CFP extended deadline, History of Women's Health Conference
Call for Papers Extended to December 20th!!
The Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia, will host its
ninth annual History of Women's Health Conference on Wednesday, April 2, 2014.
We invite interested persons to send a one to two page proposal or abstract of
your topic by Friday, December 20, 2013 for consideration. The History of Women's Health Conference
focuses on areas of women's health from the 18th century to the present. This conference encourages interdisciplinary
work. Topics of interest include, but
are not limited to, obstetrics and gynecology (fertility, infertility, birth
control methods, menopause), adolescence (health, cultural influences, body
image, puberty, eating disorders), mental health topics, aging concerns,
women's health as consumer health, the female as conveyed in popular culture,
overall women's health, access to health care, minority health, nursing,
midwifery, female healers, and more.
Robert Aronowitz, MD, chair of the Department of History
and Sociology of Science at the University of Pennsylvania, will be our keynote
speaker, presenting a history of breast cancer from his book Unnatural
History: Breast Cancer and American Society (Cambridge
University Press, 2007). He is also the
author of the book Making Sense of Illness:
Science, Society, and Disease and numerous articles.
The History of Women's Health Conference began in 2006 as
part of the Pennsylvania Hospital's celebration of co-founder Benjamin
Franklin's tercentenary. Each year
since, scholars from the humanities and health care professionals gather to
discuss the past, present, and future state of women's health. The conference is jointly sponsored by the
Obstetrics and Gynecology Department and the Pennsylvania Hospital Historic
Collection.
Please e-mail your one to two page proposals to:
Stacey C Peeples, Curator-Lead Archivist, Pennsylvania
Hospital peepless@pahosp.com<mailto:peepless@pahosp.com>
Please call (215-829-5434) or e-mail with any questions
or for more information.
Stacey C Peeples
Curator-Lead Archivist Pennsylvania Hospital
800 Spruce St., 3 Pine East, Philadelphia, PA 19107
v 215-829-5434
e-mail stacey.peeples@uphs.upenn.edu