Call for Submissions: Society for the Social History of Medicine Roy Porter Student Essay Prize Competition

Call for Submissions: Society for the Social History of Medicine Roy Porter Student Essay Prize Competition

The Society for the Social History of Medicine (SSHM) invites submissions to its Roy Porter Student Essay Prize Competition. This prize will be awarded to the best original, unpublished essay in the social history of medicine submitted to the competition as judged by the SSHM's assessment panel. It is named in honour of the late Professor Roy Porter, a great teacher and a generous scholar.

The competition is open to undergraduate and post-graduate students in full or part-time education. The winner will be awarded £500.00, and his or her entry may also be published in the journal, Social History of Medicine.

 http://sshm.org/content/roy-porter-student-essay-prize-competition

The deadline for entries will be 1 February 2012.

Any questions about the competition should be directed to our Membership

Secretary:

Dr Catherine Cox

School of History and Archives

University College Dublin

John Henry Newman Building

Belfield

Dublin 4

Ireland