On Wednesday, February 24, the Tordesillas Doctoral School of Public Health and History of Science, along with the Faculty of Medicine’s Doctoral Program in Public Health, Medical and Surgical Sciences at the Miguel Hernández University of Elche (UMH), is  continuing the ‘Covid-19: Reflections on History and Public Health’ cycle of international seminars.

On this occasion, there are going to be two presentations. The first is on ‘The 1918 Flu and Covid-19 Representations and Spatial Distribution in the Brazilian Context,’ and given by professor Claudio Bertolli, from São Paulo State University. Professor Esteban Rodríguez, from the University of Granada, is presenting the second presentation, entitled ‘A Historical Conclusion to Pandemics: Death as Social Disease.’ Professor Laurinda Abreu, representing the University of Évora, is charged with moderating.

This event starts at 17:00 Central European Time, and will be broadcast live on both Google Meet (https://meet.google.com/mwq-oxnf-wjz?authuser=0) as well as on the UMH YouTube channel, at youtube.umh.es. Debates 20 minutes in length follow both presentations, and those in attendance will be able to ask the speakers questions on Google Meet.

According to UMH coordinator of the Tordesillas Doctoral School of Public Health and History of Science, María Pastor, “the aim of these meetings is to create an international collaborative space to analyze the varying experiences, activities, and public policies during the management of the Covid-19 pandemic and to reflect upon them.”

The cycle of conferences began on January 27, with the seminar on ‘Commercial and Political Determinants for Access to Covid-19 Vaccines.’ Participants in this introductory activity included professor Lígia Bahia, from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, and professor Giulano Russo, from Queen Mary University of London. Soledad Márquez, representing the Junta de Andalucía, was moderator. This conference may be viewed on the UMH YouTube channel.

These international meetings then conclude on March 30, with the cycle of ‘Governing in Times of Crisis (and without Crisis): Connections between Scientific Evidence and Decision Making,’ which will feature professor Henrique Barros, from the University of Porto, along with professor Ana M. Garcia, representing the University of Valencia. Both of these speakers have been advising their respective governments during the pandemic. Moderating this final meeting is professor Ildefonso Hernández Aguado, from the Miguel Hernández University of Elche.

Detailed information for this cycle of seminars is available on Tordesillas website, at https://tordesillasdoctoral.umh.es/.