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Call for Papers- Social History of Medicine 2008 conference: Glasgow
HISTORY AND THE HEALTHY POPULATION: SOCIETY, GOVERNMENT, HEALTH AND MEDICINE
Annual conference of the Society for the Social History of Medicine www.sshm.org/
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Glasgow 3-5th September 2008
The Society for the Social History of Medicine 2008 Annual Conference will be jointly organised by
the Centre for the Social History of Health and Healthcare Glasgow, a research collaboration between
Glasgow Caledonian University and the University of Strathclyde (www.gcal.ac.uk/historyofhealth
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the Centre for the History of Medicine at the University of Glasgow
(www.arts.gla.ac.uk/History/Medicine/
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)
The conference will embrace all historical perspectives on the broad issue of how health has been
defined and by whom. It will also consider the reasons that the various agencies involved in
healthcare, including patients and communities, have adopted their approaches and strategies. The
event is framed by reference to the generation of historians influenced by the idea that issues of
health and healthcare are entangled in the projects of government, and seeks to engage with and
critique 'governmentality' as a tool of analysis in the history of medicine.
The conference encourages papers from all periods and places in seeking a wide-ranging and
inclusive set of discussions.
Deadline for abstracts: 31 March 2008
To submit a title and abstract of no more than 300 words please contact Lydia Marshall
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The Society for the Social History of Medicine (SSHM) has pioneered inter-disciplinary approaches
to the history of health, welfare, medical science and practice. Consequently, its membership
consists of those interested in a variety of disciplines, including history, public health,
demography, anthropology, sociology, social administration and health economics. 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. 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:
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Keir Waddington
HISAR Director of Postgraduate Studies / Senior Lecturer in History
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Cardiff School of History and Archaeology
Cardiff University
Humanities Building
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Cardiff CF10 3EU
United Kingdom
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Web page: http://www.cf.ac.uk/hisar/people/kw
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