Risk and disaster in health and medicine
Call
for papers on all aspects of risk and disaster in the history of health
and medicine, including its changing definition and the movement
towards its quantification, covering epidemics, infectious and chronic
disease, injuries and mental health. The articulation between personal
risk, diagnosis and prognosis throughout history and health risks
affecting communities of all sizes is, we believe, a key issue. We
encourage contributions treating national and chronological differences
and shifts in the definitions, perceptions and representation of risks
and dangers, considered globally and according to race and ethnicity,
gender, class, and professional status.
The next EAHMH conference will be in Lisbon, Portugal, 4-7 September 2013.
The
conference will be on the theme of 'Risk and Disaster in Health and
Medicine' and it will be co-organised by the Universities of Evora and
Lisbon.
Presentation
Risks and disasters have always been
central issues in health and medicine. They illuminate the interfaces
between science, medicine, environment, economy, society, culture and
politics. Responses to preventive measures have often reflected tensions
between the perceived wider social and economic benefits of
interventions and the short-term costs imposed on individuals, specific
social groups or society at large. One issue raised by such tensions has
been whether individual freedom is deemed less important than the
health of the community. Threats of epidemics have provoked local,
national and international agencies to adopt drastic measures,
consciously balancing the risk of disease against the economic risks
posed by the disruption of trade or the implementation of expensive
sanitary or environmental-protection measures whose cost effectiveness was difficult to foresee.
The strategies developed to cope
with risk and disaster form the core of public health and medical
philosophy, ranging from quarantines and vaccinations to screening
programmes and high-tech medical monitoring. Yet there are distinct
national and chronological differences
in definitions, perceptions and representation of risks and dangers.
They also vary according to the decision makers and broader publics:
governments, medical professionals and other agencies, and different
social classes, ethnic and gender groups.
We invite papers on all aspects of risk and disaster in the history of health and medicine, including its changing definition and the movement towards its quantification, covering epidemics, infectious and
chronic disease, injuries and mental health. The articulation between
personal risk, diagnosis and prognosis throughout history and health
risks affecting communities of all sizes is, we believe, a key issue. We
encourage contributions treating national and chronological differences
and shifts in the definitions, perceptions and
representation of risks and dangers, considered globally and according
to race and ethnicity, gender, class, and professional status.
We also invite proposals considering
the management of risk, issues of vulnerability and anxiety, as well as
the role of disaster management and humanitarian interventions on the
part of a range of agencies and historical actors. Submissions relating
to all historical periods and all regions are welcome, as are
submissions from non-members.
The Lisbon Conference will have
special sessions on the ‘History of Medicine on Display’, covering
museology and the history of medicine and health as well as other
practices of displaying the history of medicine to the public.
Submit an abstract
Please submit all proposals for papers and sessions http://www.eahmhconference2013.uevora.pt/ no later than 1 December 2012.
To submit an abstract, please go to this link: https://sge.uevora.pt/users/login You will need to create an account.
Abstracts should not exceed one page and should include information on the scientific question examined, sources and approach.
Abstracts must contain a title, four key words and relevant information on
the speaker (name, affiliation, address, email address). In addition to
single-paper proposals, the Scientific Board welcomes proposals for
sessions including three or four papers (though these will be judged on
their individual merits).
For more information, go to http://www.eahmh.net/.
The European Association for the History of Medicine and Health (EAHMH)
The EAHMH aims to foster research and the international exchange of views on all issues concerning health and medicine in Europe and their connections with the extra-European world.
Membership
is open to scholars from a range of academic disciplines and countries.
One of our key activities is organizing an international conference on the history of medicine and health. This is held every two years in a different European city.
Scientific Board Members
President
Laurinda Abreu Evora Portugal laurinda.abreu@mail.telepac.pt
Past-President
Frank Huisman Utrecht and Maastricht The Netherlands f.g.huisman-3@umcutrecht.nlChairperson
Fernando Salmon Cantabria Spain salmonr@unican.esSecretary
Alex Mold London Great Britain alex.mold@lshtm.ac.ukTreasurer
Jonathan Simon Lyon France zxzsimon@yahoo.comMembers
- Astri Andresen, Bergen (Norway)
- Iris Borowy, Rostock (Germany)
- Anne Hardy, London (Great Britain)
- Hilary Marland, Warwick (Great Britain)
- Heiner Fangerau, Ulm (Germany)
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