Climate, Environment and Disease

Crossing Historico-Geographical Boundaries

The Asian Society for the History of Medicine is pleased to announce its Fifth Conference. It will take place October 7-9, 2010, in Suwon of South Korea, a historical city famous for the Hwaseong Fortress inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List.

The Asian Society for the History of Medicine welcomes paper submissions from general historians as well as from medical historians. We particularly invite those historians who have worked on climate, environment and disease from a historico-geographical perspective. Although submissions from all eras and regions are welcome, Its special emphasis will be given on the following topics in terms of world history :

Comparative Ecology of Climate and Disease between the East and the West

Nature, Humanity and Race

Asian Black Death and Global Environment

Little ice Age, Global Warming and Epidemiological Transformation

Tropical Diseases and Hygiene

Relationship between Globalization and Nationalism in the Making of Modern

Medicine : Biomedicine vs. Environmental Medicine

As always, the proposal's maximum words should be less than 2,000 words. Presentations are limited to 20 minutes. All the participants are encouraged to use MS-Word software. Please send your proposal to the

Organizing Committee Chair,

Jong-Chan LEE (Ajou University, Republic of Korea),

jclee@ajou.ac.kr

Department of Medical Humanities and Social Medicine

School of Medicine

Ajou University

Suwon, 422-721

Republic of Korea

KEY DATES

- Conference Dates : October 7-9, 2010

- Proposal Submission Deadline : June 30, 2010

- Pre-Registration Deadline : July 31, 2010

VENUE

   AJOU UNIVERSITY & HOTEL ,

    City of Suwon, Republic of Korea
 

TRANSPORTATION

  Regularly running-shuttle bus from Incheon Int'l Airport to Suwon

  for less than 2 hours 

PASSPORT & VISA

  All people who want to visit Korea need to have a valid passport and   visa. The visitors from the countries It depends on the agreement condition between countries

KOREAN FOOD

For a Korean, not a day goes by without fermented dishes, such as Kimchi or Denjang Kook. Those are known as very healthful ones. Furthermore, Seolleongtang, Galbi and so on are much enjoyed by Koreans, too. I recommend you to taste Bibipbob and Bulgogi, the most popular Korean foods among foreigners.

INSURANCE

We advise all participants to visit Korea after applying for the travel and health insurance in case of diverse emergency condition. The ICAS 6 secretariat has no special insurance coverage for all participants and is not responsible for all kinds of accidents during the convention.

CREDIT CARD

Visa and MasterCard are available at most Korean hotels, stores, restaurants and so on.

Organizing Committee Members

Jong-Chan LEE (Ajou University, Republic of Korea)

Mark CAPRIO (Rikkyo University, Japan)

In Sung CHANG (Chungnam National University, Republic of Korea)

Chul-Soo JEON(Korean Medical Association, Republic of Korea)

Nam Il KIM (Kyung Hee University, Republic of Korea)

With support from:

The National University of Singapore
The Wellcome Trust Centre for the History of Medicine
University College London (UCL)
The Canada Research Chair in Health Care Pluralism
Université de Montréal (Canada)
The International Institute for Asian Studies (IIAS, The Netherlands)

Program Committee:

Professor Harold Cook, Wellcome Trust for the History of Medicine at UCL
Professor Rethy Chhem, Medical University of Vienna/ Institute for History,
  Philosophy and Ethics of Medicine, Ulm University
Dr. Laurence Monnais, University of Montreal, CRC in Health Care Pluralism
Dr. John DiMoia, National University of Singapore
Dr. Liew Kai Khiun, National University of Singapore
  and other members of the LOC (Local Organizing Committee)

All proposals on the subject of the history of medicine and health in
Southeast Asia will be considered, but preference will be given to those on
the theme of:

New Medicines, Markets, and the Development of Medical Pluralism

The theme "New Medicines, Markets, and the Development of Medical Pluralism"
intends to explore how both local and metropolitan actors in Southeast Asia
have contributed historically to the growth and development of medical
markets throughout the region, here implying both traditional pharmacopeia
as well as the arrival of newer pharmaceuticals in colonial and
post-colonial settings. With a time frame preceding formal colonial
intervention in the region and ranging up to the present, with the creation
of a local infrastructure for biomedical and biotech work, participants are
encouraged to submit individual papers and panels with possible themes
including:

Women and Health in Southeast Asia

Medical pluralism in Southeast Asia: A Historical Perspective

Medical markets in SEA

Southeast Asian Biopoleis (including the growth of biomedical
infrastructure, Science Parks, and Local Production
Facilities-identification of pharmacopoeia, drug development)

New Sources, New Methodologies, New Historiographies

As the HOMSEA meeting will coincide with the IAHA 2010 meeting in Singapore,
those interested in expanding the discussion either geographically--to
include North East Asia and South Asia--chronologically, or methodologically
are encouraged to apply to HOMSEA as well as the IAHA meeting to broaden the
scope of discussion.

Please see the IAHA website at:
http://www.fas.nus.edu.sg/hist/iaha/index.htm

Please submit a one-page proposed abstract for a 20-minute talk, and a
one-page CV by 30th December 2009 to: Laurence Monnais
(laurence.monnais-rousselot@umontreal.ca)

Please note that it may be possible to subsidize some of the costs of
participation for scholars from less wealthy countries.

For further information about funding and the general organization of the
meeting, please contact: John DiMoia (hisjpd@nus.edu.sg)

Dr. Laurence MONNAIS
Associate professor/ Professeur agrégé
Département d'histoire - Centre d'Etudes de l'Asie de l'Est

Chaire de Recherche du Canada sur le pluralisme en santé/ Canada Research
Chair in Health Care Pluralism http://www.chairs.gc.ca/

Equipe MEOS (Le MEdicament comme Objet Social) http://www.meos.qc.ca/
Université de Montréal