11th BIENNIAL CONFERENCE 2009
   Australian and New Zealand Society of the History of Medicine

28 September 2009
to
01 October 2009

Perth, Western Australia
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Call for Papers

 

We invite proposals for papers from members of the ANZSHM and from others working on the history of medicine.

We are particularly interested in the themes listed below; but we also welcome proposals on other medical history topics. 

We encourage proposals that bring together a panel of presenters on a common theme. Standard papers will be of 20 minutes’ duration, with 10 minutes’ discussion.
Most sessions will run for 90 minutes.

Conference Themes:

  • Aboriginal Health

  • Health, Medicine & Maritime Exploration

  • Health & Medicine on the Frontier

  • Medicine’s Frontiers

  • Industrial Medicine/ Occupational Health & Safety

  • Infectious Diseases

  • Infant & Child Health

  • Healthcare occupations [e.g. pharmacy, nursing, dentistry]

  • Medicine and Religious Orders

  • Medicine in Numismatics

  • One thousand words on an image/ artefact/ place [“Show & Tell”]

To submit your proposal, please follow these steps:

  1. Please supply your name, that of your institution (where applicable), the title of your paper, an abstract (150 words max.), and a brief bio (50 words max.).

  2. Send your proposal to both these addresses: L.Layman@murdoch.edu.au & crienafz@iinet.net.au

  3. Please put ANZSHM 2009 in the subject line of your email message.

  4. The deadline for submissions is 30 April 2009.

For any further enquiries, please contact:


Lenore Layman (Mobile: +61 411 373 608) or


Criena Fitzgerald (Mobile: +61 417 980 553)
 

 

Stay the extra day on Friday 2 October and learn about life and health in the nineteenth century Benedictine monastic town of New Norcia, 132kms north of Perth.
 

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Post Conference Excursion

2nd Oct 09

New Norcia, WA

 

 


WESTWARD HO!

HEALTH & HISTORY AT THE FRONTIER