EAHMH Conference 2010, Utrecht, 1-4 September 2011
Body and the Mind in the History of Medicine and Health
Co-organised by the Descartes Centre for the History and Philosophy of the Sciences and the Humanities and by the University Medical Centre Utrecht
Deadline for proposals: 1 December 2010
Confirmed keynote speakers include: Floris Cohen, Jacalyn Duffin and Annemarie Mol
Call for Papers
The EAHMH invites submissions for its bi-annual meeting, to be in Utrecht, The Netherlands, 1-4 September 2011. In the city whose name is closely linked to René Descartes, the Association welcomes abstracts on the general theme 'Body and Mind in the History of Medicine and Health'. This theme encompasses research in any area where body and mind (and their interaction) were pivotal subjects in the creation of concepts, practices and institutions and in the lived experience of health and disease. Papers addressing recent debates concerning historiography and/or methodology are especially welcomed. Papers dealing with the teaching of medical history in a concrete way, as well as incorporating personal experiences, are also invited: it is hoped that a special session may be organised on the teaching of medical history. Submissions relating to all historical periods and all regions are welcome, as are submissions from non-members.
Abstracts should not exceed one page and should include information concerning the scientific question examined, the sources and approach used and the (preliminary) results. Abstracts should contain a title and the speaker's contact information (name, affiliation, address and email address). In addition to single-paper proposals, proposals for sessions including three or four papers are also invited. All papers in pre-arranged sessions will be judged according to their individual merits. The Scientific Board of the EAHMH reserves the right to rearrange sessions in the light of proposals received. Individual paper presentations will be limited to 20 minutes, allowing for 10 minutes of discussion.
Please submit all proposals for papers and sessions to EAHMHconference2011@umutrecht.nlThis e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it no later than 1 December 2010.
The full call for papers can be downloaded here.
The EAHMH is offering an award of EUR 500 for the best paper presented at the Utrecht conference by a PhD student.
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As if this conference did not sound exciting enough, Utrecht in general and Utrecht University in particular are both incredible places (I speak having just visited both in the last month). Can you imagine presenting on the history of medicine and health at the same university in which Descartes worked and spoke, frequently, of course, on medical and physiological topics? In addition, the University also features what in my view is one of the finer centers of applied ethics in the Western world. The mind boggles. (Yes, I plan to submit a paper!)
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