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Traumatised Minds: Neurosis and Hysteria in Soviet Medicine and Culture, 1971-1953
The call for papers is out for Dr Anna Toropova's Cultures of Trauma Workshop, 8-9 May 2025. More information and to apply here.
She is also recruiting for a Research Fellow for a 2-year fixed term contract, starting 1 September 2025.
Find out more about the Traumatised Minds: Neurosis and Hysteria in Soviet Medicine and Culture, 1971-1953 research project here.
Call for Papers: uppers and DOWNERS: A JOINT Workshop, 果冻传媒, 7-8 November 2024
JOINT is an early career drugs history network, formed in 2022 through the generous support of a networking grant from the and . Created to provide a forum for early career scholars (broadly defined) to network and share their research, JOINT is delighted to announce the first of two workshops exploring the demarcation of drugs into the binary categories of 鈥榰ppers鈥� and 鈥榙owners.鈥�
In this first workshop, hosted by the 果冻传媒, we invite papers (from any discipline) which problematise and/or complicate any aspect of this demarcation with respect to 鈥榙owners.鈥� Whilst conventionally associated with substances such as opiates, barbiturates, and benzodiazepines, this umbrella term has also included alcohol, cannabis, and its synthetic derivatives, as well as novel substances such as GHB. We also encourage participants to think about the double-meaning of the word 鈥榙owners鈥�, inviting an exploration of ideas about bad trips, negative drug experiences, and/or drug come-downs. In short, we encourage participants to think broadly and creatively about the historically and contextually contingent nature of the categories which have come to separate various substances, and their experiential effects.
Thanks to the generous support of , , and 果冻传媒鈥檚 Centre for the History of Medicine, the convenors are able provide accommodation and a conference dinner for all presenting participants on the night of the 15 February 2024, with scope to provide additional accommodation/support with travel expenses for those without access to internal or external funding.
To submit a paper for consideration, please send a 250-word abstract, and short bio, to jamie.banks@warwick.ac.uk by close of Monday 15 January 2024. Please also include an indication of whether you require further support with travel costs/ additional accommodation.
Selection will be based on relevancy to the themes of the workshop, with preference given to those earlier in their career (e.g., PhD students, ECRs, those on fixed-term contacts). Those who are not selected for participation in this workshop are encouraged to consider apply for the second workshop, to be held later this year.
Women on the Edge: Motherhood and the Family in Turmoil in the Twentieth Century
Over the 7 – 8 September 2023, the Centre for the History of Medicine at the 果冻传媒 is hosting a workshop, entitled: 鈥淲omen on the Edge: Motherhood & the Family in Turmoil in the Twentieth Century".
The two-day workshop is co-organized by Dr Kelly-Ann CouzensLink opens in a new window and Professor Hilary MarlandLink opens in a new window, and generously funded by the Wellcome Trust.
With contributions from scholars working in the fields of history, criminology and legal studies, this event aims to grapple with the interplay between motherhood, mental or emotional states and broader themes of criminality, neglect, abandonment and violence within the family in the long twentieth century.
This workshop is particularly interested in the role psychiatric, legal, 鈥渆xpert鈥�, and popular thinking have had in understanding 鈥渄eviant鈥� female behaviour and its impact upon women themselves, their families and society at large.
Places are limited; if you are interested in attending, please register here.