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With the growth of social history of medicine research in the UK over the last twenty-five years the subject area has expanded in terms of methodological perspectives, geographical interests and chronological coverage. This conference seeks to explore the ways in which these developments have shaped current doctoral research. At the same time it will identify the ways in which graduate students working in the field see the development of the subject area in the future. By presenting work in progress, the event will act in the first place as a showcase for current research activities at doctoral level across the country. However, the broader objective is to stimulate a dialogue among emerging scholars in the social history of medicine community about the origins of the subject area,
its current preoccupations and possible directions.
The conference will be inclusive in terms of subject matter, disciplinary approach and geographical context. The organisers welcome proposals from, among others, those working on studies relating to the history of medicine and therapies and of specific diseases and illnesses, the history of disability, the history of health policy, the history of medical organisations and/or related bodies, occupational health history, the history of non-western medicine and cultural representations of health and
healthcare.
Contact: Please send a title and abstract of up to 300 words together with a brief CV and contact details to Sue Morrison and Angela Turner at cradletograve@hotmail.co.uk by 30
November 2005.
The Conference is jointly organised by Glasgow Caledonian and Strathclyde Universities in conjunction with the Society for the Social History of Medicine. Membership benefits of the Society include subscription to the journal “Social History of Medicine” and “The Gazette” which contains information about professional events, reduced registration fees at Society conferences, 30 per cent off titles in the Society's Routledge series, 25 per cent off titles in Ashgate's series “History of Medicine in Context”, as well as discounts on selected books from Manchester University Press. Bursaries are available for student members for travel and conferences. Details of how to join the Society, and information about membership benefits are available at http://www.sshm.org
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