Hello, all
I am not affiliated with this workshop, so cannot answer any questions,
but it looks like it may be of interest:
http://disease.nottingham.ac.uk/doku.php
Call for Papers: Fifth Annual Interdisciplinary Workshop: Economies of
Disease & Disability from Antiquity to the Middle Ages
University of Nottingham, United Kingdom 3rd & 4th December 2011
The 'Disease, Disability and Medicine' workshops have been a leading
UK interdisciplinary forum for scholars working in a variety of
disciplines and regions of Medieval Europe . For this year's workshop
we are inviting both scholars in Medieval Studies and Antiquity.
The topic for the 5th workshop is: 'Economies of Disease & Disability
from Antiquity to the Middle Ages' .
The current economic climate is seeing a renegotiation of the
parameters of disability; similar renegotiations must have happened in
previous centuries. This workshop will address the following: how did
wealth and economy impact on the lives of the impaired their carers
and their dependants in Antiquity and Medieval Europe? We are inviting
contributions from any discipline related to medical humanities.
Proposals are invited for any aspect of health and wealth, which may
include the following topics:
- poverty and disability (is disability wealth-related?)
- definitions of disability
- benefits/ charity and charitable institutions for the impaired
- health economies
- the economic impact of epidemics
- the language of disability
- burial and wealth of the impaired
- work and status
We also welcome proposals applying contemporary models to medieval and
antique evidence and vice versa.
Please send abstracts (no more than 500 words) to Dr Christina Lee:
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Claudia Malacrida
Associate Professor and Chair, Department of Sociology
Coordinator, IMMA Social Sciences Graduate Specialization
University of Lethbridge
UHall A-890, 4401 University Drive
Lethbridge, Alberta
Canada T1K 3M4
Tel: (403) 329-2738
Fax: (403) 329-2085
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Web: http://directory.uleth.ca/users/claudia.malacrida?no_headers=1
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