CFP: Health Activism in the 20th Century: A History of Medicine Symposium at Yale University
Call for Papers:
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:
• Health workers and patients as political agents
• Fundraising and models of “charity” in health activism
• Inequality and discrimination within medical and health-related
organizations
• Ideas that have driven health activism (such as social justice, human
rights, fiscal conservatism and “family values”)
• 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@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.
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:
• Health workers and patients as political agents
• Fundraising and models of “charity” in health activism
• Inequality and discrimination within medical and health-related
organizations
• Ideas that have driven health activism (such as social justice, human
rights, fiscal conservatism and “family values”)
• 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@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.