoît Rossignol, qui a préfacé la version française de "Comment l'Empire romain s'est effondré" (éd. La Découverte), nous explique la thèse de Kyle Harper.

INTERVIEW - Pour creuser les vraies raisons de la chute de l'Empire romain, Virginie Girod reçoit Dimitri Tilloi-d'Ambrosi, agrégé et docteur en histoire romaine. Il est l'auteur de "24 heures de la vie sous Néron" (Presses universitaires de France). Au fil des siècles, la chute de l'Empire romain est devenue une sorte de mythe. C'est un peu le maître-étalon de la mort des civilisations. Les causes de cette chute sont nombreuses : elle commence par une crise politique qui cause, en domino d'autres crises économiques, sociales, migratoires, religieuses, morales. L'historien américain Kyle Harper, auteur du livre Comment l'Empire romain s'est effondré, évoque deux autres causes qui auraient provoqué la chute de Rome : les changements climatiques et les pandémies. Qu'en est-il vraiment ?Quelle a pu être l'influence du climat ? "Ce que Harper définit comme l'optimum climatique romain est une période qui est comprise entre le IIᵉ siècle avant Jésus-Christ et jusqu'à la dynastie des Antonin, qui est traditionnellement considérée comme un âge d'or pour l'Antiquité romaine. Cette période correspond, d'un point de vue géopolitique, effectivement à une expansion de l'Empire sans se place au IIᵉ siècle avant Jésus-Christ. C'est l'époque de la victoire sur Carthage, de l'expansion en Orient. Cette période d'expansion et d'apogée de Rome correspond à des conditions climatiques particulièrement favorables pour le monde romain, avec des températures plutôt chaudes, une humidité et donc une pluviométrie suffisante et évidemment, ce qui est fondamental pour l'agriculture et donc évidemment des conditions naturelles favorables à un essor économique et également pour la production de nourriture".Quelle est la situation en Egypte dans l'Antiquité, dans cette civilisation où la crue du Nil est si fondamentale ? Et comment analyser ce que dit Grégoire le Grand, l'un des Pères de l'Église au VIᵉ siècle, qui considère que les catastrophes climatiques qu'il constate notamment en Italie, annoncent la fin du monde ?Sujets abordés : Rome - Italie -Empire Romain - Jules César - Egypte - Antiquité - climat - sécheresse - Nil - Grégoire Le Grand - épidémie - peste - Jésus-Christ - Nouveau testament

The Fate of Rome: climate, disease and the end of an empire with Kyle Harper (Christmas Special)  The Roman Period affords us one of the most documented and detailed histories of an ancient civilization. Yet since Edward Gibbon, its decline and fall remains hotly debated. However, over the last couple of decades we have complemented the written evidence with a wealth of climate and disease research. The result is a striking new view and one with echoes for our time. Climate change was foundational to Rome's rise and instrumental in its subsequent fall, combining with attendant pandemics falling on a weakened population. In the wake of COVID and rapid climate shocks, what warnings does this history hold for us? In this Christmas special, we welcome Kyle Harper, G.T. and Libby Blankenship Chair in the History of Liberty; Professor of Classics and Letters at The University of Oklahama and author of The Fate Fate of Rome: climate, disease and the end of an empire.    

Kyle Harper is an historian who focuses on how humanity has shaped nature, and vice versa. He's a Professor of Classics and Letters at the University of Oklahoma and the author of several books, including The Fate of Rome: Climate, Disease, and the End of an Empire, and his latest, Plagues Upon the Earth: Disease and the Course of Human History. His mastery of the science is only matched by the ease of his prose. If I were to nominate a book of the year, it would be this one (alongside Jamie Kirchick's Secret City).For two clips of our convo — on the zombie bloodsucking fleas of the Black Death, and on how Covid doomed the careers of Trump and Boris — pop over to our YouTube page. Other topics: the bubonic plague's role in the fall of the Roman Empire, the Black Death, flagellants and anti-Semitism, the plague in 17th century London, the Spanish flu, the AIDS crisis, Thucydides, Camus' La Peste, “The Roses of Eyam,” monkeypox, lab leak, and the uprising over China's ghastly Covid policy. Get full access to The Weekly Dish at andrewsullivan.substack.com/subscribe

In his book, "The Fate of Rome," Prof. Kyle Harper argues that much of the history of the Roman Empire can be attributed to climate: the period known as the "Roman Climate Optimum," around 200 B.C. to 150 A.D., neatly encapsulates the rise of the Roman Republic through its transition into Empire until the beginning of its decline during the age of the Antonines.The Han Dynasty in China follows almost exactly the same timeline from its founding in 202 B.C. to its final collapse in 220 A.D. If climate was a leading cause of Rome's rise to imperium as well as its eventually humbling, and if many of the causal factors of climate change are global, then can it be that similar patterns of climate change led to the rise and fall of the Han Dynasty?To answer this question, we turn to Prof. Zhu Kezhen and his seminal 1972 paper...

Tom and Dominic are joined by friend of the show Kyle Harper to discuss how pandemics and disease played a far greater role in the decline of the Roman Empire than previously understood.On the show Kyle, Dominic, and Tom discuss life expectancy, how the Roman Empire was ‘bad for people's health', the Antonine Plague, and more.Listen to our previous episodes with Kyle:146. Disease vs. the rise of civilisation147. Disease, the New World and modern pandemicsJoin The Rest Is History Club for ad-free listening to the full archive, weekly bonus episodes, live streamed shows and access to an exclusive chatroom community.Twitter:@TheRestHistory@holland_tom@dcsandbrookEmail: restishistorypod@gmail.com See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Dr Adam Izdebski is a paleo-scientist and historian. He leads a multi-disciplinary research group at the Max Planck Institute which explores climate change, historical epidemics and their causes, the economy of past European societies, early attempts at regional integration and their traces in today's landscape, and many other things. In this conversation, Adam and KMO dig very dip and unearth a bucketful of topics, including: 07:20 – Multidisciplinary studies, "Consilience" by E. O. Wilson, and non-overlapping magisteria, and unifying diverse positions 11:10 – Adam's team's research scope and specialization 14:45 – The early globalization in the Mediterranean 15:55 – Bronze Age collapse and the multi-causal nature thereof 17:57 – Popularizing science 19:55 – Kyle Harper's “The Fate of Rome” 25:40 – Plagues in the Roman Empire, ancient DNA studies, and using the Black Death as a model for other pandemics 30:34 – How pathogens may spread and cause pandemics 34:20 – Intermission (KMO's solo riff) 41:15 – The geological epochs chart 47:45 – John Michael Greer's critique of the notion of the Anthropocene 52:10 – Humanity's role throughout the (geologically, very recent portion of the) history of our planet 59:35 – Three practical uses of the research work's results 01:02:40 – Engaging in public outreach 01:03:35 – The misanthropic aspect of humanity and staying optimistic Participants: Adam: shh.mpg.de| en.padverb.com/adamizdebski KMO: @Kayemmo | en.padverb.com/kmo Books and Articles Discussed: "The Fate of Rome" by Kyle Harper press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691166834/the-fate-of-rome "Consilience: The Unity of Knowledge" by E.O.Wilson en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consilience_(book) "The Myth of the Anthropocene" by J.M.Greer resilience.org/stories/2016-10-06/the-myth-of-the-anthropocene/ Geological eras and epochs (visual aid): i.imgur.com/TAeY5yw.jpg Don't forget to join Padverb's Telegram Channel: t.me/padverbpodcast

The one where we talk about plagues, open sores, pustules, and other gross stuff our ancestors endured before the age of vaccines, and how all this can help us contextualize the Covid-19 pandemic.  Brought to you by a dead Athenian statesman's post-mortem speeches.  Visit our website: www.paranoidplanet.ca

The boys talk about Pitt Fight, a pro wrestling show at the University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg with special guest Kyle Harper. We talk about how the show got started and what the current card for this years show looks like. LISTEN TO BOYS IN THE BURGH: Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/boys-in-the-burgh/id1602606728 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/58Bih7uEcNieo5etOSUvfu?si=z-9Rm6PKRFmxQ1Zoq3HeXg FOLLOW BOYS IN THE BURGH: https://www.twitter.com/boysintheburgh https://www.Instagram.com/boysintheburgh WANT YOUR PODCAST TO SOUND AND LOOK BETTER? Try using riverside.fm. Click on the link below for a free trial: https://riverside.fm/?utmcampaign=campaign1&utmmedium=affiliate&utmsource=rewardful&via=chris-speranza --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Zhruba pět století existovala antická Římská říše a pak se postupně rozpadla. Ve škole se zpravidla učíme, že hlavní příčinou byl tlak barbarských kmenů. Ale bylo to tak skutečně? Americký historik a literární vědec Kyle Harper k barbarům přidává ještě bacily, viry a změnu klimatu. Svou teorii představil v knížce Pád Říma. Podíl klimatických změn a epidemií na zániku Římské říše.Všechny díly podcastu Ex libris můžete pohodlně poslouchat v mobilní aplikaci mujRozhlas pro Android a iOS nebo na webu mujRozhlas.cz.

Kyle Harper is the G.T. and Libby Blankenship Chair in the History of Liberty, Professor of Classics and Letters, Senior Advisor to the President, and Provost Emeritus at the University of Oklahoma. Harper's fourth book, Plagues upon the Earth: Disease and the Course of Human History, is a global history of infectious disease spanning from human origins to COVID-19. It tells the story of humanity's long and distinctive struggle with pathogenic microbes. His scholarly works use natural sciences, social sciences, and humanities to deepen our understanding of human expansion as a planetary force. · www.kyleharper.net · https://www.amazon.com/Plagues-upon-Earth-Princeton-Economic/dp/069119212X/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1629378421&sr=8-1 · www.oneplanetpodcast.org · www.creativeprocess.info

“Thinking about the future of the environments more broadly and the challenges of global development, we need to remember that freedom from infectious disease is not a privilege that is universally shared. And so in order to continue to improve global public health, it's vitally important that people in poor countries have access to opportunities for economic growthHuman well-being is both a question of social development in a very holistic sense that people have jobs that provide adequate food and clean water as well as the elimination of dangerous microbes, and so the question is how do societies continue to develop in a way that's globally equitable and sustainable and that's really one of wicked hardest problems on the planet is how do we continue to experience growth without having carbon emissions that make growth and impossible, that continue to hold societies in poverty, and that continue to imperil human health.”Kyle Harper is the G.T. and Libby Blankenship Chair in the History of Liberty, Professor of Classics and Letters, Senior Advisor to the President, and Provost Emeritus at the University of Oklahoma. Harper's fourth book, Plagues upon the Earth: Disease and the Course of Human History, is a global history of infectious disease spanning from human origins to COVID-19. It tells the story of humanity's long and distinctive struggle with pathogenic microbes. His scholarly works use natural sciences, social sciences, and humanities to deepen our understanding of human expansion as a planetary force. · www.kyleharper.net · https://www.amazon.com/Plagues-upon-Earth-Princeton-Economic/dp/069119212X/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1629378421&sr=8-1 · www.oneplanetpodcast.org · www.creativeprocess.info

Kyle Harper is the G.T. and Libby Blankenship Chair in the History of Liberty, Professor of Classics and Letters, Senior Advisor to the President, and Provost Emeritus at the University of Oklahoma. Harper's fourth book, Plagues upon the Earth: Disease and the Course of Human History, is a global history of infectious disease spanning from human origins to COVID-19. It tells the story of humanity's long and distinctive struggle with pathogenic microbes. His scholarly works use natural sciences, social sciences, and humanities to deepen our understanding of human expansion as a planetary force. · www.kyleharper.net · https://www.amazon.com/Plagues-upon-Earth-Princeton-Economic/dp/069119212X/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1629378421&sr=8-1 · www.oneplanetpodcast.org · www.creativeprocess.info

“Thinking about the future of the environments more broadly and the challenges of global development, we need to remember that freedom from infectious disease is not a privilege that is universally shared. And so in order to continue to improve global public health, it's vitally important that people in poor countries have access to opportunities for economic growthHuman well-being is both a question of social development in a very holistic sense that people have jobs that provide adequate food and clean water as well as the elimination of dangerous microbes, and so the question is how do societies continue to develop in a way that's globally equitable and sustainable and that's really one of wicked hardest problems on the planet is how do we continue to experience growth without having carbon emissions that make growth and impossible, that continue to hold societies in poverty, and that continue to imperil human health.”Kyle Harper is the G.T. and Libby Blankenship Chair in the History of Liberty, Professor of Classics and Letters, Senior Advisor to the President, and Provost Emeritus at the University of Oklahoma. Harper's fourth book, Plagues upon the Earth: Disease and the Course of Human History, is a global history of infectious disease spanning from human origins to COVID-19. It tells the story of humanity's long and distinctive struggle with pathogenic microbes. His scholarly works use natural sciences, social sciences, and humanities to deepen our understanding of human expansion as a planetary force. · www.kyleharper.net · https://www.amazon.com/Plagues-upon-Earth-Princeton-Economic/dp/069119212X/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1629378421&sr=8-1 · www.oneplanetpodcast.org · www.creativeprocess.info

Kyle Harper is the G.T. and Libby Blankenship Chair in the History of Liberty, Professor of Classics and Letters, Senior Advisor to the President, and Provost Emeritus at the University of Oklahoma. Harper's fourth book, Plagues upon the Earth: Disease and the Course of Human History, is a global history of infectious disease spanning from human origins to COVID-19. It tells the story of humanity's long and distinctive struggle with pathogenic microbes. His scholarly works use natural sciences, social sciences, and humanities to deepen our understanding of human expansion as a planetary force. · www.kyleharper.net · https://www.amazon.com/Plagues-upon-Earth-Princeton-Economic/dp/069119212X/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1629378421&sr=8-1 · www.oneplanetpodcast.org · www.creativeprocess.info

“Thinking about the future of the environments more broadly and the challenges of global development, we need to remember that freedom from infectious disease is not a privilege that is universally shared. And so in order to continue to improve global public health, it's vitally important that people in poor countries have access to opportunities for economic growthHuman well-being is both a question of social development in a very holistic sense that people have jobs that provide adequate food and clean water as well as the elimination of dangerous microbes, and so the question is how do societies continue to develop in a way that's globally equitable and sustainable and that's really one of wicked hardest problems on the planet is how do we continue to experience growth without having carbon emissions that make growth and impossible, that continue to hold societies in poverty, and that continue to imperil human health.”Kyle Harper is the G.T. and Libby Blankenship Chair in the History of Liberty, Professor of Classics and Letters, Senior Advisor to the President, and Provost Emeritus at the University of Oklahoma. Harper's fourth book, Plagues upon the Earth: Disease and the Course of Human History, is a global history of infectious disease spanning from human origins to COVID-19. It tells the story of humanity's long and distinctive struggle with pathogenic microbes. His scholarly works use natural sciences, social sciences, and humanities to deepen our understanding of human expansion as a planetary force. · www.kyleharper.net · https://www.amazon.com/Plagues-upon-Earth-Princeton-Economic/dp/069119212X/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1629378421&sr=8-1 · www.oneplanetpodcast.org · www.creativeprocess.info

Kyle Harper is the G.T. and Libby Blankenship Chair in the History of Liberty, Professor of Classics and Letters, Senior Advisor to the President, and Provost Emeritus at the University of Oklahoma. Harper's fourth book, Plagues upon the Earth: Disease and the Course of Human History, is a global history of infectious disease spanning from human origins to COVID-19. It tells the story of humanity's long and distinctive struggle with pathogenic microbes. His scholarly works use natural sciences, social sciences, and humanities to deepen our understanding of human expansion as a planetary force. · www.kyleharper.net · https://www.amazon.com/Plagues-upon-Earth-Princeton-Economic/dp/069119212X/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1629378421&sr=8-1 · www.oneplanetpodcast.org · www.creativeprocess.info

“Thinking about the future of the environments more broadly and the challenges of global development, we need to remember that freedom from infectious disease is not a privilege that is universally shared. And so in order to continue to improve global public health, it's vitally important that people in poor countries have access to opportunities for economic growthHuman well-being is both a question of social development in a very holistic sense that people have jobs that provide adequate food and clean water as well as the elimination of dangerous microbes, and so the question is how do societies continue to develop in a way that's globally equitable and sustainable and that's really one of wicked hardest problems on the planet is how do we continue to experience growth without having carbon emissions that make growth and impossible, that continue to hold societies in poverty, and that continue to imperil human health.”Kyle Harper is the G.T. and Libby Blankenship Chair in the History of Liberty, Professor of Classics and Letters, Senior Advisor to the President, and Provost Emeritus at the University of Oklahoma. Harper's fourth book, Plagues upon the Earth: Disease and the Course of Human History, is a global history of infectious disease spanning from human origins to COVID-19. It tells the story of humanity's long and distinctive struggle with pathogenic microbes. His scholarly works use natural sciences, social sciences, and humanities to deepen our understanding of human expansion as a planetary force. · www.kyleharper.net · https://www.amazon.com/Plagues-upon-Earth-Princeton-Economic/dp/069119212X/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1629378421&sr=8-1 · www.oneplanetpodcast.org · www.creativeprocess.info

“Thinking about the future of the environments more broadly and the challenges of global development, we need to remember that freedom from infectious disease is not a privilege that is universally shared. And so in order to continue to improve global public health, it's vitally important that people in poor countries have access to opportunities for economic growthHuman well-being is both a question of social development in a very holistic sense that people have jobs that provide adequate food and clean water as well as the elimination of dangerous microbes, and so the question is how do societies continue to develop in a way that's globally equitable and sustainable and that's really one of wicked hardest problems on the planet is how do we continue to experience growth without having carbon emissions that make growth and impossible, that continue to hold societies in poverty, and that continue to imperil human health.”Kyle Harper is the G.T. and Libby Blankenship Chair in the History of Liberty, Professor of Classics and Letters, Senior Advisor to the President, and Provost Emeritus at the University of Oklahoma. Harper's fourth book, Plagues upon the Earth: Disease and the Course of Human History, is a global history of infectious disease spanning from human origins to COVID-19. It tells the story of humanity's long and distinctive struggle with pathogenic microbes. His scholarly works use natural sciences, social sciences, and humanities to deepen our understanding of human expansion as a planetary force. · www.kyleharper.net · https://www.amazon.com/Plagues-upon-Earth-Princeton-Economic/dp/069119212X/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1629378421&sr=8-1 · www.oneplanetpodcast.org · www.creativeprocess.info

Kyle Harper is the G.T. and Libby Blankenship Chair in the History of Liberty, Professor of Classics and Letters, Senior Advisor to the President, and Provost Emeritus at the University of Oklahoma. Harper's fourth book, Plagues upon the Earth: Disease and the Course of Human History, is a global history of infectious disease spanning from human origins to COVID-19. It tells the story of humanity's long and distinctive struggle with pathogenic microbes. His scholarly works use natural sciences, social sciences, and humanities to deepen our understanding of human expansion as a planetary force. · www.kyleharper.net · https://www.amazon.com/Plagues-upon-Earth-Princeton-Economic/dp/069119212X/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1629378421&sr=8-1 · www.oneplanetpodcast.org · www.creativeprocess.info

“Thinking about the future of the environments more broadly and the challenges of global development, we need to remember that freedom from infectious disease is not a privilege that is universally shared. And so in order to continue to improve global public health, it's vitally important that people in poor countries have access to opportunities for economic growthHuman well-being is both a question of social development in a very holistic sense that people have jobs that provide adequate food and clean water as well as the elimination of dangerous microbes, and so the question is how do societies continue to develop in a way that's globally equitable and sustainable and that's really one of wicked hardest problems on the planet is how do we continue to experience growth without having carbon emissions that make growth and impossible, that continue to hold societies in poverty, and that continue to imperil human health.”Kyle Harper is the G.T. and Libby Blankenship Chair in the History of Liberty, Professor of Classics and Letters, Senior Advisor to the President, and Provost Emeritus at the University of Oklahoma. Harper's fourth book, Plagues upon the Earth: Disease and the Course of Human History, is a global history of infectious disease spanning from human origins to COVID-19. It tells the story of humanity's long and distinctive struggle with pathogenic microbes. His scholarly works use natural sciences, social sciences, and humanities to deepen our understanding of human expansion as a planetary force. · www.kyleharper.net · https://www.amazon.com/Plagues-upon-Earth-Princeton-Economic/dp/069119212X/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1629378421&sr=8-1 · www.oneplanetpodcast.org · www.creativeprocess.info

For the last two years, we have gotten a lesson in how our world can be shaped by a disease.  COVID-19 has changed our families, the economy, our social interaction and our psychology. Far from being a unique historical phenomenon, Dr. Kyle Harper argues disease and our efforts to steer clear of them are the central forces that have always shaped human history. He explains how diseases have defined our history, and until relatively recently, they were almost always able to overcome what people threw at them. He also explains how technology and disease work hand-in-hand to usher in a new era of viruses, but also advances in how we combat them. Still, they almost always win.Kyle Harper is on social media at twitter.com/oklahomaharperHis website is kyleharper.net"Plagues Upon the Earth" is available from Princeton University Press at https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691192123/plagues-upon-the-earthSupport our show at patreon.com/axelbankhistory**A portion of every contribution is given to a charity for children's literacy**"Axelbank Reports History and Today" can be found on social media at twitter.com/axelbankhistoryinstagram.com/axelbankhistoryfacebook.com/axelbankhistory

The history of disease is really a story about humankind's ever-changing relationship to the natural world. All of the momentous events in human history— the acquisition of fire, the development of farming, the Columbian exchange, rapid industrialization, and accelerated globalization— all coincide with exposure to emerging new diseases. In a way, the Covid-19 pandemic is a reminder that pathogens will always evolve alongside us, and, in fact, infectious diseases can shine a light on the complexity of our behavior as a species. In his new book, Plagues Upon the Earth: Disease and the Course of Human History, Professor Kyle Harper takes us through each stage of human history, and shows just how infectious diseases have shaped us in ways we've never imagined.

Kyle Harper's book Plagues upon the Earth: Disease and the Course of Human History (Princeton UP, 2021) is a monumental history of humans and their germs. Weaving together a grand narrative of global history with insights from cutting-edge genetics, Kyle Harper explains why humanity's uniquely dangerous disease pool is rooted deep in our evolutionary past, and why its growth is accelerated by technological progress. He shows that the story of disease is entangled with the history of slavery, colonialism, and capitalism, and reveals the enduring effects of historical plagues in patterns of wealth, health, power, and inequality. He also tells the story of humanity's escape from infectious disease—a triumph that makes life as we know it possible, yet destabilizes the environment and fosters new diseases. Panoramic in scope, Plagues upon the Earth traces the role of disease in the transition to farming, the spread of cities, the advance of transportation, and the stupendous increase in human population. Harper offers a new interpretation of humanity's path to control over infectious disease—one where rising evolutionary threats constantly push back against human progress, and where the devastating effects of modernization contribute to the great divergence between societies. The book reminds us that human health is globally interdependent—and inseparable from the well-being of the planet itself. Putting the COVID-19 pandemic in perspective, Plagues upon the Earth tells the story of how we got here as a species, and it may help us decide where we want to go. Marshall Poe is the founder and editor of the New Books Network. He can be reached at marshallpoe@newbooksnetwork.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kyle Harper's book Plagues upon the Earth: Disease and the Course of Human History (Princeton UP, 2021) is a monumental history of humans and their germs. Weaving together a grand narrative of global history with insights from cutting-edge genetics, Kyle Harper explains why humanity's uniquely dangerous disease pool is rooted deep in our evolutionary past, and why its growth is accelerated by technological progress. He shows that the story of disease is entangled with the history of slavery, colonialism, and capitalism, and reveals the enduring effects of historical plagues in patterns of wealth, health, power, and inequality. He also tells the story of humanity's escape from infectious disease—a triumph that makes life as we know it possible, yet destabilizes the environment and fosters new diseases. Panoramic in scope, Plagues upon the Earth traces the role of disease in the transition to farming, the spread of cities, the advance of transportation, and the stupendous increase in human population. Harper offers a new interpretation of humanity's path to control over infectious disease—one where rising evolutionary threats constantly push back against human progress, and where the devastating effects of modernization contribute to the great divergence between societies. The book reminds us that human health is globally interdependent—and inseparable from the well-being of the planet itself. Putting the COVID-19 pandemic in perspective, Plagues upon the Earth tells the story of how we got here as a species, and it may help us decide where we want to go. Marshall Poe is the founder and editor of the New Books Network. He can be reached at marshallpoe@newbooksnetwork.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today we talk about how history can also teach us about the causes of the COVID-19 pandemic and its possible consequences. Guest: Kyle Harper is professor of classics and letters and senior vice president and provost at the University of Oklahoma. He is the author of The Fate of Rome: Climate, Disease, and the End of an Empire. He is writing a new history of infectious disease. The post Fund Drive Special – Kyle Harper on The History of Civilization, Science, and the Coronavirus appeared first on KPFA.

With Kyle Harper, author of The Fate of Rome: Climate, Disease, and the End of an Empire.  Kyle Harper is a historian of the classical world and the Senior Vice President and Provost at his alma mater, the University of Oklahoma. The post Climate, Disease, and the End of an Empire appeared first on KPFA.

A conversation with Kyle Harper about one of the most consequential chapters of human history: the fall of the Roman Empire. Central to this issue are question such as how does an empire fall? What was the role of climate change and pandemic diseases in the collapse of Rome's power. Guest: Kyle Harper is a historian of the classical world and the Senior Vice President and Provost at his alma mater, the University of Oklahoma. He is the author of The Fate of Rome: Climate, Disease, and the End of an Empire. The post The Role of Climate Change in The Collapse of an Empire appeared first on KPFA.