Agenda for COVID-19: Health and Humanities – Online International Conference

Website: https://planetaryhealth2020.website/

Day 1: 2020/04/16 (Thursday)

Time

(GMT+8)

Topic

Chairman

16:30 – 16:40

Opening Remarks

 Director of Department of Humanities and Social Sciences: Ming-Jen Lin

Dean of College of Public Health: Chang-Chuan Chan 

16:40 – 16:50

COVID-19 Pandemic: Implications for Humanities (Prof. Hsiu-Hsi Chen)

Prof. Ping-Chen Hsiung

16:50 – 17:00

Pandemics in History: Before and After (Prof. Ping-Chen Hsiung)

Prof. Luiz Oosterbeek

17:00 – 17:10

From Humankind towards Humanity, through epidemics and sociocultural cohesion (Prof. Luiz Oosterbeek)

Prof. Laurent Tissot

17:10 – 17:20

History, tourism and epidemics, the example of Thomas Mann's Death in Venice (Prof. Laurent Tissot)

Dr. Zoltán Somhegyi

17:20 – 17:30

Coffee Break

17:30 – 17:40

Ethical Issues Associated with COVID-19 Pandemic (Prof. Yen-Yuan Chen)

Prof. Tim Jensen

17:40 – 17:50

Religion and Health. Aspects of a Study-of- Religion(s) Perspective. With Special Regard to Covid-19. (Prof. Tim Jensen)

Prof. Jesús de la Villa

17:50 – 18:00

History and literature in times of epidemic (Prof. Jesús de la Villa)

Prof. Mu-chou Poo

18:00 – 18:10

COVID-19 and aesthetics   (Dr. Zoltán Somhegyi)

Prof. Hsiu-Hsi Chen

18:10 – 18:20

Recommendation and summary

18:20 – 18:40

Discussion (Prof. Hsiu-Hsi Chen & Prof. Ping-Chen Hsiung)

Local Starting Time:

USA (MST): Thursday, April 16th, 2020 at 1:30 a.m.

USA Minnesota (CST): Thursday, April 16th, 2020 at 3:30 a.m.

USA New York (EST): Thursday, April 16th, 2020 at 4:30 a.m.

Canada: Thursday, April 16th, 2020 at 4:30 a.m.

Grenada: Thursday, April 16th, 2020 at 4:30 a.m.

Portugal: Thursday, April 16th, 2020 at 9:30 a.m.

UK: Thursday, April 16th, 2020 at 9:30 a.m.

Denmark: Thursday, April 16th, 2020 at 10:30 a.m.

France: Thursday, April 16th, 2020 at 10:30 a.m.

Hungary: Thursday, April 16th, 2020 at 10:30 a.m.

Spain: Thursday, April 16th, 2020 at 10:30 a.m.

Switzerland: Thursday, April 16th, 2020 at 10:30 a.m.

Nepal: Thursday, April 16th, 2020 at 1:45 p.m.

Bangladesh: Thursday, April 16th, 2020 at 2:00 p.m.

Myanmar: Thursday, April 16th, 2020 at 3:00 p.m.

Vietnam: Thursday, April 16th, 2020 at 3:30 p.m.

Laos: Thursday, April 16th, 2020 at 3:30 p.m.

Thailand: Thursday, April 16th, 2020 at 3:30 p.m.

China: Thursday, April 16th, 2020 at 4:30 p.m.

Hong Kong: Thursday, April 16th, 2020 at 4:30 p.m.

Indonesia: Thursday, April 16th, 2020 at 4:30 p.m.

Malaysia: Thursday, April 16th, 2020 at 4:30 p.m.

Singapore: Thursday, April 16th, 2020 at 4:30 p.m.

Japan: Thursday, April 16th, 2020 at 5:30 p.m.

Korea: Thursday, April 16th, 2020 at 5:30 p.m.

 

 

Day 2:    EST/MST/CST/PST 2020/04/16 (Thursday)

                GMT(+0)/GMT(+9) 2020/04/17 (Friday)

Time (GMT+8)

Topic

Chairman

8:30 – 8:40

Opening Remarks

Dean of College of Public Health: Chang-Chuan Chan 

8:40 – 8:50

COVID-19 Pandemic: Implications for Humanities (Prof. Hsiu-Hsi Chen)

Prof. Ping-Chen Hsiung

8:50 – 9:00

Pandemics in History: Before and After (Prof. Ping-Chen Hsiung)

Prof. Hsiu-Hsi Chen

9:00 – 9:10

Value and philosophy in response to pandemic COVID-19  (Prof. Philip Buckley)

Prof. Marta Hanson

9:10 – 9:20

Orthodox and alternative medicine for treating COVID-19 (Prof. Marta Hanson)

Prof. Philip Buckley

9:20 – 9:30

Coffee Break

9:30 – 9:40

COVID-19 and Learning to Be Human (Prof. Harold Sjursen)

Prof. Cheuk-Yin Lee

  9:40 – 9:50

COVID-19: Humanity and Health in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) (Prof. Cheuk-Yin Lee)

Prof. Harold Sjursen

  9:50 - 10:00

COVID-19 and Mental Health (Prof. Tzung-Jeng Hwang)

Prof. Hsiu-Hsi Chen

  10:00-10:10

Recommendation and summary

  10:10-10:30

Discussion (Prof. Hsiu-Hsi Chen & Prof. Ping-Chen Hsiung)

 

Local Starting Time:

USA (MST): Thursday, April 16th, 2020 at 5:30 p.m.

USA Minnesota (CST): Thursday, April 16th, 2020 at 7:30 p.m.

USA New York (EST): Thursday, April 16th, 2020 at 8:30 p.m.

Canada: Thursday, April 16th, 2020 at 8:30 p.m.

Grenada: Thursday, April 16th, 2020 at 8:30 p.m.

Portugal: Friday, April 17th, 2020 at 1:30 a.m.

UK: Friday, April 17th, 2020 at 1:30 a.m.

Denmark: Friday, April 17th, 2020 at 2:30 a.m.

France: Friday, April 17th, 2020 at 2:30 a.m.

Hungary: Friday, April 17th, 2020 at 2:30 a.m.

Spain: Friday, April 17th, 2020 at 2:30 a.m.

Switzerland: Friday, April 17th, 2020 at 2:30 a.m.

Nepal: Friday, April 17th, 2020 at 5:45 a.m.

Bangladesh: Friday, April 17th, 2020 at 6:00 a.m.

Myanmar: Friday, April 17th, 2020 at 7:00 a.m.

Vietnam: Friday, April 17th, 2020 at 7:30 a.m.

Laos: Friday, April 17th, 2020 at 7:30 a.m.

Thailand: Friday, April 17th, 2020 at 7:30 a.m.

China: Friday, April 17th, 2020 at 8:30 a.m.

Hong Kong: Friday, April 17th, 2020 at 8:30 a.m.

Indonesia: Friday, April 17th, 2020 at 8:30 a.m.

Malaysia: Friday, April 17th, 2020 at 8:30 a.m.

Singapore: Friday, April 17th, 2020 at 8:30 a.m.

Japan: Friday, April 17th, 2020 at 9:30 a.m.

Korea: Friday, April 17th, 2020 at 9:30 a.m.