Chatham and the JKM Library are proud to welcome speaker Sonia Shah to campus on Tuesday October 4. Ms. Shah is the author most recently of Fever: How Malaria Has Ruled Humankind for 500,000 Years. Her lecture will discuss this title as well as women’s involvement in environmental issues. Sonia has been at the forefront of investigative journalism taking on such big industries as oil and pharmacy. Now she looks to Mother Nature and the ways in which malaria has plagued and decimated populations around the world and when measures have been take to try and control it. As a feminist, Ms. Shah writes and presents with women in mind, both as oppressed in the often under-developed countries where malaria is prevalent and as the empowered, taking initiative to protect themselves and their families. For more on Sonia Shah, as well as links to her articles and interviews, see her website at soniashah.com. Stop by the library for an excerpt of Fever and make sure to hear Sonia speak at 8:00pm at Eddy Theater.
~Display and blog post by Donna Guerin, Reference Associate