Making Sense of History | Making sense of COVID through History

Making sense of COVID through History

April 26, 2025 / 32:45/S2:E4

The COVID pandemic is and was a health crisis. So why talk to a historian, and when does a medical emergency become a historical event? How can we all become historians, and what does Gardening Australia have to do with any of this? Nick Eckstein talks to Peter Hobbins to find out.

Host: Nick Eckstein

Guest: Peter Hobbins

Series Producer: Peter Adams

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Host

Nick Eckstein

Associate Professor Nick Eckstein from University of Sydney (History)

Guest

Dr Peter Hobbins

Head of Knowledge at the Australian National Maritime Museum

Producer

Peter Adams

Digital Media Producer University of Sydney School of Humanities

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