13 October, 2015
The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago.
This three day conference is designed to explore the complex relationship between public health and Latin American and Caribbean societies from the colonial to the present era.
As the third leg of a series of international workshops on the history of public health policies and practice in these regions, it will focus on the engagement of medical personnel, policy makers, health agencies and the public in relation to the evolution of public health perspectives, regulations and implementation.
It intends, as well, to pursue discourse on the varied consequences of imperialism, racism and classism in public health approaches, and the role of traditional medicine and the treatment of mental disabilities within the Caribbean and Latin America.
Paper proposals may be submitted under the following themes:
- Imperialism, Decolonisation and the role of public health
- International, Regional and Community Organisations and the advancement of public health
- Pluralism: The conflict of Indigenous medicine and Biomedicine
- Demography, Migration and Disease control
- Mental health
- Medical personnel and public health engagement
- New Technologies and Procedures and their impact on the society
- The impact of Ethnicity and ‘Class’ on public health
- Tropical Medicine and its impact on colonial societies, policies and economies
The conference will be hosted by the Department of History, The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago in collaboration with the University of York and Casa de Oswaldo Cruz/ Fiocruz, Brazil. It is part of a British Academy-funded collaborative project.
Contributors are requested to submit
- an abstract of no more than 250 words, including the title of the paper
- a one page CV including name, department and university affiliation (if appropriate), mailing address, phone number(s) and current email address.
Please submit to Dr. Debbie McCollin at publichealthandsociety2016@gmail.com. The deadline for submission is 1st February 2016.
Source: American Association for the History of Medicine
