Stories
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Epidemic threats and racist legacies
Epidemiology is the systematic, data-driven study of health and disease in populations. But as historian Jacob Steere-Williams suggests, this most scientific of fields emerged in the 19th century imbued with a doctrine of Western imperialism – a legacy that continues to influence how we talk about disease.
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Intelligence testing, race and eugenics
Specious ideas and assumptions about intelligence that were born during the great flourishing of eugenics well over 100 years ago still inform the British education system today, as Nazlin Bhimani reveals.
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A symbol of a lost homeland
The story of one protective amulet from Palestine reveals a complex tale. Encompassing the personal history of an influential doctor and collector, it provides a window onto dispossession and exile, and the painful repercussions that are still felt today.
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Tracing the toxic story of tear gas
Investigating tear gas – from factory to Black Lives Matter protest – Imani Jacqueline Brown uncovers a toxic legacy where pollution, violence and racism are intimately entwined.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
Imperial College, London
Date: 1953-1979Reference: PP/EBC/DPart of: Chain, Professor Sir Ernst Boris- Books
Prospectus / Institute of Global Health Innovation, Imperial College London.
Imperial College, London. Institute of Global Health InnovationDate: [2014?]- Archives and manuscripts
Appointment to the Chair of Biochemistry at Imperial College
Date: 1953-1964Reference: PP/EBC/D.1-D.42Part of: Chain, Professor Sir Ernst Boris- Archives and manuscripts
Correspondence with colleagues at Imperial College, Jackson, Lord
Date: 1966-1970Reference: PP/EBC/D.157Part of: Chain, Professor Sir Ernst Boris- Archives and manuscripts
Correspondence with colleagues at Imperial College Ba-Bu
Date: 1962-1969Reference: PP/EBC/D.154Part of: Chain, Professor Sir Ernst Boris