CFP: history of drug and alcohol regulation

Papers and panel proposals are invited for an international conference on the history of alcohol and drug regulation to be held at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, 21st-23rd June 2013.

PLEASE NOTE CHANGE OF LOCATION

Confirmed keynote speakers:

Professor Virginia Berridge (London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine) Professor Paul Gootenberg (State University of New York) Professor James Simpson (Carlos III University of Madrid)

Panel proposals (3 x 20-minute papers) or individual papers (20 minutes) are invited. We will also consider proposals for fringe sessions using non-conventional formats e.g. screenings, debates etc.

Subjects may include (but are not limited to):

- Global drugs trade and the war on drugs

- Crime and policing

- Prohibition

- Tobacco control

- Regulation of drugs in art, film and literature

- Temperance and its influences

- Alcohol licensing and pricing

- Media regulation / advertising and marketing

- Religion and alcohol or drugs

- Dependency and treatment

- Policymaking and the political process

- Alcohol and radical politics / revolutions / social movements

- Use and control of drugs in premodern cultures

- Alcohol and drugs in sport and popular culture

Proposal formats:

Panel sessions: brief abstracts (c. 200 words) of each paper plus a brief statement (c. 200 words) outlining the panel theme and a brief biography of participants.

Single papers: brief abstract (c. 200 words) and brief biography Fringe events: Outline of proposed event (up to 500 words) including proposed content, technical requirements and rationale.

Please send all proposals to undercontrol2013@gmail.com Revised deadline for submission: 30 October 2012 For further information see: undercontrol2013.wordpress.com

Dr Alex Mold

Lecturer in History and Reviews Editor, Social History of Medicine Centre for History in Public Health Faculty of Public Health and Policy London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

15-17 Tavistock Place

London

WC1H 9SH

Tel. + 44 (0)20 7927 2166