{"id":2542,"date":"2011-01-26T17:41:00","date_gmt":"2011-01-26T17:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/scitent.com\/2011\/01\/26\/cfp-insanity-and-the-lunatic-asylum-in-the-nineteenth-century-325-5132011\/"},"modified":"2011-01-26T17:41:00","modified_gmt":"2011-01-26T17:41:00","slug":"cfp-insanity-and-the-lunatic-asylum-in-the-nineteenth-century-325-5132011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/navsa.org\/2011\/01\/26\/cfp-insanity-and-the-lunatic-asylum-in-the-nineteenth-century-325-5132011\/","title":{"rendered":"CFP: Insanity and the Lunatic Asylum in the Nineteenth Century (3\/25, 5\/13\/2011)"},"content":{"rendered":"
Insanity and the Lunatic Asylum in the Nineteenth Century<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n
A one-day conference on Friday 13th May 2011<\/span><\/div>\n
Birmingham, UK<\/span><\/div>\n

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\"The place where optimism flourishes most is the lunatic asylum\"<\/i> - Havelock Ellis<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n

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This interdisciplinary conference will address a range of issues concerning the<\/span> <\/span>perception of insanity and madness in the nineteenth century, its<\/span> <\/span>manifestations and treatments, and the patients themselves. The conference<\/span> <\/span>will take place on Friday 13th May, 2011, in the chapel of the Birmingham<\/span> <\/span>Lunatic Asylum, an impressive building used to restrain and treat patients from<\/span> <\/span>1862 until 1964.<\/span><\/p>\n

We invite papers on a range of subjects related to this theme. Please submit<\/span> <\/span>an abstract of 350 words to <\/span>serena.trowbridge@bcu.ac.uk<\/a> by <\/span>25th March,<\/span> <\/b><\/span>2011<\/b>. Subjects covered might include:<\/span><\/p>\n