Events

THE FUTURE IS FIREPROOF:  PUTTING OUT FIRES IN THE AMERICAN PAST

A Talk with Daniel Immerwahr, New York Times Best-Selling Historian; Writer, New Yorker

The Los Angeles fire of 2025 is not the first time a mega-fire has ravaged the American landscape.  In this talk, Daniel Immerwahr (Northwestern), analyzes the impact of fire and wood at different junctures in American history: rapid industrialization, mass urbanization, and war.  In the era of climate change and drier and drier timber, the public health implications of the country's "fire history" are enormous.

Tuesday, March 4, 2025

11:45 AM – 1 PM

Free Lunch!!

History Matters

A New Lecture Series Bringing History to Public Health Audiences

Sponsored by SMS/Center for the History & Ethics of Public Health