I hope to organize a session proposal for the 2024 AHA-PCB, which will meet July 31 to August 2 at the University of Hawai’i at Mānoa. The conference theme is “Disaster, Resilience, and Recovery.” The CFP is here: https://www.pcb-aha.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/PCB-AHA-2024-Call-for-Papers.pdf
In light of the theme, and the fire tragedy that struck Lahaina last year, I hope to organize a session on teaching disaster. How do we conceptualize it, and how do we teach it? Which disasters do we choose to focus on in our courses? How do we teach disaster history, whether in specialized courses