Join us for a webinar on “Beyond the Haze: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Air Pollution.”
Air pollution has emerged as one of the most pressing public health and environmental challenges of our time. In South Asia and beyond, deteriorating air quality affects millions of lives each day, cutting across boundaries of class, geography, and generation. Yet the crisis cannot be understood through science and policy alone. Its roots are historical, its consequences profoundly social, and its resolution will require perspectives that bridge health, governance, and culture. This webinar aims to reframe air pollution not only as a scientific and regulatory concern but also as a question of historical trajectory, governance structures, and human experience. It will highlight how interdisciplinary insights—spanning medicine, public health policy, and environmental history—can deepen our understanding of air pollution and guide more inclusive and effective responses.
Date: Wednesday, December 3, 2025
Time: 6:30-7:30 pm IST / 8:00-9:00 am EST
Venue: Online on Zoom
Moderator:
David Shumway Jones, A. Bernard Ackerman Professor of the Culture of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, Professor in the Department of Epidemiology at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Speakers:
• Sunil Amrith, Renu and Anand Dhawan Professor of History at Yale University
• Bhargav Krishna, Convenor, Sustainable Futures Collaborative
