Forensic Cultures in Interdisciplinary Perspectives

Date janvier 28, 2010

University of Manchester, UK
Friday 11 – Saturday 12 June 2010
This international conference examines in analytical and historical perspective the remarkable prominence of forensic science and medicine in contemporary culture. It brings together leading scholars from history, sociology and socio-legal studies, media and cultural studies, and practitioners working within the diverse locations of forensic culture – [...]

Legal Medicine and Expertise in History

Date novembre 10, 2009

Taking place:
Oxford Brookes University, Oxford, Gipsy Lane Campus, Buckley Building, Room BG10 (where to find us)
4 December 2009 – 10:00 – 17:15
The workshop is designed to facilitate intellectual exchange and debate between academics working on the history of forensic medicine, by bringing together scholars who study the subject in a variety of national contexts and [...]

The History of Medicine and Global Connections: The Problem of Public Health Experts

Date mai 13, 2009

In recent years, global history and related subjects such as transnational, world, and connected history have caused a stir. The interest is in part a response to many kinds of public discussions about the global in our lives, but also in part–at least from the perspective of medical historians–because the turn toward social and cultural [...]