EASC/CSCC: When East Meets West Symposium: Pandemics: Past, Present, and Future - Coronavirus in Historical Context

March 25, 2021

5:00PM - 7:30PM

Online (Registration Required)

Add to Calendar 2021-03-25 17:00:00 2021-03-25 19:30:00 EASC/CSCC: When East Meets West Symposium: Pandemics: Past, Present, and Future - Coronavirus in Historical Context Humanities Department (CSCC) and East Asian Studies Center (OSU) present: When East Meets West Symposium Pandemics: Past, Present, and Future - Coronavirus in Historical Context Dr. Amy Welling Gregg, Dept. of Comparative Studies, The Ohio State University - Newark Campus “East Asia, Zoonotic and Vector-Borne Diseases from Dengue to COVID-19” Dr. Jim Harris, Dept. of History, The Ohio State University "From 1918 to COVID‐19: Pandemics in Modern American History" Registration (required): Registration Link Flyer: East Meets West Symposium Flyer “East Asia, Zoonotic and Vector-Borne Diseases from Dengue to COVID-19” Abstract: Zoonotic and vector-borne diseases have existed between animals and humans for centuries. From the Black Plague, to dengue fever, to smallpox, to yellow fever, to malaria and to COVID-19, this lecture explores the impact that the exchanges between animals and humans had on the development of public health and the social and political relationships between East Asia and the West. "From 1918 to COVID‐19: Pandemics in Modern American History" Abstract: This talk presents a broad introduction to the history of pandemics and their response in 20th/21st century America. Examining in turn the history of influenza pandemics since 1918, HIV, and SARS (2003) this lecture will examine the ways in which public health systems have adapted and evolved with advances and science and biomedicine as well the continuities and even failures in modern medicine, and what these lessons history might teach us about how we have/should respond to COVID‐19. If you require an accommodation, such as live captioning, to participate in this event, please contact Janet Smith at smith.12674@osu.edu or 614-292-3345. Requests made at least two weeks in advance of the event will generally allow us to provide seamless access, but the university will make every effort to meet requests made after this date. This event is made possible through a partnership between the Humanities Department, Columbus State Community College and the East Asian Studies Center, The Ohio State University, co-sponsored in part by a U.S. Department of Education Title VI grant to The Ohio State University East Asian Studies Center. Online (Registration Required) OSU ASC Drupal 8 ascwebservices@osu.edu America/New_York public

2021-03-25 17:00:00 2021-03-25 19:30:00 EASC/CSCC: When East Meets West Symposium: Pandemics: Past, Present, and Future - Coronavirus in Historical Context Humanities Department (CSCC) and East Asian Studies Center (OSU) present: When East Meets West Symposium Pandemics: Past, Present, and Future - Coronavirus in Historical Context Dr. Amy Welling Gregg, Dept. of Comparative Studies, The Ohio State University - Newark Campus “East Asia, Zoonotic and Vector-Borne Diseases from Dengue to COVID-19” Dr. Jim Harris, Dept. of History, The Ohio State University "From 1918 to COVID‐19: Pandemics in Modern American History"   Registration (required):  Registration Link Flyer: East Meets West Symposium Flyer “East Asia, Zoonotic and Vector-Borne Diseases from Dengue to COVID-19” Abstract: Zoonotic and vector-borne diseases have existed between animals and humans for centuries. From the Black Plague, to dengue fever, to smallpox, to yellow fever, to malaria and to COVID-19, this lecture explores the impact that the exchanges between animals and humans had on the development of public health and the social and political relationships between East Asia and the West.   "From 1918 to COVID‐19: Pandemics in Modern American History" Abstract: This talk presents a broad introduction to the history of pandemics and their response in 20th/21st century America. Examining in turn the history of influenza pandemics since 1918, HIV, and SARS (2003) this lecture will examine the ways in which public health systems have adapted and evolved with advances and science and biomedicine as well the continuities and even failures in modern medicine, and what these lessons history might teach us about how we have/should respond to COVID‐19. If you require an accommodation, such as live captioning, to participate in this event, please contact Janet Smith at smith.12674@osu.edu or 614-292-3345. Requests made at least two weeks in advance of the event will generally allow us to provide seamless access, but the university will make every effort to meet requests made after this date.   This event is made possible through a partnership between the Humanities Department, Columbus State Community College and the East Asian Studies Center, The Ohio State University, co-sponsored in part by a U.S. Department of Education Title VI grant to The Ohio State University East Asian Studies Center. Online (Registration Required) East Asian Studies Center easc@osu.edu America/New_York public

Humanities Department (CSCC) and East Asian Studies Center (OSU) present:

When East Meets West Symposium
Pandemics: Past, Present, and Future - Coronavirus in Historical Context

Dr. Amy Welling Gregg, Dept. of Comparative Studies, The Ohio State University - Newark Campus
“East Asia, Zoonotic and Vector-Borne Diseases from Dengue to COVID-19”

Dr. Jim Harris, Dept. of History, The Ohio State University

"From 1918 to COVID‐19: Pandemics in Modern American History"

Registration (required): Registration Link
Flyer: East Meets West Symposium Flyer

picture showing horse influenza shot in Japan

“East Asia, Zoonotic and Vector-Borne Diseases from Dengue to COVID-19”

Abstract: Zoonotic and vector-borne diseases have existed between animals and humans for centuries. From the Black Plague, to dengue fever, to smallpox, to yellow fever, to malaria and to COVID-19, this lecture explores the impact that the exchanges between animals and humans had on the development of public health and the social and political relationships between East Asia and the West.

"From 1918 to COVID‐19: Pandemics in Modern American History"
Abstract: This talk presents a broad introduction to the history of pandemics and their response in 20th/21st century America. Examining in turn the history of influenza pandemics since 1918, HIV, and SARS (2003) this lecture will examine the ways in which public health systems have adapted and evolved with advances and science and biomedicine as well the continuities and even failures in modern medicine, and what these lessons history might teach us about how we have/should respond to COVID‐19.

If you require an accommodation, such as live captioning, to participate in this event, please contact Janet Smith at smith.12674@osu.edu or 614-292-3345. Requests made at least two weeks in advance of the event will generally allow us to provide seamless access, but the university will make every effort to meet requests made after this date.

This event is made possible through a partnership between the Humanities Department, Columbus State Community College and the East Asian Studies Center, The Ohio State University, co-sponsored in part by a U.S. Department of Education Title VI grant to The Ohio State University East Asian Studies Center.