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Call for Papers
For an Inter-School and Multi-Disciplinary Conference
At Oxford
14-16 July 2005
' Perspectives on 20th-century Pharmaceuticals> '
The development of pharmaceuticals and the growth of the pharmaceutical
industry are a major aspect of the history of the twentieth century. The
economic importance of the industry, the contributions it has made to
health and welfare, and the stimulus it has provided for research in the
biomedical sciences and related technologies, have been considerable.
However, because of the difficulty of access to pharmaceutical archives in
many countries, the history of pharmaceuticals in general, and of the
pharmaceutical industry in particular, is still relatively
under-developed.
For these reasons, this conference has the two following broadly-defined aims:
1) to bring together scientists, industrialists, clinicians, and
historians, who share a common interest in the development of
pharmaceuticals in the 20th century;
2) To contribute to a greater understanding of the history of the
pharmaceutical industry in the 20th century through a multi-disciplinary
approach, taking into account the different perspectives provided by
health economists, sociologists, anthropologists, and historians of
business, science, technology, and medicine.
This will be done by a series of seven consecutive sessions, spread over
two and a half days in July 2005. Each session will have a different
theme, articulated around the study of a number of different interfaces
between the pharmaceutical industry and the following sectors,
institutions, and individuals:
* Universities
* Hospital clinical departments and/or medical schools
* Government agencies (research councils, health departments, regulatory
authorities)
* Consumers (involving marketing departments and consumer organisations)
* Other industrial sectors (food, agriculture, veterinary, chemical,
cosmetics, scientific instruments)
* Biotechnology
* Companies, scientists, clinicians, and government agencies from
different national contexts
Contributions from different disciplines, and from different countries
are most welcome. However, all contributors are encouraged to centre their
papers around pharmaceuticals and/or the pharmaceutical industry. They are
also urged to reflect on the different interfaces which have shaped or
have been shaped by the industry in the twentieth century, and which are
listed above.
The deadline for submissions is 30 September 2004.
Please send abstracts of up to one page to either of the co-organisers.
Electronic submissions are preferred.
Co-organisers
V. Quirke & J. Slinn
Centre for Health, Medicine and Society and Business School,
Oxford Brookes University
Oxford
England
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Dr Viviane Quirke
Centre for Health, Medicine and Society
Oxford Brookes University
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