Approaches to the History of Medicine: Discussing Methodology
Workshop for postgraduates and postdoctoral researchers
19 January 2007
Organisers: Kat Foxhall and Lisa Grant
Individual sessions will be led by academics exploring current and developing methodologies in the history of medicine. All sessions will take the form of discussion sessions - suggested readings will be circulated in advance, and speakers will present for around 20-30 minutes, with 30-40 minutes for questions and discussion.
Programme
Morning Session
Professor David Arnold (Warwick)
Can Medicine (Still) Colonise Bodies?
Dr Jonathan Reinarz (Birmingham)
Putting Medicine in its Place
Afternoon Session
Dr Claudia Stein (Warwick)
How to Define Disease in the Past?
Dr Flurin Condrau (Manchester)
The Patient's Perspective