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COVID-19: The Humanities Respond

Bringing humanistic perspectives to conversations about the pandemic, the UCI School of Humanities has launched a new series: COVID-19: The Humanities Respond.

Tyrus Miller, dean of the school, and a UCI Humanities scholar, discuss the cultural, creative, and philosophical impact of COVID-19.

Speaker	Conversation
	Streaming Community: How #QuarantineLife is Connecting us through our Watch List with Victoria E. Johnson, Department of Film and Media Studies Watch video | Read transcript
	AIDS, COVID-19 and Art: Reflections on Pandemics with Jonathan Alexander, Department of English Watch video | Read transcript
	Apocalypse and Pandemic Literature, TV & Film in the Era of COVID-19 with Chris Fan, Department of English Watch video | Read transcript Read Chris Fan's "COVID-19 era read & watch list" here
	Busting Myths and Misinformation during a Pandemic with Annalisa Coliva and Duncan Pritchard, Department of Philosophy Watch video | Read transcript Read "5 tips for busting myths and misinformation"
	Virtual Reporting: Telling the Stories that Matter on the Front Lines of COVID-19 with Erika Hayasaki, Literary Journalism Program Watch video | Read transcript
	Simulating a Pandemic: Technology’s Promise & Failure with Peter Krapp, Department of Film and Media Studies Watch video | Read transcript
	Race & Inequality during COVID-19 with Frank B. Wilderson III and Andrew Highsmith, Departments of African American Studies and History Watch video | Read transcript
	Plagues of the Past, Lessons for the Present with Zina Giannopoulou and Deanna Shemek, Departments of Classics and European Languages & Studies Watch video | Read transcript
	Race and Medicine: Life Beyond a Cure with James Kyung-Jin Lee, Department of Asian American Studies & Center for Medical Humanities Watch video | Read transcript
	The Danger is the System: Animal Agriculture's Role in Pandemics with Brianne Donaldson, Program in Religious Studies and Department of Philosophy Watch video | Read transcript Read "If Killing Animals Is Traumatic for U.S. Farmers, Why Have Slaughterhouse Workers Do It?"
	Essential: How the Latinx Community Copes and Endures in a Pandemic with Héctor Tobar, Literary Journalism Program Watch video | Read transcript

Humanities Covid-19 Student Support: Please consider a gift to support UCI Humanities students impacted by COVID-19. Many of our students have been severally impacted, particularly through lost jobs, which they depend on to finish their college education. Your gift goes to support these students in areas such as emergency relief funds, internships, and research funds.