African Health and Illness Conference
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25-27 March, 2005
University of Texas at Austin
CALL FOR PAPERS
http://www.utexas.edu/conferences/africa
We are pleased to announce a three-day conference centered on
the theme of African Health and Illness. We welcome papers that
pose medical, cultural, sociological, methodological, and theo-
retical questions whether addressing relevant, recurring and ur-
gent issues or raising neglected topics.
Papers are welcomed on virtually all topics and themes, irre-
spective of time, period and space, as well as interdisciplinary
perspectives. Among the themes of interest are the following:
Ailments and treatments
Illnesses and their meanings
Administration of hospitals, gov't programs, bureaucracy
Recovery methods
HIV/AIDS
Healing methods (traditional, western, spiritual)
The "big pharma" and other MNCs
Globalization and health
Sustainable health
Poverty and illness
The role of NGOs
Psychosocial affects and effects
War and trauma
The body and space
Famine and other un/natural disasters
Local, national and global politics
History of illnesses (e.g., malaria, TB, etc.)
Contagion and containment
Images of illness
Epidemiology
Health as a profession: caretakers, caregivers, providers, pro-
visions
Autobiographies of health and welfare
The conference will encompass a wide range of disciplines and
perspectives. Participants will be drawn from the United States,
Canada, and elsewhere, including European and African countries.
Graduate students are encouraged to attend and present papers.
Selected papers from the conference will be published in book
form.
The deadline for submitting paper proposals is October 1, 2004.
Proposals should include a 250-word abstract along with the au-
thor's name, address, telephone, e-mail, and institutional af-
filiation. All correspondence for this conference will be con-
ducted via e-mail. Please address all inquiries and submissions
to:
Mr. Matthew Heaton <mattheaton@mail.utexas.edu>
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Matthew M. Heaton
Department of History
University of Texas at Austin
mailto:mattheaton@mail.utexas.edu
Conference Web Address: http://www.utexas.edu/conferences/africa