A historical overview of nursing care in times of war and peace

On behalf of the Historical Nursing Research Section of the German Society for Nursing Science, we are pleased to extend an invitation to the upcoming programme conference, scheduled for 16 November in Dresden, Germany. Please be advised that the Congress will be conducted in German. See the programme.

UKAHN Colloquium 2024: University of Greenwich

UKAHN is pleased to announce that our annual colloquium will be held in Greenwich, UK and will be organised by Justin Stephens, Senior Lecturer (mental health nursing), School of Health & Human Sciences, University of Greenwich. Book your attendance now https://store.gre.ac.uk/conferences-and-events/faculties-schools/fehhs/uk-association-for-the-history-of-nursing-research-colloquium The date for the 2024 Colloquium has been confirmed for Friday, June 28th and will be held at University … Read More

HAPPY INTERNATIONAL NURSES DAY!

Born 204 years ago, she could have been a pampered lady of high society, but instead Florence Nightingale chose to devote herself to nursing and the nursing profession in a time when it was low-ranked and poorly valued. Nightingale has greatly influenced nurses’ position through their education and as such has played an important role in making nurses a crucial … Read More

Divulgando la Historia de la Salud “desde abajo”

Disseminating the History of Health “from below” means abandoning the perspective of the leaders (queens and kings, popes, heads of state or government, social and military elites…) and knowing how to listen, attentively and patiently, to what our most recent ancestors have to tell us. On his new website https://desafiarelpasodeltiempo.com/, Xavier Garcia Ferrandis, a doctor, university lecturer and historian of … Read More

CfP German Society for Nursing Science Nursing Science Conference, Dresden

The Historical Nursing Research Section (HPF) of the German Society for Nursing Science Nursing Science e. V. (DGP) is organizing a conference together with the DRK Landesverband Saxony on 16 November 2024 in Dresden on the occasion of the Marie-Simon Year (1824 – 1877). The section invites all members of the DGP and other interested parties to attend and to … Read More

Happy Holidays!

Dear colleagues, Just before Christmas, here is the EAHN Bulletin 13/2023! Wishing everyone happy holidays and a happy new year 2024!

CfP Conference for Collections 2024 in Zurich

The 15th Annual Conference for University Collections 2024 in Zurich will be held jointly by ETH Zurich, the University of Zurich and the Society for University Collections e.V. (GfU) from 13–15 June 2024. Under the title New roles, new goals? Interplay of University collections between research, finance and politics, the conference aims to show how, in a rapidly changing world, university … Read More

2023 Nursing History Symposium event on November 21st

Panel presenters and members of the respective Canadian and European Associations of the History of Nursing will present and examine a series of photographs representing key events in the history of nursing from various perspectives, time periods and national and international contexts. The panel will show how photographs can provide insight into nursing’s past that may not necessarily be captured … Read More