Extended Deadline: CFP, Southern Association for the History of Medicine and Science (SAHMS))

The SAHMS has extended its Call for Papers from September 30 to October 31st.  The details:

The annual meeting of the Southern Association for the History of Medicine and Science-SAHMS- will be March 5-6, 2010 in Louisville, KY.  The SAHMS executive board has decided to extend the deadline for paper abstracts to October 31. Abstracts should be 200-300 words and should be accompanying with a one page CV. Please email all paper proposals to the chair of the SAHMS program committee, Mary Gibson at: meg2e@virginia.edu.  I hope many of you can join us as we celebrate the history of medicine and science at this international meeting.

Despite some excellent work being done on the history of medicine in the southern U.S., the area remains somewhat undertheorized, IMO, and would benefit from significantly greater attention and resources.  (Admittedly, I am biased since I live in the southern U.S. and naturally tend to think that anything related to Texas is important simply because it is related to Texas!).

Recommended.

(h/t H-SCI-MED-TECH)

Comments

[Kelly Hills]

Pfft. Texans.

...I wonder how many people read their organizational acronyms and think "Stay At Home Moms? What are they doing in Louisville?"

That aside, it sounds like an interesting conference, and I hear Louisville is pretty that time of year. Are you considering an abstract? (Is anyone else reading this considering or already submitted?)

[Daniel S. Goldberg]

Hey, Texas was a country.

I have not attended a SAHMS conference, but some peers attended the one a few years ago in San Antonio (Texas!), and came back raving about its openness and substance.

I actually already submitted an abstract. I'll send it to you if you want.

[Kelly Hills]

Sure! You know I always like to read that kind of stuff. :-)