| Date | Time | Location |
|---|---|---|
| Thursday, November 19, 2020 | 3:00PM - 6:00PM | External Event, This symposium took place online. |
| Monday, November 23, 2020 | 3:00PM - 6:00PM | External Event, This symposium took place online. |
| Thursday, November 26, 2020 | 10:00AM - 1:00PM | External Event, This symposium took place online. |
Re: Locations Symposium 2020
COVID-19 is a public health crisis occurring on a global scale. It has caused widespread suffering and disruption, and in the process, it has exacerbated existing inequalities; strengthened networks of solidarity; birthed new crises; devastated economies, altered politics at local, national, and international levels; and, more. In these ways, the virus is a disaster that has given rise to complex and uncertain transformations, but it has also led to a great display of resiliency, with different states, communities, and individuals adapting to and resisting this disaster. The global spread has laid bare the need for critical engagement with cross-disciplinary, cross-national, and cross-cultural dialogues.
SYMPOSIUM SCHEDULE
November 19: Migration, Care Work, and Solidarity
2:50 PM- 3:00 PM Co-Chairs Introduction
3:00 PM | Keynote Address: Dr. Tungohan – COVID-19, Immigration, & Care Work: Thinking Through the Implications of COVID-19 on the Lives of Asian Migrants
3:45 – 5:45 PM | Panel 1
John Paul Catungal | Mediating Contagion: Asian International Students in Canada during COVID
Md. Zarif Rahman, Saifuddin Ahmed & Mahabuba Islam Meem | Fatalistic Views and Its Impact on Combating COVID-19: Bangladesh Context
Joy Saade | The Beirut Explosion and Covid-19: Crisis relief and community reactions during Lebanon’s collapse
Yuriko Cowper-Smith, Dr. Yvonne Smith & Tyler Valiquette | Displaced and in the dark: Protecting LGBTQI+ asylum-seekers during a pandemic
5:45 – 6:15 Q&A SESSION AND CLOSING REMARKS
November 23 | Media, Security, and Communications
2:50 PM- 3:00 PM Co-Chairs Introduction
3:00 PM | Keynote Address: Dr. Ong
3:45 – 5:25 PM | Panel 2
Gabrielle Lim, Irene Poetranto & Justin Law | Securitizing COVID-19 in the Philippines: Outcomes and Risks
Anmol Dutta | Coro(Na)tional Solidarity Amidst the Covid-19 Pandemic in India
Richard Atimniraye Nyelade | The Racial and Olfactory Origin of Social Distancing
Isurika Sevwandi | COVID-19 Disaster Prevention Mechanism undertaken by Sri Lanka: SWOT Analysis 5:25 – 6:00 Q&A SESSION AND CLOSING REMARKS
November 26: Public Health and the Global South
9:50 AM- 10:00 AM Co-Chairs Introduction
10:00 AM | Keynote Address: Dr. Lasco – Medical Populism in the Global South
11:14AM – 12:15PM | Panel 3
Ritapriya Nandy | India during Pandemic: The Curious Case of Witch-hunting
Faizan Malik | Covid-19, Necropolitics, and Marginalized Experiences During a Global Pandemic
Mufassir Rashid | ‘Corona Effect’ on South Asian Politics: Diminishing Geopolitics and the inception of Geo-economics
Adrian Khan | Migration and Social Isolation during the Global Pandemic: Uncertainty, advocacy, and resilience
12:15 – 12:45 Q&A SESSION AND CLOSING REMARKS
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