Behind the Headlines | Democracy in an Age of Pandemic

Recorded April 27, 2020. This Behind the Headlines, in partnership
with the Society of Fellows and Heyman Center for the Humanites at
Columbia University, explored what pandemics and public health
crises mean for democracies around the world. Social distancing,
cocooning, and ‘lockdown’ measures implemented worldwide to stall
the spread of Covid-19 have raised questions about what the absence
of public life means for democracy. We have also seen a range of
emergency powers introduced by governments trying to manage social
order during this time. Our international panel will discuss the
politics and policies of disease prevention and control, how the
absence of public life might impact on those on the margins of our
societies, and what we might learn from plague and democracy in
classical Greece. The Behind the Headlines Series is supported by
the John Pollard Foundation. Learn more at:
https://www.tcd.ie/trinitylongroomhub/