We are preparing for the 2010 History of Medicine Days Conference to be held Friday, March 12 and Saturday, March 13. To this end, we are asking for abstracts to be submitted so we can begin programming. Please find attached the suggested format and a sample abstract to assist you in the preparation of your submission. Because the conference is being held early in March 2010, adherence to the following deadline is essential. Abstract submission deadline for review: Friday, January 15, 2009 – Please forward your submission electronically to bcusitar@ucalgary.ca The notification of acceptance will be by email; travel stipends (-$150) may be awarded to students attending from out-of-province on acceptance of their abstract proposal. Please indicate on your abstract whether a platform or poster presentation is preferred (the final decision will be made by the Program Committee on consideration of the quality of the abstract and the structural needs of the program). Qualifiers for abstract acceptance are: Originality / Research Scope / Methodology / Appeal to the Audience / Interdisciplinary Relation. Full panel proposals of 3-4 papers on a topic range are particularly welcome (e.g. surgical techniques / women in medicine / veterinary medicine). If you have further questions, please contact: Beth Cusitar, Temp. Coordinator for the History of Medicine Days Conference. Email bcusitar@ucalgary.ca : telephone: 403-210-9640. Dr. Frank W. Stahnisch, Faculty Advisor AMF/Hannah Professorship in the History of Medicine and Health Care (HOMHC) Email: fwstahni@ucalgary.ca : telephone: 403-210-6290. Please note: This call for abstracts, the abstract format and the registration from are also online on the History of Medicine and Health Care Program (HOMHCP) website (http://homhcp.ucalgary.ca) under the HMD tab (History of Medicine Days Conference).

The American Association for the History of Medicine invites submissions in any area of medical history for its 83rd annual meeting, to be held in Rochester, Minnesota, April 29 through May 2, 2010. The AAHM uses an online abstract submissions system. We encourage all applicants to use this convenient software. A link for submissions will be posted to the website at http://histmed.org.

We invite proposals from scholars in the humanities, social and natural sciences, visual and performing arts, engineering and technology for papers, panels, new media art and performance pieces that explore: the technological production of gendered and racialized bodies, historical and contemporary feminist appropriations of technology in aesthetics and representations of embodiment, and the gendered implications of technology in contexts ranging from classrooms to workplaces to the Internet. We construe technology broadly to include material culture and the apparatus of daily life,such as writing, books and the built environment. Specific topics might include, but are not limited to: -Technological production and control of classed, racialized, aged and gendered bodies -Work, healthcare, education and activities of daily life as produced through technologies -Performance, new media and other creative expressions as sites for engaging/enacting/destabilizing conventions of embodiment and technology -Biopolitics and medical engineering of reproduction, sexual identity and gender -Personal narrative and oral history as sources of embodied theorizing -Surveillance, containment, in/security and militarization -Identity and technological design, production and use; gender, race, age, class and sexuality in SET (sciences, engineering and technology) fields -New media art and feminist aesthetics -Technologies of development and sustainability; eco-feminism -Activism, participatory decision-making and issues of technological citizenship As an assemblage of people and technologies we see the conference itself as enacting the conference theme. We welcome innovative uses of technology and creative session formats, including performance and interactive presentations, as well as traditional paper presentations. Using the form attached, please submit a proposal of up to 300 words for each individual presentation, including not only the scholarship you will engage but also the format that you wish to use. For panels, include an abstract for each presentation. Please specify in your proposal any special requirements for technology or space that you anticipate. Proposals will be reviewed by Virginia Tech Women's and Gender Studies faculty/affiliates with appropriate expertise and notification of the outcome will be made no later than October 15, 2009. Proposals should be submitted via our website at http://www.cpe.vt.edu/gbt/. If that is not possible, or if you have questions, please contact: Sharon Elber GBT Conference Co-Planner STS/Women's and Gender Studies (0227) Virginia Tech Blacksburg, VA 24061 selber@vt.edu

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

The Society for the Social History of Medicine invites submissions for its 2010 Conference 'Knowledge, Ethics and Representations of Medicine and Health: Historical Perspectives', to be held at Durham and Newcastle (UK), 8-11 July 2010, organised by the Northern Centre for the History of Medicine (NCHM). Deadline for proposals: 1 November 2009 The organisers welcome proposals for 20-minute papers under the theme 'Knowledge, Ethics and Representations of Medicine and Health: Historical Perspectives'. We particularly encourage papers addressing questions such as: * What processes have generated knowledge about the body, illness and health that has become authoritative in different societies? * How have claims of medical expertise been justified vis à vis claims from other domains of social and cultural authority such as religion and law? * What did it mean for medical practitioners in different cultural and social contexts to claim to be ethical as well as knowledgeable? * How did they present themselves to the public? * What kind of material, visual and textual representations of body, mind, health and disease have gained 'defining power' exerting influence on medical practice and research until today? Submissions covering all periods (from Antiquity to the 21st Century) and all regions of the world are welcome. In addition to individual papers, we seek proposals for panel sessions (with 3 papers), as well as suggestions for suitable chairpersons. Abstracts of up to 250 words should include the title of the paper, information concerning the research question examined, the sources used and preliminary results. Please also include on the abstract your contact details (name, affiliation, e-mail-address). All papers are to represent original work not already published. Please send your proposal by 1 November 2009 to the NCHM (Email: conference@nchm.ac.uk). Decisions on papers will be made by January 2010. Key-note speakers will include: Professor Heinrich von Staden (Institute for Advanced Studies, Princeton, USA), Dr Tim Boon (Science Museum, London, UK), Professor Martha Few (University of Arizona, USA) and Professor Dr Thomas Lemke (Goethe-University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany) Organising Committee: Philip van der Eijk (Newcastle University), Holger Maehle (Durham University), Cathy McClive (Durham University), Diana Paton (Newcastle University), Thomas Rütten (Newcastle University), and Lutz Sauerteig (Durham University) For more information on the SSHM please see www.sshm.org. For more information on the NCHM, a collaboration of historians of medicine from Durham and Newcastle universities, please see www.nchm.ac.uk.

Scratching the Surface: The History of Skin, its Diseases and their Treatment The University of Birmingham (UK) 29-30 October 2010 An international conference hosted by the History of Medicine Unit, University of Birmingham, and sponsored by the Wellcome Trust and the Society for the Social History of Medicine. Skin and skin disease is a central focus of many sub-fields in the history of medicine, including the history of venereal disease, cancer, leprosy, TB and industrial medicine. This conference seeks to address the subject of skin, its diseases and their treatment broadly since 1700. In the process, it aims to bring together individuals working in very different sub-fields in medical and cultural history over the past three centuries. It further aims to promote discussion of the subject in the context of the history of specialisation more generally, as well as the history of senses, sight, smell and touch being central to understandings of skin disease and the way in which such diseases are experienced by practitioners, patients and the public historically. The history of skin ailments also invites exploration of the historical relationship between professional medicine and wider cultural endeavours such as aesthetics, probing realms where health and beauty converge. The conference might similarly offer an opportunity to examine how medical understandings of the skin may have influenced or been influenced by the politics of race. The organisers wish to invite proposals for 20-30 minute papers on any aspect of the history of skin and its diseases since 1700. Abstracts should be between 200-300 words in length and will be received until 30 April. A programme, featuring a keynote address by Professor Philip Wilson (Penn State, USA), will be advertised in June 2010. For more information, please contact the organisers: Dr Jonathan Reinarz, University of Birmingham, UK Professor Kevin Siena, Trent University, Canada j.reinarz@bham.ac.uk ksiena@trentu.ca

The theme for this year's annual conference in French history is "Aging and Health" and the organizers are particularly interested in proposals dealing with: issues around theoretical frameworks and historiography of aging and health; history of medicine; public health policy; treatment of demographic issues; mental health; and treatment of old age in French Society. This year's conference will be from June 27-June 29 2010 at Newcastle University, UK and proposals for 30 minute papers (in English or French) will be accepted until 31 January 2010. Proposals should be accompanied by a max.250 word abstract and a short CV and be sent to ssfh2010@ncl.ac.uk. For more information please contact Dr. Rachel Hammersley, School of Historical Studies (Newcastle University, UK), Rachel.Hammersley@ncl.ac.uk

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EXTENDED CALL FOR PAPERS 2ND INNOVATIONS IN QUALITATIVE RESEARCH CONFERENCE UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN We are pleased to announce that the University of Saskatchewan will host the second Innovations in Qualitative Research Conference, June 8th and 9th, 2010. This conference will draw from the social sciences, humanities and health sciences and will be held at the University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon. We welcome papers addressing a variety of topics and areas within the humanities and qualitative research. Presentations or posters might address topics such as: narrative methodologies, findings from mixed methods or qualitative studies, arts based inquiry, theatre, photography, transdisciplinary research, use of new qualitative techniques and methods, innovative blends of qualitative and quantitative methods, and advances in knowledge translation. Presentations will be 15 minutes in length, with 5 minutes for discussion and there will be a dedicated poster session. We are particularly interested in providing a supportive, conference environment for graduate students and we encourage graduate students to submit abstracts for posters and presentations. Abstracts will be reviewed and should: * Not exceed 150 words; * Outline the background of the study/project, methods, theoretical approach and findings, if applicable. Research in progress or humanities based approaches should provide a focus/topic, along with a brief description of the proposed paper or poster * Explain in 1-2 sentences how the topic or approach is innovative Submissions must also include all authors’ names and primary academic/institutional affiliation only, as well as the contact details, including email address, of the corresponding author. Please indicate your preferred mode of presentation (i.e., poster; oral presentation). Submit abstracts on: http://ocs.usask.ca/iqrc2010 Deadline for abstract submission: Friday February 12, 2010 - Abstracts to be reviewed by end of February Organizing committee: Ulrich Teucher, Roanne Thomas-MacLean, Liz Quinlan, Colleen Dell, Jennifer Poudrier, Meridith Burles, Rhona Shaw, Donna Goodridge, Lorraine Holtslander, Kent Kowalski, Darrell McLaughlin Keynotes: Carolyn Ellis - Professor in the Department of Communication at the University of South Florida, Tampa Bay. Qualitative methods, emotions, autoethnography Art Bochner - Professor in the Department of Communication at the University of South Florida, Tampa Bay. Narrative inquiry, interpretive research, close relationships

Call for Abstracts: 2010 Annual Meeting, Winnipeg, June 18-20 Continuities, Contingencies and Fault Lines: Nursing 100 Years After Nightingale A century after her death, Florence Nightingale continues to cast a long shadow over the History of Nursing, especially in the English‑speaking world, where the Nightingale narrative long served as a basis for assertions of a universal body of knowledge and a unitary sphere of practice that justified nursing=s professional claims. In the last quarter century, however, historians have increasingly turned their attention to illuminating the diversity of nursing practitioners, the contingency of nursing practice, and nursing's location within social, national and imperial projects. The Canadian Association for the History of Nursing is pleased to announce AContinuities, Contingencies and Fault Lines: Nursing 100 Years After Nightingale@ as the title theme for its 2010 Annual Meeting, to be held in Winnipeg, June 18-20, 2010. The Program Committee invites proposals for papers which explore the diversity of practitioners who have performed caring work and laid claim to the title >nurse=; the nature of their practices; and the ways in which ideas about nursing have been challenged, transformed, dissolved and reconstituted across space and time. Abstracts on other topics are also welcome. We invite proposals in English and French for presentations in either language. Abstracts should be no longer than 350 words and should be accompanied by a one‑page curriculum vitae. Submissions by e-mail are strongly encouraged, or they can be mailed to the address below. Abstracts will be blind peer reviewed, and the Program Committee will notify applicants of its decision by February 15, 2010 Submission information: Abstracts must be received by January 8, 2010 to be considered. Abstracts should be sent via e‑mail to: CAHN2010@UManitoba.CA or mailed to: CAHN 2010, c/o Marion McKay, Helen Glass Centre for Nursing Faculty of Nursing University of Manitoba Winnipeg, MB, CANADA R3T 2N2. For further information and updates, please visit the conference web-site at: http://www.umanitoba.ca/nursing/CAHNconference2010