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**Apologies for cross posting** The Society for the Social History of Medicine (SSHM) invites submissions to its 2008 Roy Porter Student Essay Prize Competition. This prize will be awarded to the best original, unpublished essay in the social history of medicine submitted to the competition, as judged by the SSHM's assessment panel. It is named in honour of the late Professor Roy Porter, a great teacher and a generous scholar. The competition is open to undergraduate and post-graduate students in full or part-time education. The winner will be awarded £500.00, and his or her entry may also be published in the journal, Social History of Medicine. Deadline: 2 February 2009 Further details and entry forms can be down-loaded from the SSHM's website http://www.sshm.org/prize/prize.html Alternatively, please contact the Secretary of the SSHM: Dr Gayle Davis School of History, Classics and Archaeology University of Edinburgh William Robertson Building 50 George Square Edinburgh EH8 9JY United Kingdom Email: [log in to unmask] MEMBERSHIP Membership benefits of the Society include subscription to the journal Subscription to the journal Social History of Medicine, with three issues per year, and full online archive of Social History of Medicine; “The Gazette” which contains information about professional events, reduced registration fees at Society conferences, 30 per cent off titles in the Society's Routledge series, 20 per cent discount on selected Oxford University Press books, 25 per cent off titles in Ashgate's series “History of Medicine in Context”, as well as discounts on selected books from Manchester University Press. Bursaries are available for student members for travel and conferences. HOW TO JOIN Details of how to join the Society, and information about membership benefits are available at http://www.sshm.org or from Dr Lutz Sauerteig, Centre for the History of Medicine and Disease, Durham University, Queen's Campus, Wolfson Research Institute, University Boulevard, Stockton on Tees TS17 6BH, UK, Email: [log in to unmask]