Call for Papers: Reproductive and sexual health activism, c.1960-present
17-18 July, 2018 University of Strathclyde and Centre for the Social
History of Health and Healthcare, Glasgow
Over the last decades, there has been significant scholarly research into
the history of reproductive and sexual health activism globally. Scholars
have explored the impact of activist and grassroots groups in contexts
where governments have failed to address reproductive and sexual health. In
particular, the field has developed considerably in the US, where a number
of important studies have emerged to examine diverse issues including
feminist health, AIDS, LGBT, abortion and black health activism, and the
importance of gender, race and class when considering these histories. In
the European context, there has been important research into related
issues, such as infertility and assisted reproduction, but new resources,
including recently catalogued archives as well as digitisation and oral
history projects have not been fully exploited. While there have been
valuable histories of feminist activism outside the US, these have not
emphasised reproductive health. Histories of reproduction, meanwhile, have
tended to neglect activism.
This workshop will bring together historical research on reproductive and
sexual health activism in any geographical context (c.1960-present). In
particular, workshop participants will discuss methodologies for
approaching the history of reproductive and health activism and consider
how historical scholarship might be meaningfully utilised as a form of
activism.
The workshop aims to address the following key questions:
What have been the stories of individuals involved in reproductive and
sexual health activism? How has reproductive and sexual health activism
been influenced by questions of gender, race and class? What are the best
ways to uncover the history of reproductive health activism? How can
histories of activism reshape big stories in social and cultural history?
Can academic scholarship function as activism? What do historians have to
offer present-day activists and policy-makers? How can a global perspective
enrich local histories of activism and vice versa?
Please send a 200-300 word abstract and brief biography to Dr Laura Kelly
([log in to unmask]) and Dr Jesse Olszynko-Gryn ([log in to unmask]) by
Friday, 13 April, 2018. Papers from early-career scholars, contributions
offering inter-disciplinary perspectives or abstracts from individuals
outside the academy are particularly welcome.
The workshop is funded by the Wellcome Trust. Please circulate the attached
CFP to anyone who may be interested. The deadline for abstracts is 13
April.
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Dr Jesse Olszynko-Gryn
Wellcome Trust Research Fellow
Department of History and Philosophy of Science
University of Cambridge
Cambridge CB2 3RH
Telephone: 07760918951
http://www.people.hps.cam.ac.uk/index/fellows-associates/olszynkogryn
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