SOCIETY FOR THE SOCIAL HISTORY OF MEDICINE
ANNUAL CONFERENCE 16-18 JULY 1999
Call for Papers
MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS: IDENTITIES, INTERESTS AND IDEOLOGY
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'We have made Italy, now we have to make Italians'-Massimo d'Azeglio
on the Risorgimento.
Could it be said of the medical profession in the nineteenth
century?- 'We have made the profession, now we have to make professionals'
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The 1999 SSHM Conference, to be held at the Western Infirmary Lecture Suite
(Glasgow), will explore the issue of identity and the part it played in
making medical professionals and the profession. D'Azeglio's oft-quoted
comment upon the role of national identity in nation-building has become a
cornerstone of theories of nationalism which see the nation as 'invented',
'imagined' or 'constructed'. How far can similar processes be said to be
operating in the making of the medical profession?
We hope the theme will encourage papers on a wide range of subjects,
including: the links between the processes of professionalisation and
specialisation and the construction of medical identities; the ways in
which medical practitioners have presented themselves; and how those
outside the profession have represented the medical professionals. We would
also welcome papers that explore medical biography and autobiography, and
visual representations / images of medical professionals.
As well as individual proposals, proposals for panel sessions consisting of
at least three speakers will be considered.
Abstracts of no more than 250 words should be sent to James Bradley before
15 January 1999 at the Wellcome Unit for the History of Medicine, 5
University Gardens, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ or email
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James Bradley
Wellcome Unit for the History of Medicine, Glasgow
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39/2 Constitution St., Edinburgh EH6 7BG
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