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Monday, September 24, 2012

Call For Papers: Under control?: alcohol and drug regulation, past and present



Papers and panel proposals are invited for an international conference on the history of alcohol and drug regulation to be held in Bristol, UK 21st-23rd June 2013.

The conference will explore all aspects of drug, tobacco and alcohol regulation. Work covering all periods and places, including recent history, will be considered.

Confirmed keynote speakers:
Professor Virginia Berridge (London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine)
Professor Paul Gootenberg (State University of New York)
Professor James Simpson (Carlos III University of Madrid)


Panel proposals (3 x 20-minute papers) or individual papers (20 minutes) are invited. We will also consider proposals for fringe sessions using non-conventional formats e.g. screenings, debates etc.

Subjects may include (but are not limited to):
− Global drugs trade and the war on drugs
− Crime and policing
− Prohibition
− Tobacco control
− Regulation of drugs in art, film and literature
− Temperance and its influences
− Alcohol licensing and pricing
− Media regulation / advertising and marketing
− Religion and alcohol or drugs
− Dependency and treatment
− Policymaking and the political process
− Alcohol and radical politics / revolutions / social movements
− Use and control of drugs in premodern cultures
− Alcohol and drugs in sport and popular culture


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