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Postgraduate Funding for BSHS 3 Societies Conference

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The deadline for applications to the BSHS 3 Societies Travel Fund has been extended in line with the extension to the deadline for abstract submissions. Student members of the BSHS who wish to apply should do so by 19 December using the form available at http://www.bshs.org.uk/grants/3-societies-conference-travel-fund

Details of how to submit your abstract to the conference organisers are available at http://hssweb.org/callforpapers/

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2011 Competition for the Roy Porter Student Essay Prize

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The details for the 2011 Roy Porter Student Essay Prize are now available in the Student section of the website. The deadline is February 1, 2012.

2010 Roy Porter Student Essay Prize Winner

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We are pleased to announce the outcome of our 2010 Roy Porter Student Essay Prize Competition.

Congratulations to Seth LeJacq (Institute for the History of Medicine, John Hopkins University, USA)! Seth's essay '"Was to be Cut": Resistance to Surgery in Early Modern British Domestic Healing' impressed the judging committee with its quality and scope.

CFP: Postgraduate Forum for the History of Medicine: 3rd Annual Summit

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Place: Swansea University
Date: 18-19 April 2012

Swansea University is hosting the third annual summit for postgraduate students and early-career researchers working in the History of Medicine. Following on from the success of two previous events in Warwick and London, the summit is an opportunity for people with similar research interests to meet, present their work and discuss their ideas.