The Society for the Social History of Medicine (SSHM) invites submissions to its 2008 Roy Porter Student Essay Prize Competition. This prize will be awarded to the best original, unpublished essay in the social history of medicine submitted to the competition as judged by the SSHM's assessment panel. It is named in honour of the late Professor Roy Porter, a great teacher and a generous scholar.

The competition is open to undergraduate and post-graduate students in full or part-time education. The winner will be awarded £500.00, and his or her entry may also be published in the journal, Social History of Medicine. Please click here for a list of past competition winners.

Further details and an entry form for the 2008 competition can be downloaded here as a pdf-file.

The deadline for entries is: 2 February 2009

Any questions about the competition should be directed to:
Dr Gayle Davis
School of History, Classics, and Archaeology
University of Edinburgh
William Robertson Building
50 George Square
Edinburgh
EH8 9JY
United Kingdom.

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