CfP: Publics and their Health: Historical Perspectives, Future Directions
28-29 June 2018
Institute of Historical Research, London
Who
or what is the public within public health? How have publics and their
health changed over time and place? What makes ‘public health’,
public? Surprisingly little attention has been devoted to these
crucial questions. At this conference, we aim to explore the changing
nature of public health, and the public which it serves, at different
times and in various locations. We welcome contributions
from any discipline that takes a historical perspective to thinking
about publics and public health in the past, present and future.
Please submit proposals, including a 300-word abstract and speaker’s contact details to
placingthepublic@gmail.com by 9 February 2018.
The conference will be free to attend and reasonable travel expenses for speakers will be covered.
This conference is part of the Wellcome Trust funded project
Placing the Public in Public Health: Public Health in Britain, 1948-2010. The project is based in the
Centre for History in Public Health at the
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.