CfP: Medicine and Migration, Remedia series
Type: Call for Papers
Date: October 1, 2016
Location: United States
Subject Fields: Immigration
& Migration History / Studies, History of Science, Medicine, and
Technology, World History / Studies, Public Health, Health and Health
Care
Submissions are invited for a series hosted by the REMEDIA
blog on the theme of ‘Migration’ in the history of medicine. The pieces
we choose will imaginatively and rigorously tackle topics including
(but by no means limited to) the challenges of moving populations in the
sphere of public health; notions of risk, prevention, contamination and
containment; impact of wars and natural disasters on medical aid
provision; differences in health-seeking behaviors between cultures;
patterns of migration among healthcare professionals; the ethical and
legal challenges of migrants seeking clinical attention; the influence
of international organizations in shaping global health policies for
migrants; vaccination, screening and the ways in which epidemics and
pandemics are tethered to particular groups of people as they move
across the globe.
We welcome papers from colleagues working in
history, history of medicine and science, anthropology and elsewhere in
the humanities. There are no restrictions to particular geographical
locations or historical time periods. If you are interested in
contributing to REMEDIA, for this themed series or to showcase your
research on another subject, please send an email to Lisa Haushofer and
Kate Womersley at remedianetwork@gmail.com with an abstract of c.200 words outlining your proposed topic by 1st October 2016.
For more information, see our guidelines for contributors.