In commemoration of Leprosy Awareness Week held every February in the Philippines, the UP Department of History, Culion Sanitarium and General Hospital and the Sasakawa Memorial Health Foundation will hold an international conference titled “Leprosy: History, Memories, Stigma and Human Rights” on 17-18 February 2016 at the University of the Philippines in Diliman, Quezon City.
The conference aims to put at center stage the historical and social dimension of leprosy by harnessing perspectives from the different social sciences.
We are inviting proposals for academic papers that tackle the conference theme through one of (but not limited to) the following topics:
- History of a sanitarium in the Philippines (Culion in Palawan, Tala in Novaliches, West Visayas Sanitarium in Iloilo, Eversly Child Sanitarium in Cebu, Mindanao Central Sanitarium in Zamboanga City, Bicol Sanitarium in Naga, Camarines Sur)
- Religious orders and their role in the sanitarium
- Indigenous beliefs and leprosy
- Leprosy and gender
- Stigma among women and men
- Memories of the disease and life in a sanitarium
- Prominent figures in the history of leprosy in the Philippines
- The economic costs of leprosy
- Geographical mapping of leprosy in the Philippines
- Creating spaces for leprosarias/architecture of leprosarias
Please send 300-400 word abstracts with your name, institutional affiliation, and contact information or any related queries to leprosy2016@gmail.com.
DEADLINE OF ABSTRACT SUBMISSION 1 January 2016
NOTICE OF ACCEPTANCE 7 January 2016
DEADLINE OF FULL PAPERS 1 February 2016
