Foreign Bodies: Pandemics, Vaccines and the Health of Nations

Simon Schama is one of the most distinguished historians of our time. As a writer, broadcaster, columnist and art critic, his books and documentaries have covered subjects stretching from the histories of art, slavery and public health to Romanticism, baseball and the American future. He is currently Professor of Art History and History at the University of Columbia. His recent investigation of contagion is called Foreign Bodies. 

Norman Swan is a multi-award-winning producer and broadcaster who presents the ABC podcast Health Report. He has won three Walkley National Awards for Australian journalism. He presents the popular Health Minutes on ABC NewsRadio each week, and edits his own newsletter, The Choice Health Reader, published in association with the Australian Consumers Association. On television, Dr Swan has hosted the ABC’s Quantum, and he created, wrote and narrated a four-part series on disease and civilisation, Invisible Enemies, which has been shown in 27 countries.