This Pasold Research Fund Conference will be held at the Centre for Medical History, University of Exeter, 6 – 8 April, 2011.
This conference aims to bring together historians of textiles and clothing, and of health, with scholars of social, medical, cultural, and economic history to examine the rich connections between textiles, human health and welfare, environmental issues, and self expression (including ‘sunlight seekers’ and ‘body culture’ movements of the past 150 years).
The conference welcomes papers that will address five main themes:
