CFP: Disability in Early Medieval Europe

DISEASE, DISABILITY AND MEDICINE IN EARLY MEDIEVAL EUROPE, AD 400-1200
Concepts of Health and the Healthy Body

School of English Studies
University of Nottingham
6-7 July 2007
Call for papers

The second conference on Disease, Disability and Medicine in Early Medieval Europe, AD 400-1200 will focus on questions of what constitutes a healthy body in the medieval world, health care, cure and the language of care. The meeting aims to be a forum for scholars working on the topic in a variety of disciplines and regions of Northern Europe, including all aspects of disease, disability and medicine. The conference aims foster interdisciplinary approaches and we invite contributions from archaeology, palaeopathology, history of medicine, as well as history of religion, philosophy, linguistic and historical sciences. Please send abstracts (no more than 300 words) to Dr Christina Lee by 28 February 2007.

To get some ideas of what kind of work is presented at these conferences, see the program from last year's conference on Disability in Medieval Europe.

[Image above: A medieval depiction of removing a cataract; found here.]