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This conference aims at a re-assessment of the boundaries and intersections between medicine, magic and religion in the light of
* the current upsurge of scholarly interest in the area of pre-modern history of medicine
* conceptual debates on the epistemological status of science and medicine vis-a-vis magic and religion
* recent writing on 'colonial medicine' and on the inter-relationships, hegemonic tendencies and conceptual incompatibilities of different cosmologies and systems of healing
* recent contributions by post-colonial and subaltern histories to the critique of dichotomous categories such as 'East' versus 'West', 'rationality' versus 'irrationality', 'science' versus 'belief'
* the rise of 'alternative' medicine in western countries and its construction as a 'holistic' and more 'spiritual' alternative to 'scientifically' based bio-medicine.
It is intended to bring together historians and social scientists working on the development of medical theories and practices during different periods of time and within diverse cultural contexts. Offers of papers based on interdisciplinary and comparative perspectives are particularly welcome.
If you would like to present a paper at the conference, please send an abstract (pasted into an e- mail) to WER@soton.ac.uk by 31 January 2000.
Contact for registration details: Dr Waltraud Ernst, Department of History, University of Southampton, Southampton SO17 1BJ. E-mail: WER@soton.ac.uk Bookings should arrive no later than 1 April 2000. You are advised to register in time as the conference venue can only accommodate a maximum of 180 participants.
Dr Waltraud Ernst
Department of History
University of Southampton
Southampton
SO17 1BJ
WER@soton.ac.uk
Tel: 01703-596648
Fax: 01703-593458
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