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With apologies for cross posting *Call for Papers - **Paediatric Diseases Throughout the Ages: New Perspectives* *University** College Dublin, 10 December 2010* A workshop aimed at postgraduate and early stage post-doctoral researchers 10 December 2010 The Centre for the History of Medicine in Ireland, University College Dublin (organised by Anne Mac Lellan) Infant mortality rates are often used as an indication of the strength or weakness of a country’s health strategy. These rates are intrinsically linked with public health issues such as vaccination, sanitation, nutrition, housing and sewerage in addition to available treatments. Historically, many children were members of the workforce. Some were parents by the age of 15 while others spent their lives in a state of chronic ill health. Premature death came to many via now-vanished or almost-vanquished diseases such as diphtheria or smallpox. Children throughout the ages have been afflicted with diseases of the mind as well as the body. Thus, focusing on diseases of childhood provides a wide field for analysis and discussion of issues from neonatal interventions to infectious diseases to mental health strategies and occupational diseases. This workshop aims to act as a platform to discuss and critically engage with these themes. We welcome abstracts from all international contexts, relating to diseases of children aged 0 to 15 years, during the modern period, from 1700 to date. Topics might include, but are not limited, to the following: Infectious diseases Familial diseases Occupational diseases Common complaints of childhood Non-traditional approaches to ill health such as folk cures, homeopathy etc Orthodox preventative strategies such as vaccination Medical interventions such as surgery, prostheses Premature babies – high-dependency interventions Diseases of the mind The development of paediatrics as a specialism Poverty and paediatric illness Children’s hospitals and institutions Please send an abstract (A4 page) to Anne Mac Lellan ([log in to unmask]) no later than 30 September 2009. This workshop, aimed at *early-stage researchers*, is organised by the Centre for the History of Medicine in Ireland. Please feel free to email Anne Mac Lellan or Michael Liffey if you require further information. Mike Liffey, administrator, Centre for the History of Medicine in Ireland, can be contacted at [log in to unmask] -- Dr Viviane Quirke Centre for Health, Medicine and Society: Past and Present T 201 Oxford Brookes University Gispy Lane Oxford OX3 0BP Secretary of the British Society for the History of Science The BSHS is a company limited by guarantee, registered at Critchleys, Avalon House, Marcham Road, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 1UD, England, number 562208; charity number 258854, registered at PO Box 3401, Norwich, NR7 7JF. This is a company limited by guarantee, number 562208, charity number 258854