International Society for the History of Medicine
The International Society for the History of Medicine is a non profit international society devoted to the academic study of the history of medicine, including the organization of international congresses.
The society is present in 50 countries[1], holds delegations in 38 countries, and has about 800 members. It also includes national societies in Argentina, Belgium, Chile, Finland, France, Greece, Mexico, Morocco, Romania, Turkey, and the United Kingdom. Membership is open to both physicians and historians.
Presidents
- 1921-1930: Jean-Joseph Tricot-Royer (Belgium)
- 1930-1936: Davide Giordana (Italy)
- 1936-1946: Victor Gomoiu (Romania)
- 1946-1953: Maxime Laignel-Lavastine (France)
- 1953-1964: Ernest Wickersheimer (France)
- 1964-1968: Adalberto Pazzini (Italy)
- 1968-1971: Maurice Bariety (France)
- 1971-1976: Noël Poynter (UK)
- 1976-1980: De la Broquerie Fortie (Canada)
- 1980-1984: Jean-Charles Sournia (France)
- 1984-1992: Hans Schadewaldt (Germany)
- 1992-1996: John Cule (UK)
- 1996-2000: Ynez Viole O'Neill (USA)
- 2000-2004: Jean-Pierre Tricot (Belgium)
- 2004-2008: Athanassios Diamandopoulos (Greece)
- 2008–present: Giorgio Zanchin (Italy)
International congresses
The society holds a biennial International Congress, and, beginning in 2001, an international meeting in the years the main conference is not held. Communications to the international congresses are peer reviewed.[1][2]
Biennial international congresses
- 1920 August 7–12, Antwerp
- 1921 July 1–7, Paris
- 1922 July 17–22, London
- 1923 April 9–15 Brussels
- 1925 July 20–25, Geneva
- 1927 18-25, Leiden}, Amsterdam
- 1928 August 14–19, Oslo
- 1930 September 22–27, Rome
- 1932 September 10–18, Bucharest
- 1935 September 20–30, Madrid
- 1938 September 1–13, Zagreb, Belgrade, Sarajevo, Dubrovnik, Yugoslavia
- 1950 August 14–21, Amsterdam
- 1952 Monaco September 7–15, Nice, Cannes, France
- 1954 September 13–20, Rome, Salerno, Italy
- 1956 September 22–29, Spain, Madrid, Alcala
- 1958 September 22–28, Montpellier
- 1960 September 4–14 Athens, Cos, Greece
- 1962 September 17–24, Warsaw, Krakow, Poland
- 1964 September 7–11, Basel
- 1966 September 22–27, West Berlin
- 1968 September 22–28, Sienna
- 1970 August 31- September 5, Bucharest, Constanza, Romania
- 1972 September 2–9, London
- 1974 August 25–31, Budapest
- 1976 August 21–28, Quebec
- 1978 August 20–25, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
- 1980 August 31-September 6, Barcelona
- 1982 August 29- September 3, Paris
- 1984 December 26-January 1, 1984 Cairo
- 1986 August 31-September 5, Düsseldorf
- 1988 August 30-September 4, Bologna
- 1990 September 3–7, Antwerp
- 1992 September 1–6, Granada
- 1994 September 4–8, Glasgow
- 1996 September 2–8, Cos, Greece
- 1998 September 6–11, Tunis, Carthage, Tunisia
- 2000 September 10–15, Galveston, Texas
- 2002 September 1–6, Istanbul
- 2004 September 5–10, Bari-Metaponto, Italy
- 2006 August 26–30, Budapest
- 2008 September 7–12, Mexico City
- 2010 October 10–13, Cairo
International meetings
- 2001 11–13 October, Lisbon
- 2003 17–20 September, Mexico City
- 2005 11–14 September, Patra, Greece
- 2007 21–23 October, Figline Valdarno, Italy
- 2009 9–12 September, Nicosia
- 2011 7–10 September. Barcelona
References
- ^ a b Brief of the Globe Foundations,vol 13: " 1990, to the last decade of the Century", pages 10&11
- ^ 2009 Edmond Gravenor and the Council of World Organizations, Review of the International Societies and Organizations of the XX century, page 345-346 Northampton Press, UK
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