On Wednesday, March 30, 2021, 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  finishing the ‘Covid-19: Reflections on History and Public Health’ cycle of international seminars.

The presentation on this day, and which will conclude these meetings, is entitled ‘Governing in Times of Crisis (and without Crisis): Connections between Scientific Evidence and Decision Making,’ featuring 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 seminar is professor Ildefonso Hernández Aguado, from the Miguel Hernández University of Elche.

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. After the presentation, there will be a debate of some 20 minutes in length, 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, 2021, 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. The cycle then continued on February 24, with the presentation on ‘The 1918 Flu and Covid-19 Representations and Spatial Distribution in the Brazilian Context,’ given by professor Claudio Bertolli, from São Paulo State University. Following this was ‘A Historical Conclusion to Pandemics: Death as Social Disease,’ and this presentation was given by Professor Esteban Rodríguez, from the University of Granada. Professor Laurinda Abreu, representing the University of Évora, was moderator.  

Both conferences may be viewed on the UMH YouTube channel.

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