"'In sickness and in Health': Medical history workshop for postgraduate historians" to be held atthe University of Exeter on 9-10 September 2010 (360G-Wellcome-092831_Z_10_Z)

The workshop has five aims. Firstly, to bring together medical history postgraduates from around the country who are working on a variety of topics and time-periods. Centres for Medical History are often relatively isolated within their History Departments, and it would therefore be advantageous to provide an opportunity for strengthening ties between medical scholars, through the forging of new contacts. Secondly, the workshop will identify a number of common themes which are evident in medical histories. This will enable students to consider familiar interpretative questions in a fresh light. The third aim is to engage with a diverse range of research methodologies. Students working in different fields tend to have contrasting research backgrounds and areas of expertise. It will therefore be fruitful for students to share their research strategies in the anticipation that they will be able to incorporate effective new methods into their work. Fourthly, the workshop will furnish postgraduates with the intellectual support they need for undertaking their studies. This will be achieved through the delivery of question and answer sessions about academic and practical challenges. Finally, the workshop will provide a forum for the Trust to promote its longer-term research support strategies for doctoral and post-doctoral research.