Pasteur’s Empire: Yellow Fever Vaccination and the Politics of Colonial Infrastructure in West Africa
Lecture by Aro Velmet (Univ. of Southern California and Univ. of Tartu)
February, 23rd 5pm (CET)
In the 1890, students of Louis Pasteur established a network of laboratories in French colonies across the globe. In the following decades, these Pasteur Institutes became central to France’s imperial mission, but also complicated it in unexpected ways. This talk uses the example of the BCG vaccine, used to prevent tuberculosis, to think through the relationship of microbiology, colonialism and transnational politics. Following the BCG vaccine from France to West Africa, from Munich to Saigon, this talk shows how this experimental vaccine got entangled in debates ranging from medical ethics to labor rights, and set into question France’s entire “civilizing mission”.
The seminar will be streamed on line at: https://meet.google.com/bzt-ucgf-ryc
Details and further info are available at:
www.resviva.it/pasteur
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