A clay model memorial by student Paul Cranley (Photo by Aubreonna Chamberlain, DePaul University).
A park model by student Zoe Stanek (Photo by Aubreonna Chamberlain, DePaul University).
Students in "HON 205 Interdisciplinary Arts: Portraits of Plagues and People" analyzed each other's projects as part of their final class (Photo by Aubreonna Chamberlain, DePaul University).
A digital memorial by student Juliet Peterka (Photo by Aubreonna Chamberlain, DePaul University).
Student Alex Ayrapetian Floyd analyzes a model by Mak Roban (Photo by Aubreonna Chamberlain/DePaul University).
Student Ella McCoy's model on social distancing (Photo by Aubreonna Chamberlain, DePaul University).
In a recent class, Craig Klugman, Vincent de Paul Professor of Bioethics and Health Humanities in the College of Science and Health, turned to the humanities to teach students about health crises throughout history.
In “HON 205 Interdisciplinary Arts: Portraits of Plagues and People,” Klugman encouraged students to explore the way humans have memorialized epidemics and pandemics, from the Black Plague to COVID-19.
As a final project, students created model monuments for COVID-19 remembrance, a way of processing shared history. With the COVID Memorial Monument set to be unveiled in Chicago later this year, Klugman invited students to create their own projects that acknowledged the effect of the recent pandemic.
Above are the students’ final projects – an example of the ways DePaul students are wrestling with the issues of our time.