Anjuli Fatima Raza Kolb is associate professor of English at the University of Toronto. She is a scholar of colonial and postcolonial literature and theory with particular research interests in the history of science and intellectual history, poetry and poetics, gender and sexuality studies, political theory and independence movements, the gothic and horror, and comparative literary studies. Her book, Epidemic Empire: Colonialism, Contagion, and Terror 1817-2020 is out now from the University of Chicago Press, and her poems, essays, and translations have appeared in many venues.
This year-long series of Oakley discussions applies an interdisciplinary medical-humanities lens to the pandemic. The series is running in two parts: Corona Time: Making Sense of a Global Pandemic addresses a number of key questions in relation to the pandemic, including: history of epidemics, race and white supremacy, isolation and trauma, surveillance and emergency powers,and global health policy, all through discussions with guest speakers. In between Corona Time meetings, we are hosting a series of Pandemic@Williams events to see how our community here at Williams deals with and works through the pandemic.
To join the discussion, email kmb5 for event link.