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European Summer School (based in 

Berlin) research on the intentional creation of disability, Nazi Medicine and Gender.

Travel grants for students from Poland and the United Kingdom to attend the 7th Ravensbrück European Summer School 28. August ? 2. September 2011

Geschlecht und Rasse in der NS-Medizin

Gender and Race in Nazi Medicine

The keywords eugenics, euthanasia and unethical human experimentation more or less sum up Nazi medicine. Recent research on the history of medicine and science has shown, however, that the distinction between Nazi medicine and "regular medicine" is not quite as clear cut. And while it has now become possible to describe the relationship between politics and medicine under National Socialism in more detail, the role of gender as a category has been noticeably neglected. This deficit is all the more surprising, as the discipline of historical women's and gender studies has produced some fundamental studies on the subject.

The 7th Ravensbrück European Summer School will bring together the approaches of historical gender studies with the history of medicine and science to gain insights into Nazi biopolitics and their historical dynamics.

Subjects: ? Nazi medicine and current genetic and reproductive technology ? Eugenics as gender and racial policies in the 20th century? Racial and gender-historical aspects of euthanasia ? Medical experiments at Ravensbrück ? Compensation policies

Travel grants to attend the Summer School are available for students from Poland and the United Kingdom.

Eligibility: Students will need to be proficient in English (and have  a basic working knowledge of German) as well as an interest in and some prior knowledge of the subject.

There is no attendance fee. The grants include a partial reimbursement of travel expenses and cover food and accommodation at the Ravensbrück Youth Hostel between 28 August and 2 September 2011.

Please e-mail your application including a CV and a brief application statement of no more than 30 words to one of our partner institutions by 15 June 2011.

In Poland:

Prof. Dr. habil. Krzysztof Ruchniewcz, Uniwersytet Wroc³awski Centrum 

Studiów Niemieckich i Europejskich im. Willy'ego Brandta ul. 

Stra¿nicza 1-3, PL-50-206 Wroclaw Tel.: 48-71-375 95 01,

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In the UK:

Prof. Paul J. Weindling, Oxford Brookes University, Centre for Health, 

Medicine and Society, Department of History Headington Campus, Oxford 

Brookes University, Oxford OX3 0B Tel. 01865 483485,

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Visit the website at

http://www.ravensbrueck.de/mgr/index.html