The early modern reception of Galen’s pharmacology. A new assessment of “Simple Medicines” and “The Powers of Foods”
Domus Comeliana, Pisa, Italy; onlineThe conference will focus on the early modern reception of Galenic pharmacology, and especially on works such as De simplicium medicamentorum temperamentis ac facultatibus and De Alimentorum facultatibus. Conference Description Transmitted through the…
Psychiatry and addictions in Europe in the 20th century
Strasbourg / deadline CfP 12 Sept 2022On 26-27 January 2023, the University of Strasbourg is organising an international colloquium entitled "Psychiatry and addictions in Europe in the 20th century". The goal of this colloquium is to…
‘Do no harm’: Researching the pasts, presents, and futures of sexual violence
London; deadline CfP June 13, 2022The Birkbeck University of London hosts the conference " ‘Do no harm’: Researching the pasts, presents, and futures of sexual violence" on February 8-10, 2023. In the last twenty years,…
Health, science and society in India
Manipal Centre for Humanities, Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE), Manipal, Karnataka; deadline CfP October 15, 2022We are delighted to announce our upcoming one-day Interdisciplinary Conference on Health, Science and Society in India to be held on 10 February, 2023 at the Manipal Centre for Humanities,…
Bodies, Remedies, Policies: From Early Modern Chronicles of the Indies to Covid-19 Narratives
Goethe-University Frankfurt am Main; deadline CfP December 4, 2022Early Modern expansionism and its aftermaths constitute a biopolitical laboratory, measuring, administering, and controlling social and individual bodies, their well-being and decay (Jáuregui/Solodkow 2020, Foucault 1976). Bodies, Remedies, Policies: From…
Compassion and care: Emotions and experience in the care of children through history
John Rylands Research Institute and Library, Deansgate, Manchester; online; deadline CfP October 30, 2022The care system in the UK is under increasing pressure: systematic budget cuts, prolonged austerity, and sustained issues with staff recruitment, retention and burnout have all contributed to the crumbling…
“Minority science” in the short 20th century: Imagining science from the margins of academia
Prague; deadline CfP October 15, 2022When the roars of World War I went silent, the process of redrawing social, cultural, and geographic borders began. Gradually, continental empires seemed a thing of the past, and the…
Fifth Biennial Women’s Network Symposium. Access to Equality: Reproductive Justice in the United States
University of Debrecen, Hungary, online; deadline CfP November 15, 2022The origins of the American democratic project are rooted in a theory that juxtaposes freed men and enslaved people. The Enlightenment theorized the rights of free men and their access…
9th PhD Conference in History of Science and Humanities 2023
Soeterbeeck Abbey; deadline CfP December 16, 2022The ninth edition of the biennial History of Science and Humanities PhD Conference will take place on 20 and 21 April, 2023. The conference aims to bring together PhD candidates in…
Modernity and the Gut
Glasgow; deadline CfP January 16, 2023Modernity and the Gut Keynote speaker Professor Jean Walton, University of Rhode Island Concerns about gastric disorders have been around for centuries, but anxiety surrounding the gut intensified with the…
American Association for the History of Medicine annual meeting
Ann Arbor, Michigan; online; deadline CfP October 10, 2022The American Association for the History of Medicine (AAHM) invites abstracts for papers in any area of the history of health and healing for its 96th annual meeting, to be held…
Hospitals in times of crisis
Warsaw; deadline CfP October 15, 2022The conference "hospitals in times of crisis" will take place in Warsaw from 18–20 May 2023 in cooperation with Prof. Dr Michał Kopczyński from the University of Warsaw, the International…