Durham: Early Bird Booking Rate Reminder: SSHM 2010 Conference, Durham, 8-11 July 2010
***You are encouraged to register for the SSHM Annual Conference 2010 by Monday 31st May 2010 to secure the Early Bird Booking Rate and avoid the late registration fee***
The conference takes place at Durham and Newcastle (UK), 8-11 July 2010 and is organised by the Northern Centre for the History of Medicine (NCHM) and sponsored by the Wellcome Trust, London and the Society for the Social History of Medicine (SSHM).
The conference programme features around 150 papers and 4 keynote speeches by medical historians from around the world. For further information and the provisional conference programme, please visit our webpage at: http://www.nchm.ac.uk/SSHM.html.
The conference package includes:
- Accommodation in Durham University on a bed and breakfast basis for 4 nights from Wednesday 7th July 2010. Rooms are available with either en-suite or shared facilities. Please note that there are a limited number of en-suite rooms available. These will be allocated on a 'first come first served' basis.
- Conference facilities throughout the conference.
- Catering throughout each day (including lunch, dinner and refreshments), starting with an informal buffet dinner on the night of arrival on Wednesday 7th July.
- Two formal drinks receptions and two conference dinners, including entertainment at one of the conference dinners.
- Excursion to Newcastle on the afternoon of Friday 9th July 2010. Excursion will include some free time to explore the city; optional activities include visit to the Centre for Life, the Baltic, the quayside, an archaeology seminar etc. This will be followed by a keynote address at Newcastle University, a drinks reception and dinner at the Centre for Life, as well as bus transfers from Durham and back to Durham in the evening.
We would encourage you to book as soon as possible as all bookings received by 31st May 2010 receive the "Early Bird Booking Rate". All bookings made after this date, will incur a Late Booking Fee of £30 per delegate.
***PLEASE NOTE THAT THE DEADLINE FOR RECEIPT OF BOOKINGS IS THURSDAY 24th JUNE 2010***
Members of the Society for the Social History of Medicine and the European Association for the History of Medicine and Health can book the conference for a reduced rate. For information on how to join the SSHM, please visit the SSHM webpage at: http://www.sshm.org/content/join-society-social-history-medicine
There is a small number of travel bursaries available to student members of the SSHM. To apply for these please email the Society's treasurer, Dr Carsten Timmermann at carsten.timmermann@manchester.ac.uk.
For further information please go to http://www.nchm.ac.uk/SSHM.html
Apologies if you have already received this notification or have already booked.
On behalf of the Organising Committee, we look forward to welcoming you to the conference however, should you have any queries in the meantime please contact Rachel Simpson at conference@nchm.ac.uk.
Kind regards,
The Organising Committee
Philip van der Eijk (Newcastle University), Holger Maehle (Durham University), Cathy McClive (Durham University), Diana Paton (Newcastle University), Thomas Rütten (Newcastle University), Jeremy Boulton (Newcastle University) and Lutz Sauerteig (Durham University)
Rachel Simpson
Admistrator/Outreach Officer
Centre for the History of Medicine and Disease Wolfson Research Institute University of Durham Queen's Campus University Boulevard Stockton-on-Tees
TS17 6BH
Tel: 0191 3340700
Email: rachel.simpson@durham.ac.uk
Office hours:
Monday 9.00 am - 2.30 pm
Tuesday 9.00 am - 2.30 pm
Wednesday 10.00 am - 2.30 pm
The conference takes place at Durham and Newcastle (UK), 8-11 July 2010 and is organised by the Northern Centre for the History of Medicine (NCHM) and sponsored by the Wellcome Trust, London and the Society for the Social History of Medicine (SSHM).
The conference programme features around 150 papers and 4 keynote speeches by medical historians from around the world. For further information and the provisional conference programme, please visit our webpage at: http://www.nchm.ac.uk/SSHM.html.
The conference package includes:
- Accommodation in Durham University on a bed and breakfast basis for 4 nights from Wednesday 7th July 2010. Rooms are available with either en-suite or shared facilities. Please note that there are a limited number of en-suite rooms available. These will be allocated on a 'first come first served' basis.
- Conference facilities throughout the conference.
- Catering throughout each day (including lunch, dinner and refreshments), starting with an informal buffet dinner on the night of arrival on Wednesday 7th July.
- Two formal drinks receptions and two conference dinners, including entertainment at one of the conference dinners.
- Excursion to Newcastle on the afternoon of Friday 9th July 2010. Excursion will include some free time to explore the city; optional activities include visit to the Centre for Life, the Baltic, the quayside, an archaeology seminar etc. This will be followed by a keynote address at Newcastle University, a drinks reception and dinner at the Centre for Life, as well as bus transfers from Durham and back to Durham in the evening.
We would encourage you to book as soon as possible as all bookings received by 31st May 2010 receive the "Early Bird Booking Rate". All bookings made after this date, will incur a Late Booking Fee of £30 per delegate.
***PLEASE NOTE THAT THE DEADLINE FOR RECEIPT OF BOOKINGS IS THURSDAY 24th JUNE 2010***
Members of the Society for the Social History of Medicine and the European Association for the History of Medicine and Health can book the conference for a reduced rate. For information on how to join the SSHM, please visit the SSHM webpage at: http://www.sshm.org/content/join-society-social-history-medicine
There is a small number of travel bursaries available to student members of the SSHM. To apply for these please email the Society's treasurer, Dr Carsten Timmermann at carsten.timmermann@manchester.ac.uk.
For further information please go to http://www.nchm.ac.uk/SSHM.html
Apologies if you have already received this notification or have already booked.
On behalf of the Organising Committee, we look forward to welcoming you to the conference however, should you have any queries in the meantime please contact Rachel Simpson at conference@nchm.ac.uk.
Kind regards,
The Organising Committee
Philip van der Eijk (Newcastle University), Holger Maehle (Durham University), Cathy McClive (Durham University), Diana Paton (Newcastle University), Thomas Rütten (Newcastle University), Jeremy Boulton (Newcastle University) and Lutz Sauerteig (Durham University)
Rachel Simpson
Admistrator/Outreach Officer
Centre for the History of Medicine and Disease Wolfson Research Institute University of Durham Queen's Campus University Boulevard Stockton-on-Tees
TS17 6BH
Tel: 0191 3340700
Email: rachel.simpson@durham.ac.uk
Office hours:
Monday 9.00 am - 2.30 pm
Tuesday 9.00 am - 2.30 pm
Wednesday 10.00 am - 2.30 pm