Past Conferences

European Association for the History of Medicine and Health Bi-Annual Conference

The European Association for the History of Medicine and Health held its bi-annual conference at Heidelberg, Germany on 3-6 September 2009. The preliminary conference programme focused on the theme "Global Developments and Local Specificities in the History of Medicine and Health".

Phobia: Constructing the Phenomenology of Chronic Fear, 1789 to the Present

8-9 May 2009, Glamorgan Research Centre for Literature, Arts and Science.

SSHM Postgraduate Conference 2009

University College Dublin, April 16-18 2009.

The theme of the SSHM Postgraduate Conference 2009 was "Medicine and Healthcare: History and Context". The conference was held in association with the Centre for the History of Medicine in Ireland and University College Dublin/University of Ulster, with additional funding from the Wellcome Trust.

Conferences organised by the SSHM in 2008

SSHM Annual Conference 2008 (Glasgow, 3-5 September): History and the Healthy Population: Society, Government, Health and Medicine. The broad theme of the SSHM2008 event was the value of historical perspectives on issues relating to medicine, health and healthcare. As such, it encouraged papers from all periods and all places to encourage a wide-ranging and inclusive meeting that reflects the diversity of the history of medicine subject area. The event was jointly hosted by the Centre for the Social History of Health and Healthcare Glasgow and the Centre for the History of Medicine.

Conferences organised by the SSHM in 2007

Children, Disability, and Community Care from 1850 to the Present Day. Held at the University of Swansea, October 24-25, 2007. For further details, please contact Pamela Dale.

SSHM Annual Conference 2007 Joint conference with the European Association for the History of Medicine and Health. Held at the London School for Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, September 12-15, 2007.

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