0408, 2016

SCOLMA – Annual Conference 6th September 2016, Cambridge

By dsw|August 4, 2016|Africa, Archival collections, Medical Anthropology|0 comments

Annual Conference African Medicine Matters: documenting encounters in medical practice and healthcare Tuesday 6 September 2016 Alison Richard Building, University of Cambridge Programme 9: 00 Registration 9:15 Welcome 9:20 Keynote Address Dr Benson Mulemi, Catholic University of East Africa Dialectical construction and deconstruction of contemporary African Medicine. 10:15 Panel 1 Dr Anne Samson, Great War in Africa Association Medical Practices in World War I Africa Dr Tony

0104, 2016

Church Missionary Society Periodicals trial extended to 30th April

By Mary Fisk|April 1, 2016|Archival collections, History, Medical Anthropology, Religions|0 comments

News flash for all SOAS staff and students The Church Missionary Society Periodicals trial from Adam Matthew Digital has, by popular request, been extended until 30th April. You can access the resource via the AMD website at www.churchmissionarysociety.amdigital.co.uk You can also gain access via the ‘trial access login’ link, which is located on the homepage and throughout our website at www.amdigital.co.uk. (Please ensure that you select the ‘Access Via IP’ option). Remember: The PDF download option

1403, 2016

Call for papers – SCOLMA Annual Conference – African Medicine Matters: documenting encounters in medical practice and healthcare, 6 September 2016, Cambridge

By dsw|March 14, 2016|Africa, Archival collections, Medical Anthropology|0 comments

Annual Conference African Medicine Matters: documenting encounters in medical practice and healthcare Tuesday 6 September 2016 Alison Richard Building, University of Cambridge CALL FOR PAPERS This conference will explore aspects of medicine and healthcare, traditional and western, historic and contemporary, and their traces in the documentary and digital records in all regions of Africa Subjects might include: Medicine and indigenous knowledge The revival and regulation of traditional medicine

2711, 2014

Invitation to join Ebola Anthropology Initiative

By David Pearson|November 27, 2014|Africa, Anthropology and Sociology, Medical Anthropology|0 comments

I just spotted this via the H-MedAnthro [medical anthropology] mailing list – http://bit.ly/1tlRdon Anthropologists in ten countries are working together to inform policy and practice surrounding the Ebola response. We invite you to join our network by signing up for the listserv and discussion board below, and by sharing information and resources to address specific issues impacting the response in Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone. Please join us – we need