The Transmission and Communication of Medical Knowledge and Services 1750-1900: The Medical Marketplace in the Modern Period*
Venice, 5-6 March 2010
Organised by Catherine Cox (University College Dublin) and
Hilary Marland (University of Warwick)
This two-day workshop aims to explore the medical marketplace in the
modern period, particularly the transmission, communication and exchange
of medical knowledge and services in regional, national and global
settings. The workshop will examine the transfer of techniques and
knowledge in connection with specific diseases, illnesses and crises, as
well as health care and regimen more broadly. The workshop aims to
consider the implications these processes have for our understanding of
the vibrancy of the medical marketplace in the modern period within and
across geographical borders and spaces. By transmission we refer to the
exchange of information by medical practitioners, male and female,
qualified and informal, as well as other agents, such tradesmen,
travellers and migrant groups. The workshop aims to explore
* expanding markets in health and medicine and responses to changing
communication, commercial opportunities and patient groups
* methods of transmitting knowledge, via local and global networks,
the printed word and advertisements
* the impact of migration and the movement of people in the
transmission of medical knowledge, including the movement of
individuals and groups within countries and overseas
* the adaptation and alteration of therapeutics and health practices
as they cross spaces and communication networks and encounter new
patient communities
* the implications these processes have on the development and
vibrancy of the medical marketplace in the modern period.
We have a limited number of places available at this event and would
like to encourage offers of papers that speak closely to the above
themes. Please submit a title and a one page abstract by 30 June 09.
The workshop will be held at the University of Warwick’s conference
location in Venice, the Palazzo Pesaro Papafava. Local expenses for
accommodation and meals will be covered by the organisers, but we ask
participants, where possible, to cover the costs of their travel to
Venice drawing on their own institutional resources.
Please submit abstracts to Catherine Cox <[email protected]> and
Hilary Marland <[email protected]>, and
feel free to contact either of us for further information.