Jorinde Wels

Schools & departments
MyEd

Thesis title: Invisible Threats: Infectious Diseases and Public Health Experts in Japan, 1918-1945

Japanese Studies

Year of study: 4

Japanese Studies
School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures

Email: J.H.L.Wels@sms.ed.ac.uk

PhD supervisors:

Professor Dr. Jan Schmidt
Professor Dr. Aaron William Moore
Professor Dr. Kaat Wils

Research

Current research interests

History of medicine in Japan, visual and textual analysis of public health campaigns, network of experts of infectious diseases, speculative writing on germs

This article was published on 26 Aug, 2026

Jorinde Wels

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