Call for Papers

Call for Papers

The Health Humanities Research Group, part of the Center for Culture, Communication, and Society (CCCS) at XJTLU, China is delighted to announce this call for abstracts for the First International Health Humanities Conference, to be held in Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, Suzhou.

Themes

Topics may include, but are not limited to:

  • The conceptualisation of medical remedies in a global and historical context
  • Ageing and care in a global context
  • Health and medical practices in indigenous and/or aboriginal contexts
  • Narratives of health and illness in the Global South
  • The intersection of culture, religion, health, and illness
  • The role of traditional approaches to health and medicine in contemporary health practices
  • Art and health
  • Space and health
  • Health Communication

We welcome a diverse range of humanities perspectives, and/or interdisciplinary approaches.

Submission Guidelines

Please send abstracts of 300 words to health.humanities@xjtlu.edu.cn by the deadline of 14 Feb 2025(5 pm Beijing Time). We aim to inform participants of acceptance by early  March 2025.