HarvardX: Confronting COVID-19 - Class 3: What Is an Epidemic/Pandemic? |
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OVERVIEW: We all know we are living in the midst of a pandemic, but pandemics bring together many characteristics, patterns, and impacts. This session will focus on how different disciplines have come to study and understand epidemics and pandemics, from the perspectives of public health, history, and evolutionary biology.
GUEST FACULTY: ● Stephen Greenblatt - John Cogan University Professor of the Humanities ● Charles Rosenberg - Professor of the History of Science, Emeritus; Ernest E. Monrad Professor in the Social Sciences ● Christina Warinner - Assistant Professor of Anthropology; Sally Starling Seaver Assistant Professor, Radcliffe Institute |