A history of plague monuments
Channel: The Conversation
Date: 2020-11-25

Dr. Emily Godbey is a professor of art & visual culture at Iowa State University. In this interview, she explains how plague monuments were used to commemorate victims of past disease outbreaks, temporary memorials for COVID-19 and why plague memorials are not as prolific as war memorials.


The full article is available to read at The Conversation US: https://theconversation.com/will-there-be-a-monument-to-the-covid-19-pandemic-146827