Institute of Immigration Research Parallel Pandemic Project

The United States and Pakistan are two very different countries facing a common, invisible existential threat. With a combined population of over 500 million people, COVID-19 has both societies reeling as they face an uncertain future. How these two nations react will reflect their very different ways of life, as well as their common humanity. Viewed as extreme exogenous shock to both societies, COVID-19 is putting the cultural institutional framework of both the United States and Pakistan through a stress test. Social scientists have the opportunity to assess the strengths and weaknesses of this framework and think about therapies for the nations going forward.

The Parallel Pandemic Project (PPP) is an effort to document and understand when and how the paths of the United States and Pakistan converge and diverge over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic. This project is multi-faceted in that it attempts a more thorough understanding of crises responses across many social institutions through the lens of the response to COVID-19 in Pakistan and the United States.

On March 2, 2021, PPP hosted a project presentation.

Speakers:  

Opening remarks by Country Public Affairs Officer Ray Castillo

Mason College of Humanities and Social Sciences, Dean Ann Ardis

  • Dr. James Witte, Director of the IIR
  • Nishit Sahay, Senior Advisor-External Relations at the IIR
  • Dr. Mustafa Hyder, Research Scholar and Faculty Member at the University of Karachi
  • Dr. Tehmina Faisal, Assistant Professor at the University of Karachi

 

Below please find links to the PPP part 1 and part 2

Part 1: https://fb.watch/3_U_ABH6yi/

Part 2: https://statedept.zoomgov.com/rec/share/-vEqL-HByl9JHJXBt13DdpJmM9XDaaa8hylN__MMzDyios-t3fk2HdFr91U6zGQ Passcode: &%B1v!jY