<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">In late 2019, the Corona virus caused a worldwide outbreak of the infections disease COVID-19. Lockdowns, quarantine and mandatory masks were only some of the drastic consequences on the everyday life of societies. This volume contains essays examining various aspects of the pandemic and its consequences from the perspectives of cultural studies, economics, sociology, linguistics, and psychology.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; line-height: 150%;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">The authors:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; line-height: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Vlado Dimovski</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; line-height: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Wolf D. Hartmann</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Hermes Andreas Kick</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; line-height: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Zoran L. Kovacevic</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; line-height: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Maja Meško</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; line-height: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Erwin Möde</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Markus Mollitor</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Judita Peterlin</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Vasja Roblek</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Massimiliano Ruzzeddu</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Ludwig Tavernier</span></p>