![Poster titled “epidemic // endemic: medical humanities & social medicine 2020–21” Text on poster: epidemic // endemic: medical humanities & social medicine 2020–21 Viral Justice: Pandemics, Policing, and Public Bioethics Ruha Benjamin Friday, October 23, 2020 from 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM Professor of African American Studies, Princeton University Co-sponsored by the Department of the History of Medicine and Department of Sociology Epidemic Narratives: Data, Visualization, and the Mediation of Care Kristen Ostherr and Kim Gallon Thursday, October 29, 2020 from 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM Rice University and Purdue University International Order, Organizations, and Cooperation in the 2020’s Charity Thornton and Brian O’Connor Thursday, Nov 12, 2020 from 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM Policing, Incarceration, and Health Vera Mayes and Carolyn Sufrin Thursday, Dec 3, 2020 from 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM Health Disparities and Structural Racism Megan Buresh and Howard Pinderhughes Thursday, Jan 28, 2021 from 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM Public Health and the State Jeremy Greene Thursday, Feb 18, 2021 from 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM Clinical Care and Doctor/Patient Relations Zoë Fritz Thursday, March 18, 2021 from 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM Narratives of Illness Julia Hibbert Thursday, May 6th 2021 from 12:00 PM to 1:30 PM The History of Pandemics Thurs., June 17 2021 from 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM The COVID-19 pandemic has only illuminated a series of structural inequities that have long plagued healthcare in the United States and around the world. We must reimagine medicine and public health for the 21st century with the goal of equity. This series will bring together scholars from a variety of disciplines to discuss the social-political dimensions of COVID-19, with emphasis on how structural racism intersects with medicine and public health. The series will both examine how we got here and contemplate what a more just future might look like. Sponsored by: Project on Public Life & the Humanities at the Sheridan Libraries Center for Medical Humanities & Social Medicine Johns Hopkins University [Logos for Johns Hopkins University, and associated centers appear at the bottom.]](https://hopkinshistoryofmedicine.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/epidemic-endemic-2020-21-e1606920861294.jpg)
This Friday will herald the start of the Center for Medical Humanities & Social Medicine’s year-long monthly virtual speaker series entitled, “Epidemic/Endemic: Medical Humanities & Social Medicine 2020-21.” For the first event, the Center will be co-sponsoring with the Berman Institute of Bioethics and the Department of Sociology for Dr. Ruha Benjamin’s talk entitled “Viral Justice: Pandemics, Policing, and Public Bioethics.” Click here for more information and the zoom link.