“Rethinking Alcohol and Drugs: Global Transformations /Local Practices” Alcohol and Drugs History Society bi-annual conference 7-10 June 2021 A collaboration between the ADHS, Instituto de Investigaciones Sociales-Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (IIS-UNAM) and the Centro de Estudios Internacionales-El Colegio de México (CEI-Colmex).
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Call for Papers: The Moral Landscapes of Drugs in Africa
Special issue coordinated by Corentin Cohen (Sciences Po/CERI, OxPo) and Gernot Klantschnig (University of Bristol) Deadline for the submission of proposals: 20 April 2020 Context The trade and consumption of psychoactive products are not new to Africa. There are traces of cannabis cultivation dating from the sixteenth century in Eastern and Southern Africa (Duvall 2016)Continue reading “Call for Papers: The Moral Landscapes of Drugs in Africa”
Call for Papers: Pop Cultures and Ecstatic States of the Body, 1950s-1980s
Conference: Pop Cultures and Ecstatic States of the Body, 1950s-1980s University of Copenhagen, Denmark September 30 – October 2, 2021 In September 1967, the British weekly New Society published an article entitled “Pot, pop and acid.” As the title indicates, the author closely related pop music to the use of intoxicating substances: “Everyone knows thatContinue reading “Call for Papers: Pop Cultures and Ecstatic States of the Body, 1950s-1980s”
The Ayahuasca Phenomenon in Historical Perspective
Editor’s Note: Today’s post comes from guest contributor Chris Elcock. Elcock is an STS postdoctoral fellow working at the Centre national de la recherche scientifique in Paris, where he is investigating the use of ayahuasca in psychedelics science. His previous work has examined the cultural history of psychedelics and his doctoral dissertation focused on theContinue reading “The Ayahuasca Phenomenon in Historical Perspective”
“Beyond the Medicines/Drugs Dichotomy: Historical Perspectives on Good and Evil in Pharmacy in Johannesburg, South Africa (5-7 December 2019) – Conference Report
Editor’s Note: Today’s post comes from contributing editor Dr. David A. Guba, Jr., of Bard Early College in Baltimore and Jamie Banks of the University of Leicester. Twenty-one delegates from ten countries gathered in Johannesburg, South Africa from 5 to 7 December for the “Beyond the Medicines/Drug Dichotomy: Historical Perspectives on Good and Evil in Pharmacy”Continue reading ““Beyond the Medicines/Drugs Dichotomy: Historical Perspectives on Good and Evil in Pharmacy in Johannesburg, South Africa (5-7 December 2019) – Conference Report”
Call for Papers: “A New Social History of Pharmacy & Pharmaceuticals”
Symposium and Special issues of Pharmacy in History, The Social History of Alcohol and Drugs, and Canadian Bulletin of Medical History The aim of this Call for Papers and ensuing special issues is to generate a discussion related to the underexplored social history of pharmacy and pharmaceuticals. This 2-day interdisciplinary symposium will stimulate/connect new scholarship as well asContinue reading “Call for Papers: “A New Social History of Pharmacy & Pharmaceuticals””
Call for Papers: Entangling Histories of International Trafficking
Editor’s Note: Today we bring you a special bonus post from Dr. Ned Richardson-Little. He’s putting together a conference at the University of Erfurt in July 2020, and the call for papers is below. Hope to see you in Germany! At the beginning of the 21st century, the United Nations Office on Drugs and CrimeContinue reading “Call for Papers: Entangling Histories of International Trafficking”
Conference Report – ADHS Shanghai, 12-15 June 2019
Editor’s Note: Today’s post comes from contributing editor Dr. David A. Guba, Jr., of Bard Early College in Baltimore. He presents his conference report from the biennial ADHS conference, held last month in Shanghai. It was the meeting’s first gathering in Asia. From the 13th through the 15th of June, nearly 100 scholars from 14 countriesContinue reading “Conference Report – ADHS Shanghai, 12-15 June 2019”
Introducing the Oxford Companion to Global Drug History
Editor’s Note: Today’s post comes from contributing editor Dr. Miriam Kingsberg Kadia , professor of history at the University of Colorado, Boulder. Today she reports on the ADHS conference held last week in Shanghai, China, and the upcoming publication of a potentially very useful new book for drug and alcohol scholars around the globe. In its earliestContinue reading “Introducing the Oxford Companion to Global Drug History”
Shanghai: ADHS 2019
Yesterday, the Alcohol and Drugs History Society‘s biennial conference began in Shanghai, China, and will last until tomorrow. The theme for this year’s meeting is “Changing Minds: Societies, the Sciences and Psychoactive Substances in History.” It marks the first time ADHS has met in Asia, at Shanghai University in China, one hundred and ten yearsContinue reading “Shanghai: ADHS 2019”