Feb. 8: Introductions and information about the course (only for students taking the series for credit)
Feb. 15: Jennifer Trivedi, Anthropology & Disaster Research Center
Recoveries, Risks, and Recognitions: Covid-19 and Chronic Illness in America Filtered Through an Autoethnographic Anthropological Lens
Feb. 22: Daniel Kinderman, Political Science & International Relations and European Studies
The Virality of Right-wing Populism in Europe and Beyond
Mar. 1: Benét Burton, Delaware Art Museum/ Winterthur Museum, Garden and Library
Insidiously Sophisticated: From Blackface to Blackfishing
Mar. 8: Guy Golan, Strategic Communication (Texas Christian University)
Going Viral on Social Media
Mar. 15: Jennifer Horney, Epidemiology Program and Disaster Research Center
What’s Next? The Unmeasured Toll of COVID-19 on the Public’s Health
Apr. 5: Luiz Trigo, School of Arts, Sciences, and Humanities (University of São Paulo, Brazil)
The Effects of COVID in the Tourism Industry in Latin America
Apr. 12: Richard Hanley, Philosophy
The Garden of Your Mind: How Memes Destroy Mill's Marketplace of Ideas
Apr. 19: Stephanie Porras, Art History and Chair, Newcomb Art Department (Tulane University)
An Early Modern Viral Image
Apr. 26: Ann H. Kelly, Anthropology & Global Health (Kings College, London)
Making of a Global Health Emergency: Dynamics of Global Health Attention and Neglect in the Ebola Outbreak Response
May 3: Amy Bleakley, Communication
What’s the Story? An Analysis of the COVID-19 Information Environment from 2020-2021
May 10: Molly Zuckerman, Anthropology & Middle Eastern Studies, (Mississippi State University)
Bioarchaeological & Paleopathological Approaches to Pandemics
May 17: Screening of documentary “Feels Good Man” (2020)
In Collaboration with University of Delaware’s Library, Museums, and Press