[Antiquitas] Infirmitas - Social and cultural approaches to cure, caring and health (Passages V)

[Ville Vuolanto]

PASSAGES FROM ANTIQUITY TO THE MIDDLE AGES V
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INFIRMITAS
SOCIAL AND CULTURAL APPROACHES TO CURE, CARING AND HEALTH
*August 23 -- 26, 2012*
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*/Call for Papers/*
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University of Tampere, Finland
History/School of Social Sciences and Humanities
Trivium Centre for Classical, Medieval and Renaissance Studies

The fifth international conference on Passages from Antiquity to the 
Middle Ages will focus on social and cultural approaches to health and 
illness, cure and caring, and notions of ability and disability. These 
topics are of major importance for communities and societies both in 
Antiquity and during the Middle Ages, yet research is still fragmentary 
and more synthetic and interdisciplinary approaches are rare.

We welcome papers which focus on different actors -- institutions, 
communities, families or individuals -- and have a sensitive approach to 
social differences: gender, age and status. Thus, our focus lies on 
society and the history of everyday life, on the differences and 
similarities between elite and popular culture, and on the expectations 
linked to gender and life-cycle stage, visible in the practices and 
policies under scrutiny. How were physical and mental disability/ability 
defined within daily life; what were the social consequences of illness; 
how was social interaction reflected in caring for the sick; how were 
cure and caring organised in families, communities and in society? We 
aim not to concentrate on medical or technical aspects of health and 
illness, but rather to integrate them in a larger social and cultural 
context.

The conference aims at broad coverage not only chronologically but also 
geographically and disciplinary (all branches of Classical and Medieval 
Studies). Most preferable are contributions having themselves a 
comparative and/or interdisciplinary perspective. The speakers of the 
conference will include Nancy Caciola (University of San Diego), 
Véronique Dasen (University of Fribourg),William V. Harris (Columbia 
University), and Christian Krötzl (University of Tampere).

If interested, please submit an abstract of 300 words (setting out 
thesis and conclusions) for a twenty-minute paper together with your 
contact details (with academic affiliation, address and e-mail) by 
e-mail attachment to the conference secretary,*passages at uta.fi*. The 
deadline for abstracts is /September 15th 2011/, and the notification of 
/paper //acceptance/will be made in November 2011. Conference papers may 
be presented in major scientific languages, however supplied with 
English summary or translation if the language of presentation is not 
English. The registration fee is*//*/100/ EUR (post-graduate students: 
/50 /EUR).

For further information, please visit 
http://www.uta.fi/trivium/passages/ or contact the organizers by 
e-mailing to passages at uta.fi <mailto:passages at uta.fi>. The registration 
opens in November 2011 at http://www.uta.fi/trivium/passages/.

Organizing Committee:

Prof. Christian Krötzl, Prof. Katariina Mustakallio, Dr. Sari 
Katajala-Peltomaa and Dr. Ville Vuolanto

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Ville Vuolanto
PhD, Senior Lecturer
History / School of Social Sciences and Humanities
University of Tampere
http://www.uta.fi/laitokset/historia/www/person.php?id=38&lang=en

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