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Adult Programs

Fun With Epidemiology: Solving Public Health Problems in 1854 and 2010

Luis Ruedas, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Biology at PSU; Amy Sullivan, Ph.D., Epidemiologist for Multnomah County Health Department; and Michael Skeels, Ph.D., MPH, Director of the Oregon State Public Health Laboratory, will discuss The Ghost Map from historical and contemporary perspectives.

After The Flush: Wastewater Plant Tours

See Portland’s waste treatment facility. Find out what happens after the flush! Must be at least 10 years old or in fifth grade. Wear comfortable shoes and be prepared to walk about a mile. Part of the tour is outdoors, so be prepared for inclement weather. Registration required; register online, in the library or by calling 503.988.5234.

Mapping History: How Narrative Nonfiction Brings the Past Alive

What is narrative nonfiction? How does it differ from other literature? How do writers use it to bring history alive? In this public conversation, award-winning author Paul Collins will discuss how various authors use narrative nonfiction to animate works like The Ghost Map. Collins, a professor at Portland State University, is the author of five books and regularly appears on NPR's Weekend Edition Saturday as their "literary detective."

Mapping Ghosts, Mapping Filth in Victorian England

Dr. Pamela Gilbert, Albert Brick Professor of English at the University of Florida and author of Disease, Desire and the Body in Victorian Women’s Popular Novels, Mapping the Victorian Social Body, The Citizen’s Body, and Cholera and Nation will talk about disease and culture in Victorian England.