HomeAgeing and Care in the Middle Ages
Published on Friday, July 22, 2022
Summary
We welcome papers that deal with questions related to ageing and care during the Medieval period. Our goal is to analyze various forms of care and healing in regards to ageing or age-related conditions that took place within and beyond the domestic sphere. To do this, we will take into account the ways in which (health)care was conditioned by gender, race, ethnicity, class, and ability at the intersection of individual and collective experiences. We will thus consider the intersubjective nature of ageing and the new relational identities created in later life.
Announcement
International Medieval Congress, Leeds (3-6 July 2023)
Presentation
We welcome papers that deal with questions related to ageing and care during the Medieval period. Our goal is to analyze various forms of care and healing in regards to ageing or age-related conditions that took place within and beyond the domestic sphere. To do this, we will take into account the ways in which (health)care was conditioned by gender, race, ethnicity, class, and ability at the intersection of individual and collective experiences. We will thus consider the intersubjective nature of ageing and the new relational identities created in later life.
These sessions will encourage an interdisciplinary approach.
Possible topics might include, but are not limited to:
- Therapeutic and caregiving practices
- Ageing and preventive (self)care
- Dependency in late life
- Feminized care of older adults
- Ageing and disabilities
- Institutionalization of care
- Conceptualizations of health and disease in older age
Submission guidelines
Please submit proposals (300 words) and a short CV to Laura Cayrol-Bernardo laura.cayrol-bernardo@uib.no & Ninon Dubourg ninon.dubourg@gmail.com. Papers should be 20 minutes in length. A selection of the contributions might be published in an edited volume.
The deadline for submissions is 20 September 2022.
Organisation
- Ninon Dubourg (chargée du recherche FRS-FNRS), Université de Liège
- Laura Cayrol-Bernardo (MSCA fellowship), Universitetet i Bergen
Subjects
- History (Main subject)
- Periods > Early modern > Sixteenth century
- Periods > Middle Ages
- Society > History > Social history
Places
- International Medieval Congress
Leeds, Britain
Event format
Hybrid event (on site and online)
Date(s)
- Tuesday, September 20, 2022
Attached files
Keywords
- Vieillesse, vieillissement, old age, ageing, care, soin, santé, health, dépendance, dependency, disability, handicap
Contact(s)
- Ninon Dubourg
courriel : ninon [dot] dubourg [at] gmail [dot] com - Laura Cayrol Bernardo
courriel : laura [dot] cayrol-bernardo [at] uib [dot] no
Reference Urls
Information source
- Ninon Dubourg
courriel : ninon [dot] dubourg [at] gmail [dot] com
License
This announcement is licensed under the terms of Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal.
To cite this announcement
« Ageing and Care in the Middle Ages », Call for papers, Calenda, Published on Friday, July 22, 2022, https://calenda.org/1009400
