At the September 2021 EuroSEAS meetings held hosted by Palacký University Olomouc (in the Czech Republic), this project sponsored a double panel on the histories of Malaria in Asia. With its 5 presentations centered on Indonesia, this panel brought together discussions of medical and more “social” aspects of Malaria around the 1940s, with the goal of deepening our knowledge of the interactions between medicine and society. Andrew Goss of Augusta University joined as discussant for a wonderful double panel discussion.
PART 1
- Japanese effort to befriend Afghanistan using quinine produced in occupied Indonesia during World War II — Takashi Sakata — Ishinomaki Senshu University
- Our Medicine: Alternative Medicines for Malaria from Local Renewable Resources during the Japanese Occupation of Indonesia (1942-1945) — William Bradley Horton — Akita University
PART 2
- Chrysanthemum as a Sword: The Malaria War in Japanese Military Occupied Indonesia — Mayumi Yamamoto — Miyagi University
- Malaria and language in Indonesia: Public Health education before and after the Japanese occupation — James Collins — The National University of Malaysia
- Promoting Public Health and Eradicating Malaria by Flicks: Screening Films in Indonesia during the Japanese Occupation — Kochi Kaoru — Kanda University of International Studies
