A Disciplinary Perspective on the post-Covid university. What can History offer?

Abstract

<p>While still in the midst of pandemic, we are increasingly vexed by the possible shape, form and quality of life that will emerge as the so-called 'new normal'. We constantly speculate on the way we might do business, enjoy entertainment, experience social interactions or deliver and receive education in a post-COVID world. We are knowingly sailing in uncharted waters. At this anxious time of uncertainty, we find some comfort in the historically positioned description of the pandemic as '<b><u>unprecedented</u></b>'. If we have no models, it is alright to take risks, to make leaps of faith, to offer up our best suggestions and to excuse ourselves when we fear and flounder.</p>