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Belfast Congress September 2009 of the British Society for the History of Medicine |
The 23rd Congress will be in Belfast in September 2009, Wed 2nd Sept to Sat 5th Sept.
The Congress will be held at Stranmillis University College,
a college of Queen's University Belfast.
Stranmillis was founded in 1922 to provide state funded
teacher training but now provides other courses and a conference centre.
Hosts will be The Ulster Society for the History of Medicine(USHM) with the support and cooperation of the Centre for the History of Medicine in Ireland(CHOMI), medical historians at the University of Ulster, which is a partnership with University College Dublin.
With this in mind, the conference, as well as encouraging presentations from other aspects of the history of medicine, will showcase work in Irish history of medicine. The staff at CHOMI will be participating and will present the results of their recent research to the conference.
Those working on any aspects of Irish medical history are particularly encouraged to come forward with their suggestions for papers for 2009. The main themes of the conference will be:
Those with proposals for a paper should submit them, before 31st January 2009, in the form of an abstract of no more than 250 words outlining the main points and conclusions of the presentation with a few key references. Once your abstract is approved, you will be notified and participation in the Conference will then require the receipt of the completed registration form, and payment of the Conference fee.
Please also submit a brief biography which will appear in the book of abstracts. As a record of the conference photographs will be taken of those who present papers.
A form for printing or email submission is in
Preliminary notice with call for abstracts (Word document).
Please send completed forms to:
Professor Greta Jones, Centre for the History of Medicine, University of Ulster at Jordanstown, Shore Rd,
Newtownabbey, County Antrim, Northern Ireland BT37 OQB
Abstracts can be submitted electronically to Professor Greta Jones at
michael.liffey@ucd.ie.
23rd CONGRESS, BELFAST, 2nd-5th September, 2009
The 23rd Congress of the BSHM will be held for the first time in Belfast. The venue will be Stranmillis University College (SUC) which occupies 46 acres of unspoilt woodland less than 2 miles from Belfast city centre, and is adjacent to the river Lagan. The residential accommodation is within walking distance of the Conference Centre, where the dining facilities are also located. There is plenty of on-site parking, again beside our Conference Centre, and which will be supervised by the SUC Security Staff. There is a security stop close to the SUC entrance, but the Conference Centre is still 400 metres inside the grounds. All accommodation, lecture rooms, and meals are on site. The Halls of Residence are centrally heated, double-glazed, and with kitchen/common rooms on each floor. Both single study bedrooms with wash-hand basins, and en-suite bedrooms, are available. SUC accommodation may also be used before and after the conference by our delegates.
There will be an emphasis on Irish Medicine, on the contributions of some graduates of the Belfast Medical School, including some of the 'Resuscitation Greats'. We also plan to have a Session specifically allocated to presentations by medical students who have participated in a Student Selected Component in the History of Medicine in a UK medical school.
From Britain, Belfast is accessible by sea and air. P&O/Stena run daily services to Belfast / Larne from Troon, Cairnryan, and Stranraer. There are also ferries to Dublin from Holyhead & Liverpool, with travel to Belfast by train, car, or coach.
Belfast has two Airports. George Best Belfast City Airport is about 15 minutes by taxi away from the SUC, while Aldergrove International Airport is about 40 minutes away by taxi. It has a regular Airport Bus service to the Europa Bus Depot ( in the city centre), and the train station closest to the SUC is Central station (both approx. 10 minutes by taxi).
The registration form (Word document) has prices for attending the full conference or individual days.
Contact at USHM:
Dr Ethna O'Gorman
Office of Archives, King Edward Building
Royal Victoria Hospital
Grosvenor Road
Belfast BT12 6BL
Email ethna@ushm.co.uk
or contact the chairman of USHM, Dr Robert Montgomery, of Queens University Belfast,
robertm1712@btinternet.com
For information about meetings of the International Society for the History of Medicine, see our International page
Copyright 2008 David Hawgood and the British Society for the History of Medicine
This page by David Hawgood
was amended 25 Aug 2008.