Histories of Healthy Ageing
Call for Papers
University of Groningen, 21-23 June 2017
As Western populations grow increasingly older, 'healthy
ageing' is presented as one of today's greatest medical and societal
challenges. However, contrary to what many policy makers want us to believe,
the aspiration to live long, healthy and happy lives is not a problem specific
to our times. On the contrary successful ageing has a long history.
The conference
Histories of Healthy Ageing is based on the assumption that 'healthy ageing'
has informed the medical agenda since Antiquity. With 'healthy ageing' we refer
to ways of thinking about and treating the body not only from a medical
perspective, but also taking into account questions of what constitutes a happy
and fulfilled life. In particular these latter issues were central to medicine
before 1800 and relate to healthy living as much as to questions connected
specifically to old age. Thus whether we speak of classic ways of training the
athlete's body, medieval religious rites, the pre-modern obsession with regimen
(rules for living a healthy life), or the upper-class fancy to visit spas, at
the root of it all was a wish for wellbeing, health and longevity.
The conference
focuses especially (but not exclusively) on the pre-modern period. Submissions
for 20-minute papers should include a 250-word abstract and a short CV should
be sent to historiesofhealthyageing@gmail.com.
Subject to funding small travel grants might be available for junior
researchers. Deadline: 1 December 2017
Keynote Speakers: Elizabeth Williams, Onno van Nijf,
William Maclehose, Michael Stolberg, Irena Metzler
Organisers: Rina Knoeff, Catrien Santing, James Kennaway,
Ruben Verwaal, Rolf ter Sluis
For more information see: http://www.vitalmatters.nl/projects--vital-matters.html
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