2025 Conference

5th Intercontinental Cross-Currents Network Conference

The 5th conference of the Intercontinental Cross-Currents Network will take place at the University of Madeira, December 4–6, 2025. Deadline for abstract submission: 31 March, 2025. 


Abstract:

We invite contributions on the theme of “Women and Health in the Nineteenth Century Transatlantic World” that explore the intricate relationship between health discourses and concepts of womanhood, as well as the experiences and realities that women encountered, engaged in, resisted, or helped create. We encourage cross-disciplinary studies and comparative transnational perspectives.

After the conference a selection of papers will be considered for publication in an edited volume or a special issue of a peer-reviewed journal.

A girl reads to a convalescent while a nurse brings in the patient's medicine. Watercolour by R.H. Giles. Source: Wellcome Collection.