University of Huddersfield, England
The aim of this conference is to further explore and reveal how the voices of those living with and treating mental illness have been recorded and expressed. We hope to consider recent developments in these areas with a view to facilitating an interdisciplinary discourse around historical perspectives of mental health and illness.
The organisers invite proposals for 20 minutes on the themes of voices of madness and mental ill health under headings including but not limited to:
Oral history and testimony
Mental ill-health and community care
Mental ill-health and institutional histories
The role of informal carers
The growth of the mental health professions
Mental ill health and the voice(s) of adolescentsand children
Museums and the ‘heritage’ of mental ill health
The literature (fiction and non-fiction) of mental ill health
Language of madness (if not covered by ‘heritage’)
