Dr. Mitchell Hammond

Biography

Mitchell Hammond is a faculty member in the History Department at Western University specializing in social medical history of early modern Europe, with a focus on German cities during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. His research examines the impact of epidemic diseases on public health and society, contributing to a better understanding of historical health crises in the modern world. In his teaching, he covers the early modern period and engages with topics surrounding disease, Western medicine, and public health. His pedagogical approach incorporates a range of interactions between American, European, and African peoples within the Atlantic world, particularly in the context of the religious reform movements of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Hammond is also involved in postgraduate supervision and offers courses that reflect his areas of expertise.

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