medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
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Dear Colleagues,
please find here below the second call for papers for the fifth
international Passages form Antiquity to the Middle Ages conference to
be held in August 23-26, 2012 at the University of Tampere, Finland.
The theme of the conference is INFIRMITAS. Social and Cultural
Approaches to Cure, Caring and Health.
The deadline for abstracts is September 15, 2011. For further
information, see also http://www.uta.fi/trivium/passages/
Best wishes,
Sari Katajala-Peltomaa
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Dr. Sari Katajala-Peltomaa
History/ School of Social Sciences and Humanities
33014 University of Tampere
Finland
PASSAGES FROM ANTIQUITY TO THE MIDDLE AGES V
INFIRMITAS
SOCIAL AND CULTURAL APPROACHES TO CURE, CARING AND HEALTH
August 23 – 26, 2012
Call for Papers
University of Tampere, Finland
History/School of Social Sciences and Humanities
Trivium Centre for Classical, Medieval and Renaissance Studies
The fifth international conference on Passages from Antiquity to the
Middle Ages will focus on social and cultural approaches to health and
illness, cure and caring, and notions of ability and disability. These
topics are of major importance for communities and societies both in
Antiquity and during the Middle Ages, yet research is still fragmentary
and more synthetic and interdisciplinary approaches are rare.
We welcome papers which focus on different actors – institutions,
communities, families or individuals – and have a sensitive approach to
social differences: gender, age and status. Thus, our focus lies on
society and the history of everyday life, on the differences and
similarities between elite and popular culture, and on the expectations
linked to gender and life-cycle stage, visible in the practices and
policies under scrutiny. How were physical and mental disability/ability
defined within daily life; what were the social consequences of illness;
how was social interaction reflected in caring for the sick; how were
cure and caring organised in families, communities and in society? We
aim not to concentrate on medical or technical aspects of health and
illness, but rather to integrate them in a larger social and cultural
context.
The conference aims at broad coverage not only chronologically but also
geographically and disciplinary (all branches of Classical and Medieval
Studies). Most preferable are contributions having themselves a
comparative and/or interdisciplinary perspective. The speakers of the
conference will include Nancy Caciola (University of San Diego),
Véronique Dasen (University of Fribourg), William V. Harris (Columbia
University), and Christian Krötzl (University of Tampere).
If interested, please submit an abstract of 300 words (setting out
thesis and conclusions) for a twenty-minute paper together with your
contact details (with academic affiliation, address and e-mail) by
e-mail attachment to the conference secretary, [log in to unmask] The
deadline for abstracts is September 15th 2011, and the notification of
paper acceptance will be made in November 2011. Conference papers may be
presented in major scientific languages, however supplied with English
summary or translation if the language of presentation is not English.
The registration fee is 100 € (post-graduate students: 50 €).
For further information, please visit
http://www.uta.fi/trivium/passages/ or contact the organizers by
e-mailing to [log in to unmask] The registration opens in November 2011 at
http://www.uta.fi/trivium/passages/.
Organizing Committee:
Prof. Christian Krötzl, Prof. Katariina Mustakallio, Dr. Sari
Katajala-Peltomaa and Dr. Ville Vuolanto
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