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Dr. Luke Demaitre on Pandemic Diseases in the Middle AgesLuke Demaitre speaks with Erin Lynch at the 50th International Congress on Medieval Studies about teaching medieval history to STEM students, medieval medicine, and the similarities between the public responses to AIDS and leprosy.Luke E. Demaitre is a visiting professor of history in the Humanities in Medicine Program at the University of Virginia in the Center for Biomedical Ethics and Humanities.Erin Lynch is a graduate student at the Medieval Institute at Western Michigan University. Her BA is from the University of Texas at Arlington.https://youtu.be/O36OeOJnS-cAUP and Medieval Institute Publications