Conference Programme
Monday, 27th March:
10:00-10:30 Registration
10:30-11:30 Motherhood
Chair: Alison Fell (University of Leeds)
- Hannah Greaves (University of Leeds)
- Emma Hanna (University of Kent)
- Vanda Wilcox (John Cabot University)
- Jenny Macleod (University of Hull)
11:30-11:45 Break
11:45-12:45 Fatherhood
Chair: Jessica Meyer (University of Leeds)
- Shane Doyle (University of Leeds)
- Will Gould (University of Leeds)
- Will Jackson (University of Leeds)
12:45-1:45 Lunch
1:45-2:45 Care for those with additional needs
Chair: Eilis Boyle (University of Leeds)
- Heather Jones (LSE)
- Stuart Murray (University of Leeds)
- Richard Rathod (Leeds Beckett University)
2:45-3:00 Break
3:00-4:00 Self-care
Chair: Laura Boyd (University of Leeds)
- Nicola Neath (University of Leeds)
- Anna Tarrant (University of Lincoln)
- Alexia Moncrieff (University of Leeds)
4:00-4:30 Tea
4:30-6:00 Keynote
Holly Furneaux (University of Cardiff): ‘As kind . . . as if he had been his own child’: Care Between Soldiers in the Crimean War
6:30 Conference Dinner: Thai Edge (£25 additional charge)
Tuesday, 28th March:
9:30-11:00 Care in Wartime
Chair: Alexia Moncrieff (University of Leeds)
Laura Boyd (University of Leeds): Caring for others to care for yourself: Stretcher-bearers and the defence of masculinity during the First World War
Joanna Phillips (University of Leeds): Giving and receiving bodily care during crusades to the Eastern Mediterranean, 1095-1274
Rosemary Wall (University of Hull): Men in the Red Cross - Voluntary Aid Detachment Members in the First World War: Recruitment, Training, Work and Conscription
11:00-11:30 Coffee
11:30-1:00 Parenthood
Chair: Sabina Peck (University of Leeds)
Nehaal Bajwa (University of Sussex): Narrative forms and cultural resources for 'involved fathering' in Pakistan
Ellie Murray (University of Leeds): “I was being big brother”: Family, Caregiving, and Adolescent Masculinity in Post-1945 Britain
Rose Sawyer (University of Leeds): Saintly Child Substitution: Devotion as a road map for the parental care of ‘problem’ children
1:00-2:00 Lunch
2:00-3:00 Violent Care of Animals
Chair: Claire Martin (University of Leeds)
Sunny Harrison (University of Leeds): Pulling teeth and smacking hooves: Care as a violent act in later medieval horse-care treatises
Jonathan Saha (University of Leeds): Violent Care and Careless Violence in the Elephant Camps of Colonial Burma
3:00-3:30 Closing remarks: Where to from here?
3:30-4:00 Tea
4:00 Conference Close
Generously supported by the School of History and Centre for Medical Humanities, University of Leeds: