Conferences
An ANZSHM conference is held on a biennial
basis. The conference usually spans 3-5 days at venues around
Australia and New Zealand. The program includes keynote addresses,
a program of research papers and other intellectual and social
activities.
The ANZSHM also participates in other historical
conference from time to time.
Ben
Haneman Memorial Student Prize
Publications
The ANZSHM publishes a quarterly newsletter,
Medical History Newsletter, which is sent to all members.
The Society’s journal, Health and History, is peer reviewed
and published twice yearly.
Communication is encouraged via this
website. Please contact
us by email or letter with contributions,
suggestions and ideas.
Witness Seminars
At the biennial conferences and some
associated history of medicine conferences the society has supported
the organisation of a Witness Seminar on an important topic
relevant to history of medicine in Australia and/or New Zealand.
The idea of the ‘Witness Seminar’
was pioneered by the Welcome Trust Centre for the History of
Medicine at the University College London. Witnesses of particular
events or developments to reminisce, discuss and debate between
themselves, in a chairman-led meeting and with a participating
audience of historian, scientists, clinicians and. Questions
such as ‘That was it like at the time?’ ‘Why
did things happen the way they did?’ form the backbone
of such discussions.
The proceedings are recorded, transcribed and prepared for possible
publication.
The 2003 Witness Seminar on ‘Venomous
Country’ as well as Witness Seminars organised by the
University of Melbourne can be found at: www.cshs.unimelb.edu.au/programs/jnmhu/witness/
The 2005 Witness Seminar entitled ‘The
History of Fetal Medicine’ was held in Auckland.
The 2006 Witness Seminar ‘History
of Iodine deficiency in Tasmania 1806-2006’ was held Launceston,
Tasmania.
The 2007 Witness Seminar, focussing
on the outstanding contribution made to science and medicine
by Professor Frank Fenner, microbiologist and immunologist,
will be held in Canberra at the 10th Biennial Conference.
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