Lowell Lecture

FORD HALL FORUM AT SUFFOLK UNIVERSITY A Virtual Nine-Week Lecture Series “Politics in the Time of Global Pandemic”

Date & Time

June 24, 2020 at 4 p.m.

Location

Arsenal Center for the Arts
321 Arsenal Street Watertown, MA 02472
Driving Directions

Speaker(s)

Mahrukh Doctor, Vivien Schmidt, and Sebastián Royo

Presenting Organization

Ford Hall Forum at Suffolk University

Contact

Susan Spurlock (sspurlock@suffolk.edu, )

Ford Hall Forum at Suffolk University, Suffolk University’s Political Science & Legal Studies Department, and WGBH Forum Network The Covid-19 pandemic is a global event unlike any other experienced in the contemporary era. Its size, scope, reach, and implications are enormous, ongoing, and unequal. From how people all over the world will live their daily lives to whether democracy will survive is all in question. Come into our virtual classroom to delve deeper into the pandemic-related themes we will explore in this survey course for everyone. Mahrukh Doctor, Vivien Schmidt, and Sebastián Royo, all experts with a global focus, will discuss the differential impact of the pandemic around the world, and the differential responses across nations, comparing countries, regions, and states in the context of democracy, populism, public trust, and compliance. This Suffolk University lecture series presented with Ford Hall Forum and WGBH is designed to be a broad survey of themes most of interest to political scientists and public policy experts and is part of a novel online summer course for incoming Suffolk students. Wednesday, June 24, 2020 Live at 4:00 pm This event is free and open to the public