Call for Papers: Under Control?-Alcohol and Drug Regulation, Past and Present.21-23rd June 2013, Bristol
Papers and panel proposals are invited for an international conference on the history of alcohol and drug regulation to be held in Bristol, UK 21-23rd June 2013. The conference will explore all aspects of drug, tobacco and alcohol regulation. Work covering all periods and places, including recent history, will be considered.
Papers and panel proposals are invited for an international conference on the history of alcohol and drug regulation to be held in Bristol, UK 21-23rd June 2013.
The conference will explore all aspects of drug, tobacco and alcohol regulation. Work covering all periods and places, including recent history, will be considered.
Proposals
Panel proposals (3 x 20-minute papers) or individual papers (20 minutes) are invited. We will also consider proposals for fringe sessions using non-conventional formats e.g. screenings, debates etc.
Subjects may include (but are not limited to):
- Global drugs trade and the war on drugs
- Policymaking and the political process
- Regulation of drugs in art, film and literature
- Temperance and its influences
- Crime and policing
- Tobacco control
- Alcohol control, pricing and licensing
- Regulation of advertising, marketing and other media
- Religion and alcohol or drugs
- Dependency and treatment
- Drugs and alcohol in politics and social movements
- Use and control of drugs in premodern cultures
- Alcohol and drugs in popular culture
Proposal formats:
- Panel sessions: brief abstracts (c. 200 words) of each paper plus a brief statement (c. 200 words) outlining the panel theme and a brief biography of participants.
- Single papers: brief abstract (c. 200 words) and brief biography
- Fringe events: Outline of proposed event (up to 500 words) including proposed content, technical requirements and rationale.
Deadline
The deadline for proposals is 30th September 2012
Please send all submissions to
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Travel and accommodation
We hope to make bursaries available to graduate students and early-career academics. Further details will be provided on acceptance of submissions.
Publications
Selected papers from Under Control? will be published in a collected edition and we have an expression of interest from an international publisher.
Support
Under Control? is sponsored by the Alcohol and Drugs History Society, the Society for the Social History of Medicine, Bath Spa University, Bowling Green State University and Brock University.
