“What’s New in the Fall of the Roman Empire?” A Lecture

“What’s New in the Fall of the Roman Empire?”A Lecture Series Hosted by Michael McCormick, Chair, SoHP Steering Committee; Department of History

“The Genetic History of Plague: From the Stone Age to the 18th Century via the Roman Empire”

Thursday, February 16, 20175:30pm - 6:45pmBarker Center, Thompson Room 12 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA

Part of a new lecture series from the Initiative for the Science of the Human Past at Harvard.

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The Initiative for the Science of the Human Past at Harvard

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Department of History

Johannes Krause Director, Max Planck Institute for theScience of Human History, Jena, Germany