It is our pleasure to share with you the promising range of papers that successfully made it into our roster for the Madeira conference on "Women and Health in the 19th-Century Transatlantic World" (Dec. 4-6).
We would now like to solicit responses for these papers. Please propose your responses by July 25 at the latest.
Women and Health in the 19th-Century Transatlantic World
Call for Responses for the 5th Crosscurrents Conference—Women and Health in the Nineteenth-Century Transatlantic World
4 - 6 December 2025; Venue: University of Madeira – Rectory Building (Madeira Island, Portugal)
Organised by Intercontinental Cross-Currents Network and University of Madeira, Faculty of Arts and Humanities - Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures and Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
We welcome response proposals addressing the main themes of the accepted individual papers, which can be found on our website (https://crosscurrents.uni-halle.de/2025-conference/).
Each response proposal should engage directly and substantively with only ONE of the accepted individual papers. We encourage response proposals that focus on:
- Constructively critiquing arguments, methods, or conclusions.
- Suggesting extensions (research, applications, theory).
- Discussing broader implications and contexts.
- Raising key questions or identifying tensions for future study.
Also, your response should enhance the transatlantic and transnational scope of the original paper.
Your response proposal should include:
- A 150-word abstract of the proposed response (rough collection of potential ideas suffices).
- A brief biography (150 words), including the author’s name, institutional affiliation, and contact information.
Responses should last 8 to 10 minutes, depending on the number of contributors.
Please submit your response proposal to crosscurrents@amerikanistik.uni-halle.de by July 25, 2025, with the subject line: “Response – Women’s Health Conference.”