Histories of HIVs
Social Contexts of the Emergence of HIV/AIDS
20-22 May, 2016
American Museum of Natural History
79th Street and Central Park West; New York, NY 10024
with generous support from Lehman College, City University of New York, the National Endowment for the Humanities, the American Museum of Natural History, and Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis
This conference presents international research on the biological, epidemiological, and social contexts of the emergence of HIV/AIDS. Bringing together specialists from the fields of virology and molecular biology, epidemiology and public health, and history and anthropology, this conference provides the context for cutting-edge, multidisciplinary insights into one of the most devastating global infectious disease pandemics of the twentieth century.
The conference also marks the culmination of a three-year collaborative research project, supported by generous funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities, concerning the political, social, and cultural history of the emergence of HIV/AIDS. Taking as a starting point that several viruses emerged -- HIV-1 groups in central Africa and HIV-2 groups in western Africa -- scholars participating in this long-term research program will present their interdisciplinary findings.
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| Friday May 20, 2016 | ||
| 6:00-6:30pm | Reception and Registration | |
| 6:35 -6:40 | Welcome Keynote | Jacklyn Lacey (American Museum of Natural History) |
| 6:40-8:00pm | Keynote | Ian Lipkin (Introduction by Preston A. Marx) John Snow Professor of Epidemiology and Distinguished Researcher in Emerging Disease (Columbia University) |
| Saturday May 21, 2016 | ||
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| 8:00–9:00am | Registration | |
| 9:10-9:25am | Welcome | Stephanie Rupp (Lehman College, City University of New York and American Museum of Natural History) |
9:30-12:00pm SIVs and Human Crossovers in West and Central AfricaModerated by: Mark Siddall (Invertebrate Zoology), and Rob DeSalle (Molecular Systematics), American Museum of Natural History |
Beatrice Hahn (University of Pennsylvania), "Origins of HIV-1 in the Congo River Basin." Preston A. Marx (Tulane University), "Instructive Differences between AIDS and Ebola Virus Disease, Two Epidemics with Zoonotic Origins" |
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François Simon (Hôpital St. Louis, Paris), HIV-1 Group N Is Back" Guillaume Lachenal (University of Paris-Diderot), "Historical Reflections on the HIV and HCV Epidemics in Cameroon" |
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1:30–3:30pm Historical and Social Context of HIV-1 EmergenceModerated by: Janet Roitman (New School for Social Research) |
Tamara Giles-Vernick (Institut Pasteur), "Rethinking the Early Emergence of HIV-1 in Central Africa: Why We Need to Consider the Nineteenth Century Sangha Basin" Stephanie Rupp (Lehman College, City University of New York) and Philippe Ambata (Historian), "Social and Historical Contexts of HIV-1 Emergence in Southeastern Cameroon" |
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3:30-5:30pm HIV-2: Emergence and EpidemiologyModerated by: Susan Perkins (Sackler Institute for Comparative Genomics, American Museum of Natural History) |
Jorge Varanda (Coimbra University, Portugal), "HIV-2 in Guinea-Bissau" Nuno Faria (University of Oxford), "Establishment and Early Spread of HIV Lineages" Catherine Bolten (University of Notre Dame), "Disease Emergence through Material Proximity: Mapping Zoonosis in Multi-Species Research" |
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| Sunday, May 22 2016 | |
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9:00-12:00pm Cities and Networks of Viral Epidemics; Responses to HIV-1 in Congo BasinModerated by: Wafaa El-Sadr (Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University) and Bertrade Ngo-Ngijol Banoum (Lehman College, City University of New York) |
Didier Gondola (Indiana University), "The Making of a Social Disease: How Violence, Migration, and Gender Revolution Contributed to the Emergence of HIV-1 in Equatorial Africa" Amandine Lauro (Université Libre de Bruxelles), "Prostitution, Gender Imbalance and HIV-1 Emergence in Colonial Kinshasa" |
Munayeno Muvova (Montreal, CN) "Sexually Transmitted Infections and Public Health in Congo, 1885-1960" Scholastique Dianzinga (Marien Ngouabi Unversity of Brazzaville), "AIDS in Congo from 1983 to 2002: A Contribution to the History of Sickness" |
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1:30-3:30pm Lessons of Emergence: HIV, Ebola, Zika, and Viruses of the FutureModerated by: Alex de Voogt, African Ethnology, American Museum of Natural History" |
William H. Schneider (Indiana University), "The Appearance of HIV in Africa: the First Published Reports of Prevalence" Jacklyn Lacey (American Museum of Natural History), “Stigma, Anxiety, and Resistance in Social Perceptions of Disease Emergence: HIVs, Ebola, and Zika.” Ernie Drucker (John Jay College, City University of New York), "The Continued Role of Unsterile Injections in the Adaptation and Dissemination of Emerging Viruses" |
| 3:30-5:30pm
Final Round Table Discussion |
Facilitated by William Schneider and Stephanie Rupp |
With Generous Support from:
- The American Museum of Natural History
- Lehman College, City University of New York
- The National Endowment for the Humanities
- Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis
If you have any questions please contact us at: hivhistories.conference@lehman.cuny.edu
