2021 Winter Lecture Series
Pandemics: Old and New
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2021 Winter Lecture Series: Pandemics: Old and New
For this 37th Winter Lecture Series of 2021, we focus on deadly pandemics. The Lecture Series will consist of four sessions presented on four successive Sundays beginning 2/14/2021. Each will begin at 7:00PM and end around 8:30PM, with a 45-minute lecture followed by an audience-driven Q&A. The Zoomed and recorded lectures, and Q & A sessions will then be posted on the Unitarian Church website.
February 14, 2021. Professor Carol Symes of the Department of History at the University of Illinois will discuss “Historical Perspectives of Pandemics.” Past and recent waves of disease have influenced the cultures of the world, from the Antoine plague that discriminated the Roman army through the Bubonic Plague that re-shaped Europe and the World of the 14th century to our current Covid-19. CLICK HERE to watch the recording.
February 21, 2021. Professor Ali S Khan, Dean, College of Public Health and Professor of Epidemiology, University of Nebraska Medical Center will discuss “Threats to Global Health and the Role of the World Health Organization.” Current news coverage focuses on local and national issues, but pandemics affect the world. The WHO monitors and coordinates responses to disease outbreaks that threaten to become those deadly pandemics. CLICK HERE to watch the recording.
February 28, 2021. Professor Peter C Angeletti of the Nebraska Center for Virology in the School of Biological Sciences, UN-L will present “Zoonosis of Sars-CoV” explaining the origins of the virus and its transmission. Cultural practices from the “wet markets” of East Asia and “bush meat” in Africa facilitate the transmission of dangerous pathogens from animals to humans. CLICK HERE to watch the recording.
March 7, 2021. Professor Sharon R Stoolman specializes in pediatrics in the Division of Hospital Medicine at UN-Med and practices as a pediatrician at Children’s Hospital and Medical Center. She will discuss “Sorting Through Racial Disparities in COVID-19,” emphasizing how the current pandemic affects minority communicates locally and throughout the US. CLICK HERE to watch the recording.
MORE INFORMATION about the Winter Lecture Series:
The Winter Lecture Series began at Vine Congregation Church in 1985. The first year the topic of the Series was Central America. That topic set the early trend of the Series focusing each year on a single country or a region of the world. In 2001 the Unitarian Church inherited the Winter Lecture Series. With that change, besides focusing on single countries or regions, sometimes our annual topics were cross-cutting issues such as human rights, or poverty, or environmental issues.
Our goal is to provide unbiased information to our attendees—information provided by experts from local or distant Universities and organizations such as the US State Department. Although bringing experts from other states and countries is expensive, our lectures are always free and open to the public, and no registration is required.
Support for our lectures has been provided each year by grants from Humanities Nebraska (formally the Nebraska Humanities Council), UNL OLLI (Osher Lifelong Learning Institute), and the Social Justice Committee of the Unitarian Church of Lincoln.
HISTORY OF WINTER LECTURE SERIES - including a list of topics and speakers.
You are invited to attend any and all lectures of the Winter Lecture Series. Each year we inform the people on our email list of the year’s topic and schedule. If you would like to be informed of upcoming lecture series, or you need additional information, please email a note to rdien@allophone.com with “Winter” entered in the subject line. Your email address will not be shared with any other entities.
Want to watch a video from a past series? Winter Lecture Series videos are uploaded to our YouTube channel.
Pandemics: Old and New
CLICK HERE to sign up for our Winter Lecture Series email list. We will send information about any upcoming lectures once available.
2021 Winter Lecture Series: Pandemics: Old and New
For this 37th Winter Lecture Series of 2021, we focus on deadly pandemics. The Lecture Series will consist of four sessions presented on four successive Sundays beginning 2/14/2021. Each will begin at 7:00PM and end around 8:30PM, with a 45-minute lecture followed by an audience-driven Q&A. The Zoomed and recorded lectures, and Q & A sessions will then be posted on the Unitarian Church website.
February 14, 2021. Professor Carol Symes of the Department of History at the University of Illinois will discuss “Historical Perspectives of Pandemics.” Past and recent waves of disease have influenced the cultures of the world, from the Antoine plague that discriminated the Roman army through the Bubonic Plague that re-shaped Europe and the World of the 14th century to our current Covid-19. CLICK HERE to watch the recording.
February 21, 2021. Professor Ali S Khan, Dean, College of Public Health and Professor of Epidemiology, University of Nebraska Medical Center will discuss “Threats to Global Health and the Role of the World Health Organization.” Current news coverage focuses on local and national issues, but pandemics affect the world. The WHO monitors and coordinates responses to disease outbreaks that threaten to become those deadly pandemics. CLICK HERE to watch the recording.
February 28, 2021. Professor Peter C Angeletti of the Nebraska Center for Virology in the School of Biological Sciences, UN-L will present “Zoonosis of Sars-CoV” explaining the origins of the virus and its transmission. Cultural practices from the “wet markets” of East Asia and “bush meat” in Africa facilitate the transmission of dangerous pathogens from animals to humans. CLICK HERE to watch the recording.
March 7, 2021. Professor Sharon R Stoolman specializes in pediatrics in the Division of Hospital Medicine at UN-Med and practices as a pediatrician at Children’s Hospital and Medical Center. She will discuss “Sorting Through Racial Disparities in COVID-19,” emphasizing how the current pandemic affects minority communicates locally and throughout the US. CLICK HERE to watch the recording.
MORE INFORMATION about the Winter Lecture Series:
The Winter Lecture Series began at Vine Congregation Church in 1985. The first year the topic of the Series was Central America. That topic set the early trend of the Series focusing each year on a single country or a region of the world. In 2001 the Unitarian Church inherited the Winter Lecture Series. With that change, besides focusing on single countries or regions, sometimes our annual topics were cross-cutting issues such as human rights, or poverty, or environmental issues.
Our goal is to provide unbiased information to our attendees—information provided by experts from local or distant Universities and organizations such as the US State Department. Although bringing experts from other states and countries is expensive, our lectures are always free and open to the public, and no registration is required.
Support for our lectures has been provided each year by grants from Humanities Nebraska (formally the Nebraska Humanities Council), UNL OLLI (Osher Lifelong Learning Institute), and the Social Justice Committee of the Unitarian Church of Lincoln.
HISTORY OF WINTER LECTURE SERIES - including a list of topics and speakers.
You are invited to attend any and all lectures of the Winter Lecture Series. Each year we inform the people on our email list of the year’s topic and schedule. If you would like to be informed of upcoming lecture series, or you need additional information, please email a note to rdien@allophone.com with “Winter” entered in the subject line. Your email address will not be shared with any other entities.
Want to watch a video from a past series? Winter Lecture Series videos are uploaded to our YouTube channel.
