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Conference: Ethical regimes. Doctors, patients and ethics in colonial and postcolonial medicine
Leiden; CfP deadline 1 November 2025On 22 and 23 January 2026 Fenneke Sysling and Caroline Schep are organising a conference focused on ethical practices in medical research and treatment in the colonial and postcolonial context. Practical information: Venue: Boerhaave Museum, Leiden Conference date: 22 and 23 January 2026 Abstract submission deadline: 1 November 2025 Keynote: prof. Projit Mukharji This conference…
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Conference: Between Marginal and Mainstream: Negotiating Experimental Practices and Medical Knowledge, 1600-1900
Helsinki; CfP deadline: 8 June 2025The University of Helsinki organises the international conference Between Marginal and Mainstream: Negotiating Experimental Practices and Medical Knowledge, to be held on 11–13 March 2026. The question of experiment is at the core of knowledge and practices of healing. Following the so-called ‘scientific revolution’, new medical knowledge has increasingly been both gained and tested through…
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Showing Death in the Nineteenth Century: Bodies, Matter, Representations (1 day Conference)
ParisShowing Death in the Nineteenth Century: Bodies, Matter, Representations National Academy of Medicine, Paris, 26 March 2026 Call for Papers As Jean-Paul Sartre wrote, ‘to be dead is to be a prey for the living’ (1956, 593). The vulnerability of the dead, described by the French philosopher, applies to their memories as well as their…
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8th International Conference on the History of Occupational and Environmental Health
Leuven; CfA deadline 6 January 20268th International Conference on the History of Occupational and Environmental Health, 15-17 April 2026 @ KU Leuven Organised by: ICOH Scientific Committee on the History of the Prevention of Occupational and Environmental Diseases The scientific program will focus on the importance of taking into account the history of occupational and environmental health. Throughout history, occupational…
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SCIENTIAE: Disciplines of Knowing in the Early Modern World (Annual Conference)
Nantes; CfP deadline January 31SCIENTIAE: Disciplines of Knowing in the Early Modern World Annual Conference June 9-12, 2026 University of Nantes Call for Papers https://scientiae.uk We are thrilled to announce the Call for Papers for Scientiae 2026. The annual conference, our 13th, will be held from 9 to 12 June 2026 in Nantes, France, and hosted by the Centre…
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11th Gewina Woudschoten Conference – Normal science? Everyday knowledge practices in times of calm and crisis
Woudschoten; CfP deadline 16 January 2026Call for Papers: 11th Gewina Woudschoten Conference Normal science? Everyday knowledge practices in times of calm and crisis Woudschoten, 19-20 June 2026 Deadline for proposals: 16 January 2026 The times, they are a-changin’. But is research changing with them? At the 11th Gewina Woudschoten Conference, we would like to investigate how daily research routines are,…
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IN/OUT, bi-annual conference of the Society for the Social History of Medicine
Leeds; deadline CfP 11 January 2026SSHM 2026: IN/OUT Location: University of Leeds Dates: 30 June to 3 July 2026 Submission Deadline: 5.00pm (GMT) 11th January 2026 Conference Co-Convenors: Dr Alexia Moncrieff & Dr Katherine Rawling Conference Committee: Dr Alex Bamji, Professor Shane Doyle, Megan Graham, Professor Robert Hornsby, Dr Will Jackson, Dr Joanna Phillips, Alexandra Ward As healthcare systems around…
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Life Histories in Mind: Mental Ill Health and Learning Disability in Context (conference)
Manchester; CfP deadline 15 January 2026Life Histories in Mind: Mental Ill Health and Learning Disability in Context Manchester Metropolitan University Tuesday 21st July 2026 (Plus, a second reserve day of Wednesday 22nd July, subject to demand) The aim of this conference is to explore mental ill health and learning disabilities in the context of life and experien al histories. Early…