Pandemic City
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About this Event
Urban centres have been the heartland of battling the coronavirus-induced crisis. Join the MLC Pandemic Webinar to explore conditions of public space and urban life amidst the second wave of COVID-19 with three renowned experts:
- Mitchell Hammond, University of Victoria - author of Epidemics and the Modern World (UTP)
- Dan Horner, Ryerson University - author of Taking to the Streets: Crowds, Politics, and the Urban Experience in Mid-Nineteenth-Century Montreal (MQUP)
- Leslie Kern, Mount Allison University - author of Feminist City: Claiming Space in a Man-Made World (Verso)
The webinar is open to the general public and free of charge. To participate, RSVP by pressing the green Register button above to gain access to the Zoom room details.
“Pandemic City” is the thirteenth installation of the MLC Research Centre & Gallery’s webinar series that began on April 2, 2020 as an urgent cultural response to the crisis.
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