Encountering the Plague

Humanities Takes on the Pandemic

Wojciech Sowa, Tony Whyton

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English

Intellect Books
11 February 2025

Philosophy of language; Social impact of disasters

Series: BCMCR New Directions in Media and Cultural Research

Fourteen essays respond to the theme of plague from different disciplinary perspectives.

Encountering the Plague explores ways in which humanities research can play a meaningful role in key social and political debates and provides compelling examples of how the past can inform our understanding of the present. Contributors focus on the effects of COVID-19 on everyday life, drawing also on insights from different historical experiences of plague as a way of exploring human responses to epidemics, past and present.

Each chapter opens with a different illustration that serves as a source for subsequent discussion, enabling readers to make connections between everyday objects, experiences, and broader critical debates about plague and its impact on humanity. Thought-provoking commentaries stem from a variety of humanities disciplines including archaeology, electronic literature, history, linguistics, media and cultural studies, and musicology.

Edited by: Wojciech Sowa, Tony Whyton
Imprint: Intellect Books
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 244mm, Width: 170mm,
ISBN: 9781789389876
ISBN 10: 1789389879
Series: BCMCR New Directions in Media and Cultural Research
Pages: 258
Publication Date: 11 February 2025
Audience: College/higher education , Further / Higher Education
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Wojciech Sowa is Chair of the HERA JointResearch Programme Board and Professor withinthe Institute of Classical Philology, Jagiellonian University, Poland. Tony Whyton is Professor of Jazz Studies at Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, Birmingham City University UK. From 2017-2023, he worked as a Knowledge Exchange and Impact Fellow for the Humanities in the European Research Area.