Lightning Lectures in Environment, Health, and History: Healthy Environment as a Prophylactic Measure in Colonial and Post-colonial Central Africa (1910-1986) by Simplice Ayangma Bonoho

H-Envirohealth announces a new series, Lightning Lectures in Environment, Health, and History.  These lectures, generally of two minutes or less, highlight research projects at the intersection of environmental and health or medical history and their relevance to contemporary events.

Simplice Ayangma Bonoho, " Healthy Environment as a Prophylactic Measure in Colonial and Post-colonial Central Africa (1910-1986)"

Simplice AYANGMA BONOHO is currently a Banting Postdoctoral Fellow at Bishop's University in Canada, after obtaining 4 international highly competitive doctoral scholarships. He holds a Ph.D in History from the University of Geneva (Switzerland) and the University of Yaounde I (Cameroon). He is specifically interested in the history of health development policies implemented in Africa since the end of World War II.

We envision this as an opportunity to feature and promote new scholarship important for today’s issues.  We especially look to highlight the work of recent Ph.D.s, and junior and independent scholars.  Anyone wishing to contribute, please contact us both to inform us of your interest and send us a one-to-two sentence sketch of your proposed topic: H-Envirohealth Co-Editors Amy Hay amy.hay@utrgv.edu and Christopher Sellers christopher.sellers@stonybrook.edu. Mini-lectures should be two minutes or less and self-produced, using Zoom or any other widely available software.