The 1920s brought us a pandemic, social unrest and race riots, developments in technology, a fashion revolution and a resurgence of feminism. Now, a century later, can we anticipate another roaring ‘20s? Join us virtually as The Curiosity Desk’s Edgar B Herwick III interviews two experts who will help answer this question.
First up, professor Nicholas Christakis will discuss social behavior then and how he anticipates people will behave now post-pandemic. Next, hear from professor Kim Jenkins about fashion, race and culture in the 1920s and where we’re heading in the 2020s.
Edgar will select queries from the audience and even ask you a few of his own!
Featuring:
Kim Jenkins
Assistant Professor of Fashion Studies at Ryerson University
Kim became best known for designing a course and exhibition called Fashion and Race and has shared her insights globally in industry forums and institutions. Her expertise in fashion history and infusing ‘race’ into fashion theory education has led to consulting work for Gucci, the Centraal Museum, and other corporate brands and organizations. Kim is the founder of the Fashion and Race Database, an online platform that expands the narrative of fashion history and challenges misrepresentation within the fashion system.
Nicholas A. Christakis
Sterling Professor of Social and Natural Science, Yale University
Nicholas A. Christakis, MD, PhD, MPH, is a social scientist and physician at Yale University who conducts research in the fields of network science, biosocial science and behavior genetics. He directs the Human Nature Lab and is the Co-Director of the Yale Institute for Network Science. He was elected to the National Academy of Medicine in 2006, the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 2010 and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2017. His recently wrote Apollo's Arrow: The Profound and Enduring Impact of Coronavirus on the Way We Live.
Hosted by Edgar B. Herwick III of GBH’s Curiosity Desk
Edgar runs GBH’s Curiosity Desk, where he aims to dig a little deeper (and sometimes askew) into topics in the news and looks for answers to questions posed by the world around us.
This virtual event will begin at 7pm Eastern Standard Time.
How it works:
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