Call for Papers: Images and Texts in Medical History Workshop

April 11, 2016 to April 13, 2016

Location: Maryland, United States

Images and Texts in Medical History: A Workshop in Methods, Tools, and Data from the Digital Humanities seeks applications from historians and librarians interested in applying digital humanities tools to researching the history of medicine. Designed to encourage collaborative learning and innovative approaches, this free workshop will provide participants with a deeper appreciation of innovative methods and data sources useful for analyzing images and texts in the field of medical history. The workshop will take place at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland, on April 11-13, 2016. The workshop is a collaboration between the National Endowment for the Humanities Office of Digital Humanities, the Wellcome Trust, the U.S. National Library of Medicine, and Virginia Tech. All participants must apply to be invited to attend. Application deadline: September 30, 2015. Information about presenters, location, partner institutions, applications, and schedule is available from the website: http://medicalhistworkshop.org/

Contact Info: 
E. Thomas Ewing
Professor of History, Virginia Tech
Contact Email: etewing@vt.edu

URL:
http://medicalhistworkshop.org/