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 : June 30, 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)
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