The Centre de Recherche Médecine, Sciences, Santé, Santé Mentale, Société (CERMES3) has announced a call for papers on the subject of: “Health Sciences and the Social: Health and Social Mobilization, 1950-2020s”, which will contribute to a workshop hosted in Paris on May 19th, 2023.
The “workshop will explore the historical aspects of the interrelationships between health sciences and the social, from the mid-twentieth century to today, a period of rapid scientific developments, profound social changes, and intense social movements.”
The organizing committee are interested to “investigate the social and political agendas developed within the various branches of medicine”; and, “account for the ways in which social movements and mobilizations have tackled health issues”. Further detail regarding themes and questions to be addressed can be found here.
Proposals of no more than 300 words and a one-page CV should be sent by 31st December 2022 to Nicolas Henckes (nicolas.henckes@cnrs.fr) or Despo Kritsotaki (despo.kritsotaki@gmail.com).
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