100YLA Online Conversation Series: Social Distancing – A Historical Perspective

Zoom Webinar

100 Year Lives in Asia (100YLA)

Life expectancy in Asia has increased significantly from 1955 to 2020. In many Asian societies, centenarians are still celebrated, but they are no longer a rarity. Society and government policies have not been designed around the expectation that people will live to 100. Education, career, family, financial security and many other topics will be explored in the 100YLA series to address the many changing needs people and their families have as they prepare to live longer lives.

COVID-19 has brought many consequences for young and old within their communities. The 100YLA series will discuss 100 year lives in the context of a world facing a COVID-19 future.

Kathleen Cagney, Professor of Sociology of the University of Chicago, will invite experts from Asia and the U.S. to discuss the phenomenon, implications, challenges and opportunities for an aging population in Asia.

Episode 3: Social Distancing - A Historical Perspective

May 28, 2020 (Thursday)

7:30am | Chicago

1:30pm | London

2:30pm | Paris

6:00pm | Delhi

7:30pm | Jakarta | Ho Chi Minh City

8:30pm | Hong Kong | Beijing | Singapore | Manila | Taipei

9:30pm | Tokyo | Seoul

10:30pm | Sydney

Speakers:

Dr Christopher Kindell

Postdoctoral Social Sciences Teaching Fellow  

Department of History and the College

The University of Chicago

Professor Howard Markel

George E. Wantz, M.D. Distinguished Professor of the History of Medicine

Director, Center for the History of Medicine

Professor of Pediatrics; Psychiatry; Public Health Management and Policy; History; and English Literature and Language

University of Michigan

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The event was hosted by The University of Chicago Francis and Rose Yuen Campus in Hong Kong.