Global Health & Humanities Book Talk Series No.1 "Epidemic Illusions”

DATE: February 25, 2021 (Thursday)
TIME: 10:30am-12:00noon

 seminar posterAbstract:

In Epidemic Illusions, Eugene Richardson, a physician and an anthropologist, contends that public health practices—from epidemiological modeling and outbreak containment to Big Data and causal inference—play an essential role in perpetuating a range of global inequities. Drawing on postcolonial theory, medical anthropology, and critical science studies, Richardson demonstrates the ways in which the flagship discipline of epidemiology has been shaped by the colonial, racist, and patriarchal system that had its inception in 1492.

Speaker: Dr. Eugene Richardson (Harvard)
Moderator: Dr. Priscilla Song (HKU)
Discussant: Dr. Harry Wu (HKU)

All are welcome, please register at https://hkuems1.hku.hk/hkuems/ec_hdetail.aspx?ueid=73276. This event will be conducted via zoom. The link shall be given the day before the event.

Should you have any enquiries, please feel free to contact Mr. Adrian Kam by email at adkam@hku.hk or by phone at 39172867.