PHM-Exch> Call for Papers: Health Activism in the Twentieth Century

[Claudio Schuftan]

From: Meghana Bahar meghana at haiap.org

Health Activism in the Twentieth Century: A History of Medicine
Symposium at Yale University

October 22-23 2010

The Section for the History of Medicine at Yale University and the
Department of History at the University of Manitoba invite scholars to
participate in a symposium on health activism in the twentieth century with
particular attention to issues of race, gender, sexual orientation and
disability. The symposium will be held at Yale.

Papers are welcomed dealing with this topic in any country. This small
symposium will consist of three moderated panel sessions where the majority
of the audience will be presenters. Potential participants must submit an
abstract of 300 words by May 15, 2010.

We especially invite papers focused on:

1. Health workers and patients as political agents
2. Fund-raising and models of 'charity' in health activism
3. Inequality and discrimination within medical and health-related
organizations
4. Ideas that have driven health activism (such as social justice, human
rights, fiscal conservatism and 'family values')
5. Comparisons of health-related movements with other social movements,
especially their reliance on specialized scientific knowledge.

Papers will be pre-circulated to symposium participants in advance.

Interested scholars should submit the following:
1. Applicant's name, institutional affiliation and contact details
2. A 300-word abstract
3. A one-page CV

Submissions should be emailed to: ewa.lech at yale.edu

Abstracts are due on May 15, 2010. Successful applicants will be informed
that their paper has been accepted by June 15, 2010. Completed papers must
be submitted by October 1, 2010 so that they can be circulated and read by
all symposium participants.
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