The Asian Society for the History of Medicine is pleased to announce its Fifth Conference. It will take place October 7-9, 2010, in Suwon of South Korea, a historical city famous for the Hwaseong Fortress inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List. The Asian Society for the History of Medicine welcomes paper submissions from general historians as well as from medical historians. We particularly invite those historians who have worked on climate, environment and disease from a historico-geographical perspective. Although submissions from all eras and regions are welcome, Its special emphasis will be given on the following topics in terms of world history : Comparative Ecology of Climate and Disease between the East and the West Nature, Humanity and Race Asian Black Death and Global Environment Little Ice Age, Global Warming and Epidemiological Transformation Tropical Diseases and Hygiene Relationship between Globalization and Nationalism in the Making of Modern Medicine : Biomedicine vs. Environmental Medicine As always, the proposal's maximum words should be less than 2,000 words. Presentations are limited to 20 minutes. All the participants are encouraged to use MS-Word software. Please send your proposal to the Organizing Committee Chair, Jong-Chan LEE (Ajou University, Republic of Korea), jclee@ajou.ac.kr Department of Medical Humanities and Social Medicine School of Medicine Ajou University Suwon, 422-721 Republic of Korea KEY DATES - Conference Dates : October 7-9, 2010 - Proposal Submission Deadline : June 30, 2010 - Pre-Registration Deadline : July 31, 2010