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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