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原訊息：本屆亞洲醫學史學將於十月於漢城不遠的Suwon City
(大長今場景)的亞洲大學舉行，由於目前提出論文proposal的台灣朋友不多，主辦單位特別將截止期限延期到八月三十一日。詳情如下。

歡迎各位踴躍參與
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The Fifth Meeting of the Asian Society for the History of Medicine

Climate, Environment and Disease Crossing Historico-Geographical Boundaries

The Asian Society for the History of Medicine is pleased to announce its Fifth Conference. It will take place October 7-9, 2010, in Suwon of South Korea, a historical city famous for the Hwaseong Fortress inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List.

The Asian Society for the History of Medicine welcomes paper submissions from general historians as well as from medical historians. We particularly invite those historians who have worked on climate, environment and disease from a historico-geographical perspective. Although submissions from all eras and regions are welcome, Its special emphasis will be given on the following topics in terms of world history :

Comparative Ecology of Climate and Disease between the East and the West Nature, Humanity and Race Asian Black Death and Global Environment Little ice Age, Global Warming and Epidemiological Transformation Tropical Diseases and Hygiene Relationship between Globalization and Nationalism in the Making of Modern Medicine : Biomedicine vs. Environmental Medicine

As always, the proposal's maximum words should be less than 2,000 words. Presentations are limited to 20 minutes. All the participants are encouraged to use MS-Word software. Please send your proposal to the Organizing Committee Chair, Jong-Chan LEE (Ajou University, Republic of Korea), jclee@ajou.ac.kr Department of Medical Humanities and Social Medicine School of Medicine Ajou University Suwon, 422-721 Republic of Korea

KEY DATES
- Conference Dates : October 7-9, 2010
- Proposal Submission Deadline : August 31, 2010
- Pre-Registration Deadline : July 31, 2010

VENUE

AJOU UNIVERSITY & HOTEL ,
City of Suwon, Republic of Korea

TRANSPORTATION

Regularly running-shuttle bus from Incheon Int'l Airport to Suwon for less than 2 hours

PASSPORT & VISA
All people who want to visit Korea need to have a valid passport and visa. The visitors from the countries It depends on the agreement condition between countries

KOREAN FOOD
For a Korean, not a day goes by without fermented dishes, such as Kimchi or Denjang Kook. Those are known as very healthful ones.
Furthermore, Seolleongtang, Galbi and so on are much enjoyed by Koreans, too. I recommend you to taste Bibipbob and Bulgogi, the most popular Korean foods among foreigners.

INSURANCE
We advise all participants to visit Korea after applying for the travel and health insurance in case of diverse emergency condition.
The ICAS 6 secretariat has no special insurance coverage for all participants and is not responsible for all kinds of accidents during the convention.

CREDIT CARD
Visa and MasterCard are available at most Korean hotels, stores, restaurants and so on.

Organizing Committee Members

Jong-Chan LEE (Ajou University, Republic of Korea) Mark CAPRIO (Rikkyo University, Japan) In Sung CHANG (Chungnam National University, Republic of Korea) Chul-Soo JEON(Korean Medical Association, Republic of Korea) Nam Il KIM (Kyung Hee University, Republic of Korea) Iijima WATARU (Ayoyama University, Japan)